Buyback yield (TTM)
0.19%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
0.19%
5Y share count change
-10.3%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$94.80M
Cumulative buybacks
$1.24B
Key takeaways
- Lumentum Holdings (LITE) repurchased about $94.80M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 10.3% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.74× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -26.9% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 35% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Lumentum Holdings (LITE)
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 Lumentum Holdings (LITE)
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 Lumentum Holdings (LITE)
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 Lumentum Holdings (LITE)
Latest: $41.70M
Overview
Lumentum Holdings (LITE) most recent annual buyback spend stands at $41.70M (2025).
Looking at the 2020–2025 (5 years) stretch, Lumentum Holdings buyback spend compounded at -26.9% per year, with a net decline across the window.
Lumentum Holdings buyback spend plunged from $543.90M in 2022 to $41.70M in 2025, a 92.3% drawdown.
The highest annual buyback spend of $543.90M was reported in 2022. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 2012.
Lumentum Holdings Buyback Spend 2025: $41.70M
Lumentum Holdings buyback spend in 2025 was $41.70M.
Lumentum Holdings Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
In 2024, Lumentum Holdings reported buyback spend of $0.00, plunged 100.0% below 2023.
Lumentum Holdings Buyback Spend 2023: $175.60M
Lumentum Holdings buyback spend in 2023 was $175.60M, plunged 67.7% below 2022.
Lumentum Holdings Buyback Spend 2022: $543.90M
2022's buyback spend for Lumentum Holdings came in at $543.90M, surged 97.3% from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Lumentum Holdings Buyback Spend 2021: $275.70M
Lumentum Holdings buyback spend in 2021 was $275.70M.
See more financial history for Lumentum Holdings (LITE).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $41.70M | $177.20M | −$135.50M | 0.63% | 0.07B | +3.4% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $128.80M | −$128.80M | — | 0.07B | -1.5% | |
| 2023 | $175.60M | $148.40M | $27.20M | 4.53% | 0.07B | -8.0% | |
| 2022 | $543.90M | $103.10M | $440.80M | 9.94% | 0.07B | 0.0% | |
| 2021 | $275.70M | $92.90M | $182.80M | 4.49% | 0.07B | -4.4% | |
| 2020 | $200.00M | $73.20M | $126.80M | 3.82% | 0.08B | +9.8% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $60.70M | −$60.70M | — | 0.07B | +11.7% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $46.80M | −$46.80M | — | 0.06B | +4.5% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $32.70M | −$32.70M | — | 0.06B | -1.0% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $24.90M | −$24.90M | — | 0.06B | +4.8% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $18.20M | −$18.20M | — | 0.06B | +0.7% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $18.50M | −$18.50M | — | 0.06B | 0.0% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $16.30M | −$16.30M | — | 0.06B | 0.0% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $14.50M | −$14.50M | — | 0.06B | — |
- 2025$41.70M
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$175.60M
- 2022$543.90M
- 2021$275.70M
- 2020$200.00M
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Lumentum Holdings (LITE)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.74×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Lumentum Holdings (LITE)
How Lumentum Holdings splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Lumentum Holdings, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
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| $40.09B | |
| $18.42B | |
| $6.65B | |
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| $1.32B | |
| $0.00 | |
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- $90.71B
- $40.09B
- $18.42B
- $6.65B
- $6.31B
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- $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 $273.80M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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