Buyback yield (TTM)
N/A
Shareholder yield (TTM)
N/A
5Y share count change
40.0%
Buyback spend (TTM)
N/A
Cumulative buybacks
$200.00K
Key takeaways
- Diluted share count is up 40.0% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Lightwave Logic (LWLG)
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 Lightwave Logic (LWLG)
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 Lightwave Logic (LWLG)
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 Lightwave Logic (LWLG)
Latest: $0.00
Overview
In 2025, Lightwave Logic (LWLG) buyback spend totalled $0.00.
Lightwave Logic buyback spend plunged from $200.00K in 2007 to $0.00 in 2025, a 100.0% drawdown.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $200.00K in 2007 and its low of $0.00 in 2005.
Lightwave Logic Buyback Spend 2025: $0.00
Lightwave Logic buyback spend in 2025 was $0.00.
Lightwave Logic Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
Lightwave Logic buyback spend in 2024 was $0.00.
Lightwave Logic Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
Lightwave Logic buyback spend in 2023 was $0.00.
Lightwave Logic Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00
Lightwave Logic buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.
Lightwave Logic Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
Lightwave Logic buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for Lightwave Logic (LWLG).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $0.00 | $551.47K | −$551.47K | — | 0.13B | +6.4% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $4.44M | −$4.44M | — | 0.12B | +4.7% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $6.46M | −$6.46M | — | 0.12B | +3.3% | |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $5.81M | −$5.81M | — | 0.11B | +6.3% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $1.02M | −$1.02M | — | 0.11B | +14.5% | |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $539.41K | −$539.41K | — | 0.09B | +10.3% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $600.73K | −$600.73K | — | 0.08B | +9.0% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $387.69K | −$387.69K | — | 0.08B | +7.8% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $794.74K | −$794.74K | — | 0.07B | +7.1% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $436.23K | −$436.23K | — | 0.07B | +9.7% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $1.34M | −$1.34M | — | 0.06B | +8.4% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $824.73K | −$824.73K | — | 0.06B | +7.7% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $674.90K | −$674.90K | — | 0.05B | +5.9% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $1.82M | −$1.82M | — | 0.05B | +7.6% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $882.64K | −$882.64K | — | 0.05B | +7.3% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +7.2% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +13.5% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.03B | +12.1% | |
| 2007 | $200.00K | $0.00 | $200.00K | 0.73% | 0.03B | +14.0% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.03B | +12.8% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | — |
- 2025$0.00
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$0.00
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$0.00
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$200.00K
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Lightwave Logic (LWLG)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.00×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Lightwave Logic (LWLG)
How Lightwave Logic splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Lightwave Logic, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $4.60B | |
| $2.30B | |
| $1.18B | |
| $783.80M | |
| $682.89M | |
| $107.00M | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $4.60B
- $2.30B
- $1.18B
- $783.80M
- $682.89M
- $107.00M
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 $0.00 (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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