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Buybacks for Snowflake (SNOW)

TTM repurchases $682.90M · 5Y diluted share change +17.2% · SBC coverage 0.42×.

Analysis
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Buyback yield (TTM)

1.45%

Shareholder yield (TTM)

1.45%

5Y share count change

17.2%

Buyback spend (TTM)

$682.90M

Key takeaways

  • Snowflake (SNOW) repurchased about $682.90M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
  • Diluted share count is up 17.2% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
  • TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.42× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
  • Cash buyback spend has compounded at +681.3% per year over the latest 5-year window.
  • TTM repurchases used about 58% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.

Dividend & buyback yield over time for Snowflake (SNOW)

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 Snowflake (SNOW)

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 Snowflake (SNOW)

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 Snowflake (SNOW)

Latest: $873.54M

Overview

In 2026, Snowflake (SNOW) buyback spend totalled $873.54M – plunged 54.8% year-over-year.

Snowflake buyback spend compound annual growth for the 2021–2026 (5 years) window is +681.3%, with mixed annual results across the window.

Between 2025 and 2026, Snowflake buyback spend plunged 54.8%, falling from $1.93B to $873.54M.

The highest annual buyback spend of $1.93B was reported in 2025. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 2022.

Snowflake Buyback Spend 2026: $873.54M

Snowflake posted buyback spend of $873.54M in 2026, plunged 54.8% below 2025.

Snowflake Buyback Spend 2025: $1.93B

In 2025, Snowflake reported buyback spend of $1.93B, surged 226.6% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Snowflake Buyback Spend 2024: $591.73M

Snowflake buyback spend in 2024 was $591.73M.

Snowflake Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00

Snowflake buyback spend in 2023 was $0.00.

Snowflake Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00

Snowflake buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.

See more financial history for Snowflake (SNOW).

Buyback, SBC & dilution history

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

  • 2026$873.54M
  • 2025$1.93B
  • 2024$591.73M
  • 2023$0.00
  • 2022$0.00
  • 2021$30.00K
  • 2020$391.00K
  • 2019$29.64M

Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Snowflake (SNOW)

Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.42×.

Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Snowflake (SNOW)

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

Sector peers by buyback spend

Companies in the same sector as Snowflake, 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)58% of headroom

Headroom $1.17B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).

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