Facebook (META) spent $9.756 billion on share buybacks during Q2 2025
Along with its strong quarter where it beat expectations, Meta spend $9.756 billion buying back its own stock.
Microsoft (MSFT) spent $18.42 billion on share buybacks during FY 2025
After recently laying off around 9,000 workers, Microsoft spent $9.4 billion on a new round of stock buybacks.
Electronic Arts (EA) has spent $2.5 billion on share buybacks in the past 12 months
As part of the continued accelerated stock buyback initiative, EA has spent $375 million for stock buybacks in the most recent fiscal quarter.
Microsoft (MSFT) paid out $9.7 billion in share buybacks and dividends to investors during Q3 FY25
Microsoft spent quite a bit of money rebuying its own stock in its third quarter.
Apple (AAPL) spent $23.6 billion on share buybacks during Q1 FY25
Apple continued its trend of repurchasing its own stock during the latest quarter.
Apple (AAPL) has spent over $69 billion on stock buybacks in the last nine months
The spend on stock buybacks in 2024 was over $13 billion higher than the same period of time in 2023.
Companies that forgo stock buybacks for 5 years to get preferential treatment under CHIPS program
Biden administration Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo says the incentives are to coerce companies into investing in R&D, not buybacks.
GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen buys stake in Alibaba (BABA), pushes for buybacks
The GameStop chairman has built a stake worth hundreds of millions USD in Alibaba and wants it to speed up share buybacks.