Buyback yield (TTM)
7.01%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
7.01%
5Y share count change
29.2%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$2.52B
Cumulative buybacks
$3.66B
Key takeaways
- Block (XYZ) repurchased about $2.52B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 29.2% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 2.04× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- TTM repurchases used about 77% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Block (XYZ)
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 Block (XYZ)
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 Block (XYZ)
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 Block (XYZ)
Latest: $2.33B
Overview
In 2025, Block (XYZ) buyback spend totalled $2.33B – surged 99.1% year-over-year.
The highest annual buyback spend of $2.33B was reported in 2025. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 2012.
Block Buyback Spend 2025: $2.33B
Block posted buyback spend of $2.33B in 2025, surged 99.1% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Block Buyback Spend 2024: $1.17B
In 2024, Block reported buyback spend of $1.17B, surged 646.3% from 2023.
Block Buyback Spend 2023: $156.81M
Block buyback spend in 2023 was $156.81M.
Block Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00
Block buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.
Block Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
Block buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for Block (XYZ).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $2.33B | $1.22B | $1.12B | 5.85% | 0.62B | -2.1% | |
| 2024 | $1.17B | $1.27B | −$102.44M | 2.16% | 0.64B | +3.6% | |
| 2023 | $156.81M | $1.28B | −$1.12B | 0.33% | 0.61B | +6.1% | |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $1.07B | −$1.07B | — | 0.58B | +15.4% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $608.04M | −$608.04M | — | 0.50B | +4.1% | |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $397.80M | −$397.80M | — | 0.48B | +3.5% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $297.86M | −$297.86M | — | 0.47B | +14.9% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $216.88M | −$216.88M | — | 0.41B | +7.0% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $155.84M | −$155.84M | — | 0.38B | +11.1% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $138.79M | −$138.79M | — | 0.34B | +4.4% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $82.29M | −$82.29M | — | 0.33B | +15.1% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $36.10M | −$36.10M | — | 0.28B | 0.0% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $14.66M | −$14.66M | — | 0.28B | +2.5% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $10.11M | −$10.11M | — | 0.28B | — |
- 2025$2.33B
- 2024$1.17B
- 2023$156.81M
- 2022$0.00
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$0.00
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Block (XYZ)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 2.04×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Block (XYZ)
How Block splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Block, 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 $3.26B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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