Buyback yield (TTM)
3.28%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
4.22%
5Y share count change
37.5%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$3.85B
Cumulative buybacks
$5.85B
Key takeaways
- Newmont (NEM) repurchased about $3.85B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 37.5% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 49.36× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +34.6% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 34% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Newmont (NEM)
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 Newmont (NEM)
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 Newmont (NEM)
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 Newmont (NEM)
Latest: $2.30B
Overview
2025's annual buyback spend for Newmont (NEM) came in at $2.30B – surged 84.8% year-over-year.
Through 2020–2025 (5 years), Newmont buyback spend delivered a +34.6% annualised rate; sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.
2025 marks the peak buyback spend at $2.30B, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 1989.
Newmont Buyback Spend 2025: $2.30B
2025's buyback spend for Newmont came in at $2.30B, surged 84.8% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Newmont Buyback Spend 2024: $1.25B
Newmont buyback spend in 2024 was $1.25B.
Newmont Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
Newmont buyback spend in 2023 was $0.00.
Newmont Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00
Newmont buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00, plunged 100.0% below 2021.
Newmont Buyback Spend 2021: $525.00M
Newmont buyback spend in 2021 was $525.00M.
See more financial history for Newmont (NEM).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $2.30B | $99.00M | $2.20B | 2.09% | 1.11B | -3.5% | |
| 2024 | $1.25B | $89.00M | $1.16B | 2.92% | 1.15B | +36.5% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $80.00M | −$80.00M | — | 0.84B | +5.8% | |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $73.00M | −$73.00M | — | 0.80B | -0.7% | |
| 2021 | $525.00M | $72.00M | $453.00M | 1.06% | 0.80B | -0.6% | |
| 2020 | $521.00M | $72.00M | $449.00M | 1.08% | 0.81B | +9.4% | |
| 2019 | $479.00M | $97.00M | $382.00M | 1.35% | 0.74B | +37.8% | |
| 2018 | $98.00M | $76.00M | $22.00M | 0.53% | 0.54B | 0.0% | |
| 2017 | $14.00M | $70.00M | −$56.00M | 0.07% | 0.54B | +0.7% | |
| 2016 | $5.00M | $70.00M | −$65.00M | 0.03% | 0.53B | +3.9% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $77.00M | −$77.00M | — | 0.51B | +2.7% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $51.00M | −$51.00M | — | 0.50B | -0.1% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $64.00M | −$64.00M | — | 0.50B | -0.1% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $72.00M | −$72.00M | — | 0.50B | -1.0% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $79.00M | −$79.00M | — | 0.50B | +0.8% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $70.00M | −$70.00M | — | 0.50B | +2.7% | |
| 2009 | $287.00M | $57.00M | $230.00M | 1.24% | 0.49B | +7.0% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $50.00M | −$50.00M | — | 0.46B | +0.7% | |
| 2007 | $366.00M | $46.00M | $320.00M | 1.65% | 0.45B | 0.0% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.45B | +0.7% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.45B | +0.4% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.45B | +8.0% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.41B | +10.2% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.38B | +94.3% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.19B | +1.6% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.19B | +15.6% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.16B | +3.3% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.16B | +2.5% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.16B | +28.7% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.12B | — | |
| 1995 | $4.40M | $0.00 | $4.40M | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$2.30B
- 2024$1.25B
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$0.00
- 2021$525.00M
- 2020$521.00M
- 2019$479.00M
- 2018$98.00M
- 2017$14.00M
- 2016$5.00M
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$287.00M
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$366.00M
- 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
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$4.40M
- 1994$0.00
- 1993$0.00
- 1992$0.00
- 1991$0.00
- 1990$0.00
- 1989$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Newmont (NEM)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 49.36×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Newmont (NEM)
How Newmont splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Newmont, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $4.60B | |
| $1.66B | |
| $1.18B | |
| $783.80M | |
| $682.89M | |
| $107.00M | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
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- $1.66B
- $1.18B
- $783.80M
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- $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 $11.17B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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