Buyback yield (TTM)
N/A
Shareholder yield (TTM)
1.28%
5Y share count change
62.8%
Buyback spend (TTM)
N/A
Cumulative buybacks
$648M
Key takeaways
- Diluted share count is up 62.8% 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 Welltower (WELL)
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 Welltower (WELL)
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 Welltower (WELL)
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 Welltower (WELL)
Latest: $0.00
Overview
The 2025 reading of Welltower (WELL) buyback spend is $0.00.
Through 2020–2025 (5 years), Welltower buyback spend delivered a -100.0% annualised rate; with a net decline across the window.
Welltower buyback spend plunged from $288M in 2017 to $0.00 in 2025, a 100.0% drawdown.
$288M stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2017, against a low of $0.00 during 1989.
Welltower Buyback Spend 2025: $0.00
Welltower buyback spend in 2025 was $0.00.
Welltower Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
Welltower buyback spend in 2024 was $0.00.
Welltower Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
Welltower buyback spend in 2023 was $0.00.
Welltower Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00
Welltower buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.
Welltower Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
Welltower buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for Welltower (WELL).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $0.00 | $1.56B | -$1.56B | — | 680M | +11.6% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $75.8M | -$75.8M | — | 609M | +17.4% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $37.2M | -$37.2M | — | 519M | +11.5% | |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $26.1M | -$26.1M | — | 465M | +9.0% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $17.8M | -$17.8M | — | 427M | +2.3% | |
| 2020 | $7.66M | $28.3M | -$20.7M | 0.03% | 417M | +3.4% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $25M | -$25M | — | 404M | +7.6% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $27.6M | -$27.6M | — | 375M | +1.7% | |
| 2017 | $288M | $19.1M | $268M | 1.22% | 369M | +2.4% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $28.9M | -$28.9M | — | 360M | +3.1% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $30.8M | -$30.8M | — | 349M | +13.5% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $32.1M | -$32.1M | — | 308M | +10.4% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $20.2M | -$20.2M | — | 279M | +23.4% | |
| 2012 | $275M | $18.5M | $256M | 1.73% | 226M | +29.6% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $10.8M | -$10.8M | — | 174M | +36.0% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $11.8M | -$11.8M | — | 128M | +11.9% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $9.63M | -$9.63M | — | 115M | +21.5% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $8.53M | -$8.53M | — | 94.3M | +18.8% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $7.05M | -$7.05M | — | 79.4M | +28.0% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $6.98M | -$6.98M | — | 62M | +13.8% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 54.5M | +4.6% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 52.1M | +17.8% | |
| 2003 | $75M | $0.00 | $75M | 4.12% | 44.2M | +18.5% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 37.3M | +20.2% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 31M | +8.3% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 28.6M | +0.8% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 28.4M | +9.6% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 25.9M | +18.3% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 21.9M | +55.6% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 14.1M | — | |
| 1995 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | $2.5M | $0.00 | $2.5M | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$0.00
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$0.00
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$7.66M
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$288M
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$275M
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$75M
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$0.00
- 1994$0.00
- 1993$0.00
- 1992$0.00
- 1991$2.5M
- 1990$0.00
- 1989$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Welltower (WELL)
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 Welltower (WELL)
How Welltower splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Welltower, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $968M | |
| $365M | |
| $227M | |
| $23.9M | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $968M
- $365M
- $23.9M
- $0.00
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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 $611M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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