Buyback yield (TTM)
0.90%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
0.92%
5Y share count change
-2.4%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$47.43B
Cumulative buybacks
$100.44B
Key takeaways
- NVIDIA (NVDA) repurchased about $47.43B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 2.4% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 6.93× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- TTM repurchases used about 40% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for NVIDIA (NVDA)
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 NVIDIA (NVDA)
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 NVIDIA (NVDA)
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 NVIDIA (NVDA)
Latest: $40.09B
Overview
The 2026 reading of NVIDIA (NVDA) buyback spend is $40.09B – grew 18.9% year-over-year.
Across 2016–2026 (10 years), NVIDIA buyback spend produced a CAGR of +52.6% – sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.
2026 marks the peak buyback spend at $40.09B, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 1999.
NVIDIA Buyback Spend 2026: $40.09B
In 2026, NVIDIA reported buyback spend of $40.09B, grew 18.9% from 2025. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
NVIDIA Buyback Spend 2025: $33.71B
NVIDIA buyback spend in 2025 was $33.71B, surged 253.6% from 2024.
NVIDIA Buyback Spend 2024: $9.53B
2024's buyback spend for NVIDIA came in at $9.53B, declined 5.0% below 2023.
NVIDIA Buyback Spend 2023: $10.04B
NVIDIA buyback spend in 2023 was $10.04B.
NVIDIA Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00
NVIDIA buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.
See more financial history for NVIDIA (NVDA).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2026 | $40.09B | $6.39B | $33.70B | 0.88% | 24.51B | -1.2% | |
| 2025 | $33.71B | $4.74B | $28.97B | 1.16% | 24.80B | -0.5% | |
| 2024 | $9.53B | $3.55B | $5.98B | 0.62% | 24.94B | -0.5% | |
| 2023 | $10.04B | $2.71B | $7.33B | 2.13% | 25.07B | -1.1% | |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $2.00B | −$2.00B | — | 25.35B | +0.9% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $1.40B | −$1.40B | — | 25.12B | +1.6% | |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $844.00M | −$844.00M | — | 24.72B | -1.1% | |
| 2019 | $1.58B | $557.00M | $1.02B | 1.88% | 25.00B | -1.1% | |
| 2018 | $909.00M | $391.00M | $518.00M | 0.61% | 25.28B | -2.6% | |
| 2017 | $739.00M | $247.00M | $492.00M | 1.21% | 25.96B | +14.1% | |
| 2016 | $587.00M | $204.00M | $383.00M | 3.72% | 22.76B | +1.1% | |
| 2015 | $814.00M | $158.00M | $656.00M | 7.26% | 22.52B | -5.3% | |
| 2014 | $887.00M | $136.00M | $751.00M | 10.09% | 23.78B | -4.9% | |
| 2013 | $100.00M | $136.66M | −$36.66M | 1.28% | 25.00B | +1.4% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $136.35M | −$136.35M | — | 24.65B | +4.7% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $100.35M | −$100.35M | — | 23.55B | +7.1% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $242.83M | −$242.83M | — | 21.98B | +0.3% | |
| 2009 | $423.64M | $162.71M | $260.93M | 9.89% | 21.93B | -9.7% | |
| 2008 | $552.51M | $0.00 | $552.51M | 4.05% | 24.27B | +3.4% | |
| 2007 | $274.98M | $0.00 | $274.98M | 2.39% | 23.48B | +7.1% | |
| 2006 | $188.51M | $0.00 | $188.51M | 2.43% | 21.93B | +3.6% | |
| 2005 | $24.64M | $0.00 | $24.64M | 0.65% | 21.18B | +2.2% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 20.71B | +2.6% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 20.20B | -1.6% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 20.52B | +7.4% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 19.11B | +10.3% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 17.32B | +31.7% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 13.15B | — |
- 2026$40.09B
- 2025$33.71B
- 2024$9.53B
- 2023$10.04B
- 2022$0.00
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$0.00
- 2019$1.58B
- 2018$909.00M
- 2017$739.00M
- 2016$587.00M
- 2015$814.00M
- 2014$887.00M
- 2013$100.00M
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$423.64M
- 2008$552.51M
- 2007$274.98M
- 2006$188.51M
- 2005$24.64M
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for NVIDIA (NVDA)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 6.93×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for NVIDIA (NVDA)
How NVIDIA splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as NVIDIA, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $90.71B | |
| $18.42B | |
| $6.65B | |
| $6.31B | |
| $1.32B | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $90.71B
- $18.42B
- $6.65B
- $6.31B
- $1.32B
- $0.00
- $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 $118.10B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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