Buyback yield (TTM)
N/A
Shareholder yield (TTM)
N/A
5Y share count change
147.6%
Buyback spend (TTM)
N/A
Cumulative buybacks
$2.19B
Key takeaways
- Diluted share count is up 147.6% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -100.0% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 0% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Unity Software (U)
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 Unity Software (U)
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 Unity Software (U)
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 Unity Software (U)
Latest: $0.00
Overview
2025's annual buyback spend for Unity Software (U) came in at $0.00.
Unity Software buyback spend has contracted on net over the period, with a -100.0% compound annual growth rate over 2020–2025 (5 years).
Between 2022 and 2025, Unity Software buyback spend plunged 100.0%, falling from $1.50B to $0.00.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $1.50B in 2022 and its low of $0.00 in 2018.
Unity Software Buyback Spend 2025: $0.00
Unity Software buyback spend in 2025 was $0.00.
Unity Software Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
Unity Software buyback spend in 2024 was $0.00, plunged 100.0% below 2023.
Unity Software Buyback Spend 2023: $250.00M
2023's buyback spend for Unity Software came in at $250.00M, plunged 83.3% below 2022.
Unity Software Buyback Spend 2022: $1.50B
Unity Software buyback spend in 2022 was $1.50B.
Unity Software Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
Unity Software buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for Unity Software (U).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $0.00 | $385.21M | −$385.21M | — | 0.42B | +6.3% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $596.25M | −$596.25M | — | 0.40B | +4.1% | |
| 2023 | $250.00M | $648.70M | −$398.70M | 1.60% | 0.38B | +22.5% | |
| 2022 | $1.50B | $550.07M | $949.93M | 14.94% | 0.31B | +10.0% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $347.16M | −$347.16M | — | 0.28B | +66.0% | |
| 2020 | $110.00K | $134.63M | −$134.52M | 0.00% | 0.17B | -25.5% | |
| 2019 | $435.09M | $44.48M | $390.61M | 2.79% | 0.23B | 0.0% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $20.91M | −$20.91M | — | 0.23B | — |
- 2025$0.00
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$250.00M
- 2022$1.50B
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$110.00K
- 2019$435.09M
- 2018$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Unity Software (U)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.00×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Unity Software (U)
How Unity Software splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Unity Software, 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 $463.08M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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