Share buybacks · 2011–2025

Morningstar share buybacks

$787M+6,684.5% · FY2025

Morningstar (MORN) reported $787M in share buybacks for fiscal 2025, +6,684.5% year on year.

$40.7M2011$252M2012$154M2013$76.7M2014$97.0M2015$48.8M2016$42.3M2017$20.9M2018$4.9M2019$41.9M2020$1.3M2021$226M2022$1.4M2023$11.6M2024$787M2025
Morningstar — Share buybacks, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearShare buybacksChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$787M+6,684.5%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$11.6M+728.6%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$1.4M−99.4%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$226M+17,284.6%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$1.3M−96.9%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$41.9M+755.1%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$4.9M−76.6%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$20.9M−50.6%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$42.3M−13.3%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$48.8M−49.7%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$97.0M+26.5%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$76.7M−50.0%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$154M−39.0%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$252M+519.1%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$40.7M—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 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +23.6%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). Morningstar share buybacks. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/morningstar/share-buybacks

BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Morningstar share buybacks}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/morningstar/share-buybacks}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001289419-26-000013 · February 13, 2026

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