How much has Apple spent buying back its own stock?

Apple spent $86.4 billion buying back its own shares in its fiscal year ended September 2026, and about $903 billion in all since it began in fiscal 2013. It bought back none in fiscal 2011 and 2012. Buybacks return cash to shareholders and leave fewer shares, so each remaining share owns more of Apple. Figures are from Apple's cash flow statements as first reported in each annual report to the SEC.

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Measure: Stock bought back, dollars. Written from the data below.

  • The latest figure, for 2026, is $86.4B.
  • That is up $86.4B from $0.00 in 2011.
  • The highest was $94.9B in 2024.
  • The lowest was $0.00, first reached in 2011.

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Chartly. “How much has Apple spent buying back its own stock?” Chart. Data: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR company financial data (XBRL), https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000320193&type=10-K (data as of September 26, 2026). https://chart.ly/charts/apple-stock-buybacks (accessed November 6, 2026).

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Fiscal year (named by the year it ended in) Stock bought back, dollars Reported in
2011 0 Filing
2012 0 Filing
2013 22,860,000,000 Filing
2014 45,000,000,000 Filing
2015 35,253,000,000 Filing
2016 29,722,000,000 Filing
2017 32,900,000,000 Filing
2018 72,738,000,000 Filing
2019 66,897,000,000 Filing
2020 72,358,000,000 Filing
2021 85,971,000,000 Filing
2022 89,402,000,000 Filing
2023 77,550,000,000 Filing
2024 94,949,000,000 Filing
2025 90,711,000,000 Filing
2026 86,390,000,000 Filing

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