Share Buybacks

An announced buyback is a statement of intent. An executed one is cash leaving the balance sheet and shares leaving the float. ORTEX carries both: a global record of more than 237,000 buyback announcements and updates since 1989, and executed repurchases read from company filings, with the cash spent, the shares bought and the authorization still left. The gap between the two is where the signal lives.

At a glance

• 237,000+ buyback announcements and updates on file
• 21,000 companies worldwide
• 30,000 announcements and updates in the last 12 months
• 1989 history from

237,000+ buyback announcements and updates tracked since 1989 across 21,000 companies worldwide, with executed spend read from filings and dated to the day the market could first see it.

ORTEX corporate events archive, November 2026.

What you can do with it

• Capital allocation. Who is buying back stock, how much, and whether they follow through.
• Float and supply. Shares leaving the float, for index, squeeze and ownership work.
• Event signals. New programs and accelerations, as they are announced.

Intent and execution, kept apart

Because a large share of announced programs are never fully bought.

• Announced programs, globally. Every new, extended, increased and completed program worldwide since 1989, with its size and dates.
• Executed repurchases. Cash spent in the period, shares bought and the value still authorized, read from company filings.
• Monthly detail. Beneath the quarterly totals, the month-by-month shares bought and the average price paid.
• Known when the market knew. Every figure is dated to the filing that revealed it, so a backtest only sees what was public on the day.
• Float impact. Repurchased shares can be canceled or held in treasury. ORTEX keeps the distinction, so a shrinking share count is real.
• On the corporate timeline. Buybacks sit on the same per-stock timeline as dividends, splits, deals and index changes.

Facts

Why ORTEX

Most buyback data stops at the announcement. ORTEX also reads what was actually spent from the filings and dates it to when the market learned it, so an unused program is visible straight away.

Documents and API

• Download the brochure (PDF)
• Share Buybacks on public.ortex.com
• The full ORTEX data catalog (PDF)
• Enterprise API reference: Buybacks per stock, Whole market

Coverage, history and figures are as at November 2026. Provided for information purposes only; not investment advice, a personal recommendation, or an offer to buy or sell any security. Past performance is not a guide to future results. Trial access, pricing and licensing: [email protected].