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Buybacks for Snap (SNAP)

TTM repurchases $2.29B · 5Y diluted share change +18.2% · SBC coverage 2.25×.

Analysis
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Buyback yield (TTM)

29.48%

Shareholder yield (TTM)

29.48%

5Y share count change

18.2%

Buyback spend (TTM)

$2.29B

Key takeaways

  • Snap (SNAP) repurchased about $2.29B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
  • Diluted share count is up 18.2% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
  • TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 2.25× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
  • TTM repurchases used about 376% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.

Dividend & buyback yield over time for Snap (SNAP)

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 Snap (SNAP)

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 Snap (SNAP)

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 Snap (SNAP)

Latest: $2.75B

Overview

In 2025, Snap (SNAP) buyback spend totalled $2.75B – surged 782.6% year-over-year.

Looking at the 2015–2025 (10 years) stretch, Snap buyback spend compounded at +120.7% per year, sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.

2025 marks the peak buyback spend at $2.75B, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 2019.

Snap Buyback Spend 2025: $2.75B

In 2025, Snap reported buyback spend of $2.75B, surged 782.6% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Snap Buyback Spend 2024: $311.07M

Snap buyback spend in 2024 was $311.07M, surged 64.2% from 2023.

Snap Buyback Spend 2023: $189.39M

2023's buyback spend for Snap came in at $189.39M, plunged 81.1% below 2022.

Snap Buyback Spend 2022: $1.00B

Snap buyback spend in 2022 was $1.00B.

Snap Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00

Snap buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.

See more financial history for Snap (SNAP).

Buyback, SBC & dilution history

Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.

  • 2025$2.75B
  • 2024$311.07M
  • 2023$189.39M
  • 2022$1.00B
  • 2021$0.00
  • 2020$0.00
  • 2019$0.00
  • 2018$551.00K
  • 2017$394.16M
  • 2016$10.59M
  • 2015$1.00M

Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Snap (SNAP)

Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 2.25×.

Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Snap (SNAP)

How Snap splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.

Sector peers by buyback spend

Companies in the same sector as Snap, ranked by their latest buyback spend.

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.

TTM buybacks vs headroom (FCF − dividends, TTM)100% of headroom

Headroom $608.80M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).

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