Shareholder return
The total cash returned to shareholders in the year, counting buybacks alongside dividends. In the United States buybacks are often the larger half, and looking only at dividends understates what a company hands back.
Definition
How it is computed here
| Formula | dividends paid + net share buybacks |
|---|---|
| Unit | Currency amount |
| Period | One fiscal year, as reported |
| Source | Extracted from SEC filings; every value on an asset page carries the accounting tag and the filing it came from |
| Identifier | retorno_ao_acionista |
The limit
What this number does not tell you
Buybacks net of issuance can be negative — a company that issues more stock than it repurchases is taking capital in, not returning it. And returning cash is not by itself good or bad: it is capital not being reinvested.
Every metric on this site is published with its blind spot stated. A figure without its limit is half a fact.
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