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Buybacks for Trade Desk (TTD)

TTM repurchases $1.16B · 5Y diluted share change -1.5% · SBC coverage 2.46×.

Analysis

Buyback yield (TTM)

10.75%

Shareholder yield (TTM)

10.75%

5Y share count change

-1.5%

Buyback spend (TTM)

$1.16B

Key takeaways

  • Trade Desk (TTD) repurchased about $1.16B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
  • Diluted share count is down 1.5% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
  • TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 2.46× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
  • TTM repurchases used about 138% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.

Dividend & buyback yield over time for Trade Desk (TTD)

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 Trade Desk (TTD)

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 Trade Desk (TTD)

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 Trade Desk (TTD)

Latest: $1.38B

Overview

As of the 2025 fiscal year, Trade Desk (TTD) reported buyback spend of $1.38B – surged 488.0% year-over-year.

Over 2015–2025 (10 years), Trade Desk buyback spend expanded at a +185.0% compound annual rate, with mixed annual results across the window.

The highest annual buyback spend of $1.38B was reported in 2025. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 2017.

Trade Desk Buyback Spend 2025: $1.38B

Trade Desk posted buyback spend of $1.38B in 2025, surged 488.0% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Trade Desk Buyback Spend 2024: $234.78M

In 2024, Trade Desk reported buyback spend of $234.78M, plunged 63.7% below 2023.

Trade Desk Buyback Spend 2023: $646.60M

Trade Desk buyback spend in 2023 was $646.60M.

Trade Desk Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00

Trade Desk buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.

Trade Desk Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00

Trade Desk buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.

See more financial history for Trade Desk (TTD).

Buyback, SBC & dilution history

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

  • 2025$1.38B
  • 2024$234.78M
  • 2023$646.60M
  • 2022$0.00
  • 2021$0.00
  • 2020$0.00
  • 2019$0.00
  • 2018$0.00
  • 2017$0.00
  • 2016$54.28M
  • 2015$39.00K
  • 2014$561.00K

Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Trade Desk (TTD)

Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 2.46×.

Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Trade Desk (TTD)

How Trade Desk splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.

Sector peers by buyback spend

Companies in the same sector as Trade Desk, 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 $836.72M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).

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