Share buybacks · 2014–2022
American Airlines share buybacks
$21.0M+16.7% · FY2022
American Airlines (AAL) reported $21.0M in share buybacks for fiscal 2022, +16.7% year on year.
| Fiscal year | Share buybacks | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20222022-12-31 | $21.0M | +16.7% | Open → |
| FY20212021-12-31 | $18.0M | −89.6% | Open → |
| FY20202020-12-31 | $173M | −84.2% | Open → |
| FY20192019-12-31 | $1.1B | +31.1% | Open → |
| FY20182018-12-31 | $837M | −48.2% | Open → |
| FY20172017-12-31 | $1.6B | −64.1% | Open → |
| FY20162016-12-31 | $4.5B | +17.0% | Open → |
| FY20152015-12-31 | $3.8B | +262.1% | Open → |
| FY20142014-12-31 | $1.1B | — | 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 · 2014–2022 compound annual growth −38.8%
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