Companies Returning the Most Cash to Shareholders

How This List Is Built

Companies ranked by the total cash they returned to shareholders over the last twelve months — dividends paid plus share buybacks, converted to US dollars. The two halves of shareholder return, combined into one figure.

We add trailing-twelve-month dividends paid and gross share repurchases (both from the cash flow statement, taken as positive outflows), convert to US dollars at daily exchange rates, and rank descending. A company appears if it returned cash through either route. Refreshed nightly.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this board add up?

For each company it sums two trailing-twelve-month cash flows: dividends paid and gross share repurchases. Together they are the total cash a company handed back to shareholders, whether you take it as income or benefit from a shrinking share count.

Why combine dividends and buybacks?

They are the two ways a company returns capital. Some firms favor dividends, others lean on buybacks, and many do both. Ranking the sum shows who returns the most in total, regardless of the mix.