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Buybacks for Kraft Heinz (KHC)

TTM repurchases $669.00M · 5Y diluted share change -3.3% · SBC coverage 7.43×.

Analysis

Buyback yield (TTM)

2.56%

Shareholder yield (TTM)

9.79%

5Y share count change

-3.3%

Buyback spend (TTM)

$669.00M

Key takeaways

  • Kraft Heinz (KHC) repurchased about $669.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
  • Diluted share count is down 3.3% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
  • TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 7.43× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
  • TTM repurchases used about 33% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.

Dividend & buyback yield over time for Kraft Heinz (KHC)

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 Kraft Heinz (KHC)

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 Kraft Heinz (KHC)

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 Kraft Heinz (KHC)

Latest: $436.00M

Overview

The 2025 reading of Kraft Heinz (KHC) buyback spend is $436.00M – plunged 55.9% year-over-year.

Kraft Heinz buyback spend peaked at $8.32B in 2016; the latest annual figure is $436.00M in 2025 (94.8% below peak).

2016 marks the peak buyback spend at $8.32B, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 2010.

Kraft Heinz Buyback Spend 2025: $436.00M

2025's buyback spend for Kraft Heinz came in at $436.00M, plunged 55.9% below 2024.

Kraft Heinz Buyback Spend 2024: $988.00M

Kraft Heinz posted buyback spend of $988.00M in 2024, surged 117.1% from 2023.

Kraft Heinz Buyback Spend 2023: $455.00M

In 2023, Kraft Heinz reported buyback spend of $455.00M, surged 62.5% from 2022.

Kraft Heinz Buyback Spend 2022: $280.00M

Kraft Heinz buyback spend in 2022 was $280.00M, edged up 3.3% from 2021.

Kraft Heinz Buyback Spend 2021: $271.00M

Kraft Heinz buyback spend in 2021 was $271.00M.

See more financial history for Kraft Heinz (KHC).

Buyback, SBC & dilution history

Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.

  • 2025$436.00M
  • 2024$988.00M
  • 2023$455.00M
  • 2022$280.00M
  • 2021$271.00M
  • 2020$0.00
  • 2019$0.00
  • 2018$0.00
  • 2017$0.00
  • 2016$8.32B
  • 2015$0.00
  • 2014$740.00M
  • 2013$0.00
  • 2012$0.00
  • 2011$202.00M
  • 2010$0.00

Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Kraft Heinz (KHC)

Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 7.43×.

Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Kraft Heinz (KHC)

How Kraft Heinz splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.

Sector peers by buyback spend

Companies in the same sector as Kraft Heinz, ranked by their latest buyback spend.

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.

TTM buybacks vs headroom (FCF − dividends, TTM)33% of headroom

Headroom $2.05B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).

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