Buyback yield (TTM)
4.24%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
4.24%
5Y share count change
5.4%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$784.00M
Cumulative buybacks
$4.38B
Key takeaways
- Illumina (ILMN) repurchased about $784.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 5.4% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 3.86× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +0.2% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 79% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Illumina (ILMN)
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 Illumina (ILMN)
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 Illumina (ILMN)
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 Illumina (ILMN)
Latest: $742.00M
Overview
As of the 2025 fiscal year, Illumina (ILMN) reported buyback spend of $742.00M – surged 539.7% year-over-year.
Through 2020–2025 (5 years), Illumina buyback spend delivered a +0.2% annualised rate; sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $742.00M in 2025 and its low of $0.00 in 1999.
Illumina Buyback Spend 2025: $742.00M
Illumina buyback spend in 2025 was $742.00M, surged 539.7% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Illumina Buyback Spend 2024: $116.00M
Illumina buyback spend in 2024 was $116.00M.
Illumina Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
Illumina buyback spend in 2023 was $0.00.
Illumina Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00
Illumina buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.
Illumina Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
Illumina buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for Illumina (ILMN).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $742.00M | $275.00M | $467.00M | 3.61% | 0.16B | -1.9% | |
| 2024 | $116.00M | $370.00M | −$254.00M | 0.55% | 0.16B | +0.6% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $380.00M | −$380.00M | — | 0.16B | +0.6% | |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $366.00M | −$366.00M | — | 0.16B | +4.0% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $754.00M | −$754.00M | — | 0.15B | +2.0% | |
| 2020 | $736.00M | $194.00M | $542.00M | 1.40% | 0.15B | -0.7% | |
| 2019 | $324.00M | $194.00M | $130.00M | 0.75% | 0.15B | 0.0% | |
| 2018 | $201.00M | $193.00M | $8.00M | 0.47% | 0.15B | +0.7% | |
| 2017 | $251.00M | $164.00M | $87.00M | 0.81% | 0.15B | 0.0% | |
| 2016 | $249.00M | $129.06M | $119.94M | 1.36% | 0.15B | -0.7% | |
| 2015 | $274.32M | $132.59M | $141.73M | 1.01% | 0.15B | +0.0% | |
| 2014 | $237.18M | $152.55M | $84.63M | 0.93% | 0.15B | +6.5% | |
| 2013 | $50.02M | $105.83M | −$55.81M | 0.37% | 0.14B | +4.7% | |
| 2012 | $82.52M | $94.32M | −$11.80M | 1.24% | 0.13B | -3.8% | |
| 2011 | $570.41M | $92.09M | $478.31M | 15.84% | 0.14B | -3.1% | |
| 2010 | $44.02M | $71.64M | −$27.63M | 0.47% | 0.14B | +4.6% | |
| 2009 | $175.14M | $60.81M | $114.33M | 4.32% | 0.14B | +2.6% | |
| 2008 | $70.78M | $47.69M | $23.10M | 2.13% | 0.13B | +23.4% | |
| 2007 | $251.62M | $33.75M | $217.88M | 7.94% | 0.11B | +11.1% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $14.30M | −$14.30M | — | 0.10B | +21.4% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $270.00K | −$270.00K | — | 0.08B | +12.0% | |
| 2004 | $13.00K | $844.00K | −$831.00K | 0.00% | 0.07B | +12.3% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $2.45M | −$2.45M | — | 0.06B | +3.4% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $4.36M | −$4.36M | — | 0.06B | +3.8% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $5.85M | −$5.85M | — | 0.06B | +6.9% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.06B | +1872.5% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.00B | — |
- 2025$742.00M
- 2024$116.00M
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$0.00
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$736.00M
- 2019$324.00M
- 2018$201.00M
- 2017$251.00M
- 2016$249.00M
- 2015$274.32M
- 2014$237.18M
- 2013$50.02M
- 2012$82.52M
- 2011$570.41M
- 2010$44.02M
- 2009$175.14M
- 2008$70.78M
- 2007$251.62M
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$13.00K
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Illumina (ILMN)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 3.86×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Illumina (ILMN)
How Illumina splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Illumina, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $5.95B | |
| $5.54B | |
| $5.08B | |
| $4.11B | |
| $980.00M | |
| $216.35M | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $5.95B
- $5.54B
- $5.08B
- $4.11B
- $980.00M
- $216.35M
- $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 $989.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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