Buyback yield (TTM)
0.11%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
0.76%
5Y share count change
-18.1%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$100.00M
Cumulative buybacks
$19.87B
Key takeaways
- Seagate Technology (STX) repurchased about $100.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 18.1% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.46× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -100.0% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 5% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Seagate Technology (STX)
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 Seagate Technology (STX)
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 Seagate Technology (STX)
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 Seagate Technology (STX)
Latest: $0.00
Overview
Seagate Technology (STX) most recent annual buyback spend stands at $0.00 (2025).
Seagate Technology buyback spend has contracted on net over the period, with a -100.0% compound annual growth rate over 2020–2025 (5 years).
Seagate Technology buyback spend peaked at $2.43B in 2012; the latest annual figure is $0.00 in 2025 (100.0% below peak).
$2.43B stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2012, against a low of $0.00 during 2001.
Seagate Technology Buyback Spend 2025: $0.00
Seagate Technology buyback spend in 2025 was $0.00.
Seagate Technology Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
Seagate Technology buyback spend in 2024 was $0.00, plunged 100.0% below 2023.
Seagate Technology Buyback Spend 2023: $408.00M
2023's buyback spend for Seagate Technology came in at $408.00M, plunged 77.3% below 2022.
Seagate Technology Buyback Spend 2022: $1.80B
Seagate Technology posted buyback spend of $1.80B in 2022, declined 12.1% below 2021.
Seagate Technology Buyback Spend 2021: $2.05B
Seagate Technology buyback spend in 2021 was $2.05B.
See more financial history for Seagate Technology (STX).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $0.00 | $200.00M | −$200.00M | — | 0.22B | +2.4% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $127.00M | −$127.00M | — | 0.21B | +2.4% | |
| 2023 | $408.00M | $115.00M | $293.00M | 3.19% | 0.21B | -7.6% | |
| 2022 | $1.80B | $145.00M | $1.65B | 11.82% | 0.22B | -8.6% | |
| 2021 | $2.05B | $112.00M | $1.94B | 10.21% | 0.24B | -7.5% | |
| 2020 | $850.00M | $109.00M | $741.00M | 6.83% | 0.27B | -7.0% | |
| 2019 | $963.00M | $99.00M | $864.00M | 7.37% | 0.28B | -2.4% | |
| 2018 | $361.00M | $112.00M | $249.00M | 2.23% | 0.29B | -2.3% | |
| 2017 | $460.00M | $137.00M | $323.00M | 4.04% | 0.30B | -1.0% | |
| 2016 | $1.09B | $120.00M | $970.00M | 14.97% | 0.30B | -8.8% | |
| 2015 | $1.09B | $137.00M | $950.00M | 7.08% | 0.33B | -4.6% | |
| 2014 | $1.91B | $118.00M | $1.79B | 10.32% | 0.35B | -9.2% | |
| 2013 | $1.65B | $76.00M | $1.58B | 10.13% | 0.38B | -13.4% | |
| 2012 | $2.43B | $51.00M | $2.38B | 23.87% | 0.44B | -5.6% | |
| 2011 | $822.00M | $51.00M | $771.00M | 11.46% | 0.47B | -9.1% | |
| 2010 | $584.00M | $57.00M | $527.00M | 9.12% | 0.51B | +5.3% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $83.00M | −$83.00M | — | 0.49B | -9.3% | |
| 2008 | $1.48B | $113.00M | $1.37B | 16.04% | 0.54B | -8.3% | |
| 2007 | $1.53B | $128.00M | $1.40B | 12.98% | 0.59B | +12.0% | |
| 2006 | $399.00M | $90.00M | $309.00M | 3.13% | 0.52B | +4.4% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.50B | +0.8% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $63.00M | −$63.00M | — | 0.50B | +6.0% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $63.00M | −$63.00M | — | 0.47B | +9.8% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.43B | -6.1% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.46B | — |
- 2025$0.00
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$408.00M
- 2022$1.80B
- 2021$2.05B
- 2020$850.00M
- 2019$963.00M
- 2018$361.00M
- 2017$460.00M
- 2016$1.09B
- 2015$1.09B
- 2014$1.91B
- 2013$1.65B
- 2012$2.43B
- 2011$822.00M
- 2010$584.00M
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$1.48B
- 2007$1.53B
- 2006$399.00M
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Seagate Technology (STX)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.46×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Seagate Technology (STX)
How Seagate Technology splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Seagate Technology, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $90.71B | |
| $40.09B | |
| $18.42B | |
| $6.65B | |
| $6.31B | |
| $1.32B | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $90.71B
- $40.09B
- $18.42B
- $6.65B
- $6.31B
- $1.32B
- $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 $2.01B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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