Which companies discussed Share Buybacks in earnings calls?
4,394 companies mentioned share buybacks across 8,951 earnings calls over the past year, spanning 11 sectors. The most active were SBA Communications Corporation (14 calls), International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (12 calls), Pentair plc (11 calls). The table below ranks every company by how often the theme came up, with direct links to each transcript.
Mentions over time
Data table
| Quarter | Calls mentioning Share Buybacks |
|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 1,324 |
| 2024Q4 | 1,998 |
| 2025Q1 | 2,370 |
| 2025Q2 | 1,769 |
| 2025Q3 | 1,966 |
| 2025Q4 | 2,032 |
| 2026Q1 | 2,607 |
| 2026Q2 | 2,196 |
| 2026Q3 | 736 |
Companies ranked by mentions
Representative quotes
…expansions and strategic projects, while still repurchasing another $30 million of company stock. In a little over 5 years since we began our buybacks, we have now deployed over $600 million in repurchases with the objective of maintaining a responsible balance sheet. Over 19% of our outstanding shares…
…that simple. We are targeting a 15% annual total shareholder return at a mid-cycle price of $70 through production growth, dividends and buybacks. That's the target we are building toward. The commodity price environment this quarter continued to prove constructive with WTI averaging $93 a barrel…
…quarter. Maybe a question going back to capital allocation. And if you could talk about how you think through the preferences between share buybacks, the development program and maybe where today's seller expectations for some smaller portfolio transactions are? Christopher Lau (Executives): Jana, Chris here…
…whether we increase dividends, whether restructuring the debt, whether -- whatever else it can be around. Some people can tell us about doing the buybacks of the shares. For me -- not for me, for the management here, it will be the least likable to be. We would like…
Frequently asked questions
What is Share Buybacks and why are companies discussing it?
Repurchase authorisations and execution — the capital-return signal investors track alongside dividends.
Which company mentioned share buybacks most in the past year?
SBA Communications Corporation (SBAC) led with 14 calls referencing share buybacks, most recently on May 18, 2026.
How can I track share buybacks mentions across earnings calls via API?
The EarningsCalls.dev REST API exposes the same data behind this page. Use the search_transcripts and count_mentions_by_ticker endpoints to query our archive of 33,000+ earnings call transcripts — keyword search, sector / date filters, per-company mention counts, and the underlying full transcripts. See the API docs →
Share Buybacks by sector
- Financials (139)
- Health Care (60)
- Materials (59)
- Communication Services (53)
- Information Technology (45)
- Industrials (45)
Last updated: August 1, 2026. Methodology: full-text search across all earnings call transcripts in our corpus over the past 12 months, matching the canonical term and its aliases (buyback, buyback, buybacks, share repurchase, share repurchases). Mentions are per call, not per occurrence within a call; the company-rank table is built by counting distinct calls mentioning the theme. Page refreshes every hour at the edge as new calls land in our archive.