Top Companies by Shareholder Yield

Shareholder yield is trailing-twelve-month buybacks plus dividends paid, divided by current market capitalization. It captures the total cash a company returns to common shareholders over the past year as a percentage of equity value — a single number that weighs repurchases and dividends equally and makes capital-return-heavy small-caps comparable to dividend-heavy mega-caps.

Decomposed components live at buyback yield and dividends paid. Companies that show up here usually have low reinvestment needs — software franchises, consumer staples, regulated utilities. Both numerator and denominator are translated to USD (IAS 21 closing rate) so global filers stay comparable. Rankings USD translation methodology · IFRS IAS 21 (official)