Top Companies by Buyback Spend in Basic Materials
Largest public companies ranked by buyback spend in Basic Materials on a trailing twelve months basis. Compare top issuers, sector peers and historical context…
How TTM buyback spend is measured
Trailing twelve months (TTM) buyback spend is the dollar amount a company spent repurchasing its own common stock over the most recent four fiscal quarters, taken from the financing section of the cash flow statement and shown here as a positive amount of cash deployed. Buybacks return capital to shareholders by shrinking the share count, increasing each remaining share's claim on future earnings.
Buybacks are one of two main capital-return tools — pair this list with dividends paid for the full picture, and with stock-based compensation to see how much of repurchase activity simply offsets new equity grants. Ranked in USD after period-average FX translation (IAS 21). Rankings USD translation methodology · IFRS IAS 21 (official)
Calculated from each company's four most recent reported quarters, as of .
Sector scopeBasic MaterialsChange sectorChange sector
Top companies by Buyback Spend — Basic Materials
- Linde
LIN
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $4.60B
- As of
- Newmont
NEM
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $3.85B
- As of
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $2.04B
- As of
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $1.66B
- As of
- CRH
CRH
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $1.39B
- As of
- Corteva
CTVA
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $1.07B
- As of
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $790.00M
- As of
- Steel Dynamics
STLD
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $765.82M
- As of
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $684.60M
- As of
- Ecolab
ECL
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $663.20M
- As of
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $500.00M
- As of
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $468.00M
- As of
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $446.20M
- As of
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $402.00M
- As of
- Nucor
NUE
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $400.00M
- As of
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $252.00M
- As of
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $100.00M
- As of
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $74.88M
- As of
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $61.00M
- As of
- H.B. Fuller
FUL
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $19.29M
- As of
- Avient
AVNT
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $4.10M
- As of
- Ashland
ASH
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Buyback Spend
- $4.00M
- As of
| # | Company | Sector | Buyback Spend | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde (LIN) | Basic Materials | $4.60B | |
| 2 | Newmont (NEM) | Basic Materials | $3.85B | |
| 3 | CF Industries Holdings (CF) | Basic Materials | $2.04B | |
| 4 | Sherwin-Williams (SHW) | Basic Materials | $1.66B | |
| 5 | CRH (CRH) | Basic Materials | $1.39B | |
| 6 | Corteva (CTVA) | Basic Materials | $1.07B | |
| 7 | PPG Industries (PPG) | Basic Materials | $790.00M | |
| 8 | Steel Dynamics (STLD) | Basic Materials | $765.82M | |
| 9 | Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) | Basic Materials | $684.60M | |
| 10 | Ecolab (ECL) | Basic Materials | $663.20M | |
| 11 | DuPont de Nemours (DD) | Basic Materials | $500.00M | |
| 12 | Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) | Basic Materials | $468.00M | |
| 13 | Vulcan Materials (VMC) | Basic Materials | $446.20M | |
| 14 | LyondellBasell (LYB) | Basic Materials | $402.00M | |
| 15 | Nucor (NUE) | Basic Materials | $400.00M | |
| 16 | Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) | Basic Materials | $252.00M | |
| 17 | Eastman Chemical (EMN) | Basic Materials | $100.00M | |
| 18 | RPM International (RPM) | Basic Materials | $74.88M | |
| 19 | International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) | Basic Materials | $61.00M | |
| 20 | H.B. Fuller (FUL) | Basic Materials | $19.29M | |
| 21 | Avient (AVNT) | Basic Materials | $4.10M | |
| 22 | Ashland (ASH) | Basic Materials | $4.00M |