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US companies buy back $1 trillion in stocks in record time in 2025


08/28/2025


In 2025, US firms repurchased $1 trillion of their own shares in a record timeframe, according to MarketWatch, referencing specialists from Birinyi Associates.



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Birinyi, which examines the stock market, reported that the trillion-dollar threshold was surpassed on August 20. Throughout the year, analysts from the firm project that US companies would repurchase over $1.1 trillion in shares.

Birinyi forecasts that the overall amount of declared buyback initiatives will surpass $1.3 trillion by year’s end. If their execution continues at the typical speed, next year may set another record.

In 2025, the biggest buybacks were revealed by Apple Inc. for $100 billion, Alphabet Inc.

source: marketwatch.com