Share buybacks · 2013–2025
Alphabet share buybacks
$45.7B−26.5% · FY2025
Alphabet (GOOGL) reported $45.7B in share buybacks for fiscal 2025, −26.5% year on year.
| Fiscal year | Share buybacks | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252025-12-31 | $45.7B | −26.5% | Open → |
| FY20242024-12-31 | $62.2B | +1.2% | Open → |
| FY20232023-12-31 | $61.5B | +3.7% | Open → |
| FY20222022-12-31 | $59.3B | +17.9% | Open → |
| FY20212021-12-31 | $50.3B | +61.4% | Open → |
| FY20202020-12-31 | $31.1B | +69.3% | Open → |
| FY20192019-12-31 | $18.4B | +102.7% | Open → |
| FY20182018-12-31 | $9.1B | +87.3% | Open → |
| FY20172017-12-31 | $4.8B | +31.2% | Open → |
| FY20162016-12-31 | $3.7B | +107.5% | Open → |
| FY20152015-12-31 | $1.8B | +$1.8B | Open → |
| FY20142014-12-31 | $0 | $0 | Open → |
| FY20132013-12-31 | $0 | — | Open → |
Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026
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CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). Alphabet share buybacks. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/alphabet/share-buybacksBibTeX
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}The filing itself
The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001652044-26-000018 · February 5, 2026
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