Buyback yield (TTM)
3.22%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
5.92%
5Y share count change
-9.7%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$1.27B
Cumulative buybacks
$25.04B
Key takeaways
- Thomson Reuters (TRI) repurchased about $1.27B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 9.7% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +37.0% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 123% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Thomson Reuters (TRI)
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 Thomson Reuters (TRI)
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 Thomson Reuters (TRI)
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 Thomson Reuters (TRI)
Latest: $1.02B
Overview
2025's annual buyback spend for Thomson Reuters (TRI) came in at $1.02B – surged 67.3% year-over-year.
Thomson Reuters buyback spend compound annual growth for the 2020–2025 (5 years) window is +37.0%, with mixed annual results across the window.
Thomson Reuters buyback spend plunged from $9.45B in 2018 to $1.02B in 2025, a 89.2% drawdown.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $9.45B in 2018 and its low of $0.00 in 1995.
Thomson Reuters Buyback Spend 2025: $1.02B
2025's buyback spend for Thomson Reuters came in at $1.02B, surged 67.3% from 2024.
Thomson Reuters Buyback Spend 2024: $608.32M
Thomson Reuters posted buyback spend of $608.32M in 2024, plunged 80.9% below 2023.
Thomson Reuters Buyback Spend 2023: $3.18B
In 2023, Thomson Reuters reported buyback spend of $3.18B, surged 158.4% from 2022.
Thomson Reuters Buyback Spend 2022: $1.23B
Thomson Reuters buyback spend in 2022 was $1.23B, declined 11.3% below 2021.
Thomson Reuters Buyback Spend 2021: $1.39B
Thomson Reuters buyback spend in 2021 was $1.39B.
See more financial history for Thomson Reuters (TRI).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $1.02B | $0.00 | $1.02B | 1.71% | 0.45B | -0.4% | |
| 2024 | $608.32M | $0.00 | $608.32M | 0.83% | 0.45B | -2.7% | |
| 2023 | $3.18B | $0.00 | $3.18B | 4.71% | 0.46B | -4.3% | |
| 2022 | $1.23B | $0.00 | $1.23B | 2.14% | 0.48B | -1.9% | |
| 2021 | $1.39B | $0.00 | $1.39B | 2.34% | 0.49B | -0.7% | |
| 2020 | $210.57M | $0.00 | $210.57M | 0.51% | 0.50B | -0.9% | |
| 2019 | $499.35M | $0.00 | $499.35M | 1.37% | 0.50B | -22.0% | |
| 2018 | $9.45B | $0.00 | $9.45B | 36.43% | 0.64B | +2.2% | |
| 2017 | $1.04B | $0.00 | $1.04B | 3.29% | 0.63B | -3.8% | |
| 2016 | $1.65B | $0.00 | $1.65B | 5.07% | 0.66B | -4.5% | |
| 2015 | $1.31B | $0.00 | $1.31B | 4.42% | 0.69B | -3.3% | |
| 2014 | $975.49M | $0.00 | $975.49M | 2.97% | 0.71B | -2.4% | |
| 2013 | $387.91M | $0.00 | $387.91M | 1.23% | 0.73B | +0.2% | |
| 2012 | $168.67M | $0.00 | $168.67M | 0.69% | 0.73B | -0.5% | |
| 2011 | $316.76M | $0.00 | $316.76M | 1.36% | 0.73B | -0.4% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.73B | +0.4% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.73B | +7.5% | |
| 2008 | $451.24M | $0.00 | $451.24M | 1.77% | 0.68B | +20.2% | |
| 2007 | $182.71M | $0.00 | $182.71M | 0.66% | 0.56B | +0.1% | |
| 2006 | $401.54M | $0.00 | $401.54M | 1.43% | 0.56B | -1.6% | |
| 2005 | $265.55M | $0.00 | $265.55M | 1.12% | 0.57B | -0.1% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.57B | +0.4% | |
| 2003 | $311.00M | $0.00 | $311.00M | 1.24% | 0.57B | +1.4% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.56B | +2.3% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.55B | +0.9% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.55B | +1.7% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.54B | +0.2% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.54B | +6.9% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.50B | -4.5% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.52B | — | |
| 1995 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$1.02B
- 2024$608.32M
- 2023$3.18B
- 2022$1.23B
- 2021$1.39B
- 2020$210.57M
- 2019$499.35M
- 2018$9.45B
- 2017$1.04B
- 2016$1.65B
- 2015$1.31B
- 2014$975.49M
- 2013$387.91M
- 2012$168.67M
- 2011$316.76M
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$451.24M
- 2007$182.71M
- 2006$401.54M
- 2005$265.55M
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$311.00M
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Thomson Reuters (TRI)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: N/A.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Thomson Reuters (TRI)
How Thomson Reuters splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Thomson Reuters, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $7.55B | |
| $5.19B | |
| $2.68B | |
| $1.86B | |
| $1.14B | |
| $1.13B | |
| $50.00M | |
| $0.00 |
- $7.55B
- $5.19B
- $2.68B
- $1.86B
- $1.14B
- $1.13B
- $50.00M
- $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 $1.03B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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