Buyback yield (TTM)
0.73%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
0.73%
5Y share count change
-8.5%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$440M
Cumulative buybacks
$4.74B
Key takeaways
- Keysight Technologies (KEYS) repurchased about $440M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 8.5% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 2.22× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -1.7% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 30% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Keysight Technologies (KEYS)
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 Keysight Technologies (KEYS)
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 Keysight Technologies (KEYS)
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 Keysight Technologies (KEYS)
Latest: $377M
Overview
The 2025 reading of Keysight Technologies (KEYS) buyback spend is $377M – declined 14.9% year-over-year.
Over 2020–2025 (5 years), Keysight Technologies buyback spend expanded at a -1.7% compound annual rate, with a net decline across the window.
Keysight Technologies buyback spend peaked at $940M in 2014; the latest annual figure is $377M in 2025 (59.9% below peak).
$940M stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2014, against a low of $0.00 during 2011.
Keysight Technologies Buyback Spend 2025: $377M
2025's buyback spend for Keysight Technologies came in at $377M, declined 14.9% below 2024.
Keysight Technologies Buyback Spend 2024: $443M
Keysight Technologies posted buyback spend of $443M in 2024, plunged 36.9% below 2023.
Keysight Technologies Buyback Spend 2023: $702M
In 2023, Keysight Technologies reported buyback spend of $702M, declined 17.3% below 2022.
Keysight Technologies Buyback Spend 2022: $849M
Keysight Technologies buyback spend in 2022 was $849M, grew 26.2% from 2021.
Keysight Technologies Buyback Spend 2021: $673M
Keysight Technologies buyback spend in 2021 was $673M.
See more financial history for Keysight Technologies (KEYS).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $377M | $162M | $215M | 1.19% | 173M | -1.1% | |
| 2024 | $443M | $137M | $306M | 1.72% | 175M | -2.2% | |
| 2023 | $702M | $135M | $567M | 3.27% | 179M | -1.6% | |
| 2022 | $849M | $125M | $724M | 2.72% | 182M | -2.7% | |
| 2021 | $673M | $103M | $570M | 2.03% | 187M | -1.1% | |
| 2020 | $411M | $92M | $319M | 2.10% | 189M | -1.0% | |
| 2019 | $159M | $82M | $77M | 0.84% | 191M | 0.0% | |
| 2018 | $120M | $59M | $61M | 1.12% | 191M | +4.9% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $56M | -$56M | — | 182M | +5.8% | |
| 2016 | $62M | $49M | $13M | 1.11% | 172M | +0.6% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $55M | -$55M | — | 171M | +2.4% | |
| 2014 | $940M | $43M | $897M | 17.87% | 167M | +0.1% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $41M | -$41M | — | 167M | 0.0% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $38M | -$38M | — | 167M | 0.0% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $36M | -$36M | — | 167M | — |
- 2025$377M
- 2024$443M
- 2023$702M
- 2022$849M
- 2021$673M
- 2020$411M
- 2019$159M
- 2018$120M
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$62M
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$940M
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Keysight Technologies (KEYS)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 2.22×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Keysight Technologies (KEYS)
How Keysight Technologies splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Keysight Technologies, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
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| $0.00 | |
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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 $1.45B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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