Buyback yield (TTM)
N/A
Shareholder yield (TTM)
0.39%
5Y share count change
22.4%
Buyback spend (TTM)
N/A
Cumulative buybacks
$388.91M
Key takeaways
- Diluted share count is up 22.4% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM repurchases used about 0% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for MKS (MKSI)
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 MKS (MKSI)
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 MKS (MKSI)
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 MKS (MKSI)
Latest: $45.00M
Overview
As of the 2025 fiscal year, MKS (MKSI) reported buyback spend of $45.00M.
Through 2015–2025 (10 years), MKS buyback spend delivered a +13.0% annualised rate; with mixed annual results across the window.
Between 2008 and 2025, MKS buyback spend plunged 61.1%, falling from $115.72M to $45.00M.
The record annual buyback spend stands at $115.72M, reached in 2008; the historical low of $0.00 was recorded in 1998.
MKS Buyback Spend 2025: $45.00M
MKS buyback spend in 2025 was $45.00M.
MKS Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
MKS buyback spend in 2024 was $0.00.
MKS Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
MKS buyback spend in 2023 was $0.00.
MKS Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00
MKS buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.
MKS Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
MKS buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for MKS (MKSI).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $45.00M | $55.00M | −$10.00M | 0.42% | 0.07B | +0.1% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $48.00M | −$48.00M | — | 0.07B | +1.2% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $54.00M | −$54.00M | — | 0.07B | +11.5% | |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $45.00M | −$45.00M | — | 0.06B | +7.5% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $37.00M | −$37.00M | — | 0.06B | +0.7% | |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $30.00M | −$30.00M | — | 0.06B | +0.3% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $49.20M | −$49.20M | — | 0.06B | +0.2% | |
| 2018 | $75.00M | $27.26M | $47.74M | 2.15% | 0.05B | -0.1% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $24.38M | −$24.38M | — | 0.06B | +1.9% | |
| 2016 | $1.54M | $25.23M | −$23.68M | 0.05% | 0.05B | +0.9% | |
| 2015 | $13.29M | $13.01M | $281.00K | 0.69% | 0.05B | +0.1% | |
| 2014 | $20.81M | $11.31M | $9.49M | 1.06% | 0.05B | +0.1% | |
| 2013 | $2.88M | $13.99M | −$11.12M | 0.18% | 0.05B | +0.5% | |
| 2012 | $11.50M | $13.03M | −$1.53M | 0.85% | 0.05B | +0.7% | |
| 2011 | $2.01M | $11.22M | −$9.22M | 0.14% | 0.05B | +3.8% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $5.69M | −$5.69M | — | 0.05B | +3.3% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $6.60M | −$6.60M | — | 0.05B | -2.8% | |
| 2008 | $115.72M | $15.27M | $100.45M | 15.74% | 0.05B | -11.2% | |
| 2007 | $101.16M | $12.92M | $88.24M | 9.38% | 0.06B | +2.2% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.06B | +2.4% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.05B | -0.0% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.05B | +6.0% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.05B | +3.2% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.05B | +33.4% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +3.7% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +51.0% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | +28.0% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | — |
- 2025$45.00M
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$0.00
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$0.00
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$75.00M
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$1.54M
- 2015$13.29M
- 2014$20.81M
- 2013$2.88M
- 2012$11.50M
- 2011$2.01M
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$115.72M
- 2007$101.16M
- 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
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for MKS (MKSI)
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 MKS (MKSI)
How MKS splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as MKS, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $90.71B | |
| $40.09B | |
| $18.42B | |
| $6.65B | |
| $6.31B | |
| $1.32B | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $90.71B
- $40.09B
- $18.42B
- $6.65B
- $6.31B
- $1.32B
- $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 $340.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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