Buyback yield (TTM)
1.52%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
3.68%
5Y share count change
-10.4%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$719.63M
Cumulative buybacks
$19.82B
Key takeaways
- NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) repurchased about $719.63M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 10.4% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 1.62× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +7.5% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 37% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for NXP Semiconductors (NXPI)
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 NXP Semiconductors (NXPI)
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 NXP Semiconductors (NXPI)
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 NXP Semiconductors (NXPI)
Latest: $899.00M
Overview
The 2025 reading of NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) buyback spend is $899.00M – plunged 34.5% year-over-year.
NXP Semiconductors buyback spend compound annual growth for the 2020–2025 (5 years) window is +7.5%, with mixed annual results across the window.
NXP Semiconductors buyback spend plunged from $5.01B in 2018 to $899.00M in 2025, a 82.0% drawdown.
The highest annual buyback spend of $5.01B was reported in 2018. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 2008.
NXP Semiconductors Buyback Spend 2025: $899.00M
2025's buyback spend for NXP Semiconductors came in at $899.00M, plunged 34.5% below 2024.
NXP Semiconductors Buyback Spend 2024: $1.37B
NXP Semiconductors posted buyback spend of $1.37B in 2024, surged 30.4% from 2023.
NXP Semiconductors Buyback Spend 2023: $1.05B
In 2023, NXP Semiconductors reported buyback spend of $1.05B, declined 26.2% below 2022.
NXP Semiconductors Buyback Spend 2022: $1.43B
NXP Semiconductors buyback spend in 2022 was $1.43B, plunged 64.5% below 2021.
NXP Semiconductors Buyback Spend 2021: $4.01B
NXP Semiconductors buyback spend in 2021 was $4.01B.
See more financial history for NXP Semiconductors (NXPI).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $899.00M | $0.00 | $899.00M | 1.64% | 0.25B | -1.4% | |
| 2024 | $1.37B | $461.00M | $912.00M | 2.59% | 0.26B | -1.3% | |
| 2023 | $1.05B | $411.00M | $642.00M | 1.78% | 0.26B | -1.0% | |
| 2022 | $1.43B | $364.00M | $1.06B | 3.48% | 0.26B | -4.2% | |
| 2021 | $4.01B | $353.00M | $3.66B | 6.63% | 0.28B | -2.9% | |
| 2020 | $627.00M | $384.00M | $243.00M | 1.41% | 0.28B | -0.7% | |
| 2019 | $1.44B | $346.00M | $1.10B | 4.04% | 0.29B | -13.0% | |
| 2018 | $5.01B | $314.00M | $4.69B | 23.30% | 0.33B | -5.0% | |
| 2017 | $286.00M | $281.00M | $5.00M | 0.71% | 0.35B | +2.2% | |
| 2016 | $1.28B | $338.00M | $942.00M | 3.90% | 0.34B | +35.3% | |
| 2015 | $475.00M | $216.00M | $259.00M | 2.15% | 0.25B | +0.6% | |
| 2014 | $1.44B | $133.00M | $1.30B | 8.08% | 0.25B | -2.5% | |
| 2013 | $405.00M | $88.00M | $317.00M | 3.57% | 0.26B | +2.8% | |
| 2012 | $40.00M | $52.00M | −$12.00M | 0.61% | 0.25B | -0.3% | |
| 2011 | $57.00M | $0.00 | $57.00M | 1.50% | 0.25B | +8.5% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.23B | +6.5% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.22B | +19.4% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.18B | — |
- 2025$899.00M
- 2024$1.37B
- 2023$1.05B
- 2022$1.43B
- 2021$4.01B
- 2020$627.00M
- 2019$1.44B
- 2018$5.01B
- 2017$286.00M
- 2016$1.28B
- 2015$475.00M
- 2014$1.44B
- 2013$405.00M
- 2012$40.00M
- 2011$57.00M
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for NXP Semiconductors (NXPI)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 1.62×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for NXP Semiconductors (NXPI)
How NXP Semiconductors splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as NXP Semiconductors, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
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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 $1.94B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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