Buyback yield (TTM)
6.98%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
8.20%
5Y share count change
-13.2%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$5.55B
Cumulative buybacks
$23.41B
Key takeaways
- Johnson Controls (JCI) repurchased about $5.55B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 13.2% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 37.73× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +22.1% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 1314% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Johnson Controls (JCI)
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 Johnson Controls (JCI)
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 Johnson Controls (JCI)
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 Johnson Controls (JCI)
Latest: $5.99B
Overview
As of the 2025 fiscal year, Johnson Controls (JCI) reported buyback spend of $5.99B – surged 380.8% year-over-year.
Looking at the 2020–2025 (5 years) stretch, Johnson Controls buyback spend compounded at +22.1% per year, sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.
$5.99B stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2025, against a low of $0.00 during 1990.
Johnson Controls Buyback Spend 2025: $5.99B
Johnson Controls buyback spend in 2025 was $5.99B, surged 380.8% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Johnson Controls Buyback Spend 2024: $1.25B
2024's buyback spend for Johnson Controls came in at $1.25B, surged 99.4% from 2023.
Johnson Controls Buyback Spend 2023: $625.00M
Johnson Controls posted buyback spend of $625.00M in 2023, plunged 56.6% below 2022.
Johnson Controls Buyback Spend 2022: $1.44B
In 2022, Johnson Controls reported buyback spend of $1.44B, grew 10.3% from 2021.
Johnson Controls Buyback Spend 2021: $1.31B
Johnson Controls buyback spend in 2021 was $1.31B.
See more financial history for Johnson Controls (JCI).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $5.99B | $140.00M | $5.85B | 8.64% | 0.65B | -3.2% | |
| 2024 | $1.25B | $107.00M | $1.14B | 2.41% | 0.68B | -0.4% | |
| 2023 | $625.00M | $107.00M | $518.00M | 1.73% | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2022 | $1.44B | $98.00M | $1.34B | 4.31% | 0.68B | -5.8% | |
| 2021 | $1.31B | $76.00M | $1.23B | 2.83% | 0.72B | -4.3% | |
| 2020 | $2.20B | $74.00M | $2.13B | 7.34% | 0.75B | -13.8% | |
| 2019 | $5.98B | $95.00M | $5.89B | 17.37% | 0.87B | +28.8% | |
| 2018 | $300.00M | $106.00M | $194.00M | 1.26% | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2017 | $651.00M | $134.00M | $517.00M | 2.38% | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2016 | $501.00M | $142.00M | $359.00M | 1.77% | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2015 | $1.36B | $90.00M | $1.27B | 6.40% | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2014 | $1.25B | $82.00M | $1.17B | 4.40% | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2013 | $350.00M | $64.00M | $286.00M | 1.57% | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2012 | $102.00M | $56.00M | $46.00M | 0.56% | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $59.00M | −$59.00M | — | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $49.00M | −$49.00M | — | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $60.00M | −$60.00M | — | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2008 | $69.00M | $48.00M | $21.00M | 0.63% | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2007 | $26.00M | $48.00M | −$22.00M | 0.18% | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $61.00M | −$61.00M | — | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.68B | 0.0% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.68B | — | |
| 1995 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | $600.00K | $0.00 | $600.00K | — | — | — |
- 2025$5.99B
- 2024$1.25B
- 2023$625.00M
- 2022$1.44B
- 2021$1.31B
- 2020$2.20B
- 2019$5.98B
- 2018$300.00M
- 2017$651.00M
- 2016$501.00M
- 2015$1.36B
- 2014$1.25B
- 2013$350.00M
- 2012$102.00M
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$69.00M
- 2007$26.00M
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$0.00
- 1994$0.00
- 1993$0.00
- 1992$0.00
- 1991$0.00
- 1990$0.00
- 1989$600.00K
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Johnson Controls (JCI)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 37.73×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Johnson Controls (JCI)
How Johnson Controls splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Johnson Controls, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $7.55B | |
| $5.19B | |
| $2.68B | |
| $1.86B | |
| $1.14B | |
| $1.13B | |
| $50.00M | |
| $0.00 |
- $7.55B
- $5.19B
- $2.68B
- $1.86B
- $1.14B
- $1.13B
- $50.00M
- $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 $422.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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