Buyback yield (TTM)
7.05%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
8.08%
5Y share count change
-32.5%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$4.83B
Cumulative buybacks
$49.79B
Key takeaways
- General Motors (GM) repurchased about $4.83B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 32.5% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +131.9% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 41% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for General Motors (GM)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for General Motors (GM)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for General Motors (GM)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for General Motors (GM)
Latest: $6.04B
Overview
As of the 2025 fiscal year, General Motors (GM) reported buyback spend of $6.04B – declined 14.5% year-over-year.
Through 2020–2025 (5 years), General Motors buyback spend delivered a +131.9% annualised rate; with mixed annual results across the window.
Between 2023 and 2025, General Motors buyback spend plunged 45.7%, falling from $11.12B to $6.04B.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $11.12B in 2023 and its low of $0.00 in 2008.
General Motors Buyback Spend 2025: $6.04B
In 2025, General Motors reported buyback spend of $6.04B, declined 14.5% below 2024.
General Motors Buyback Spend 2024: $7.06B
General Motors buyback spend in 2024 was $7.06B, plunged 36.4% below 2023.
General Motors Buyback Spend 2023: $11.12B
2023's buyback spend for General Motors came in at $11.12B, surged 344.6% from 2022. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
General Motors Buyback Spend 2022: $2.50B
General Motors buyback spend in 2022 was $2.50B.
General Motors Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
General Motors buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for General Motors (GM).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $6.04B | $0.00 | $6.04B | 8.08% | 0.97B | -13.8% | |
| 2024 | $7.06B | $0.00 | $7.06B | 11.89% | 1.13B | -17.5% | |
| 2023 | $11.12B | $0.00 | $11.12B | 23.35% | 1.37B | -5.8% | |
| 2022 | $2.50B | $0.00 | $2.50B | 5.31% | 1.45B | -1.0% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.47B | +1.8% | |
| 2020 | $90.00M | $0.00 | $90.00M | 0.15% | 1.44B | +0.2% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.44B | +0.6% | |
| 2018 | $190.00M | $0.00 | $190.00M | 0.40% | 1.43B | -4.1% | |
| 2017 | $4.49B | $0.00 | $4.49B | 7.78% | 1.49B | -5.0% | |
| 2016 | $2.50B | $0.00 | $2.50B | 4.77% | 1.57B | -4.3% | |
| 2015 | $3.52B | $0.00 | $3.52B | 6.69% | 1.64B | -2.8% | |
| 2014 | $3.28B | $0.00 | $3.28B | 5.83% | 1.69B | +0.7% | |
| 2013 | $2.44B | $0.00 | $2.44B | 3.76% | 1.68B | +0.1% | |
| 2012 | $5.10B | $0.00 | $5.10B | 12.89% | 1.68B | +0.4% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.67B | +2.7% | |
| 2010 | $1.46B | $0.00 | $1.46B | 2.64% | 1.62B | +75.6% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.93B | +59.8% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.58B | — |
- 2025$6.04B
- 2024$7.06B
- 2023$11.12B
- 2022$2.50B
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$90.00M
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$190.00M
- 2017$4.49B
- 2016$2.50B
- 2015$3.52B
- 2014$3.28B
- 2013$2.44B
- 2012$5.10B
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$1.46B
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for General Motors (GM)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: N/A.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for General Motors (GM)
How General Motors splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as General Motors, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $6.44B | |
| $2.52B | |
| $2.06B | |
| $1.10B | |
| $211.00M | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $6.44B
- $2.52B
- $2.06B
- $1.10B
- $211.00M
- $0.00
- $0.00
- $0.00
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $11.77B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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