Which companies discussed Share Buybacks in earnings calls?
3,634 companies mentioned share buybacks across 8,921 earnings calls over the past year, spanning 11 sectors. The most active were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (15 calls), SBA Communications Corporation (14 calls), Royal Gold, Inc. (13 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 | 159 |
| 2024Q4 | 1,998 |
| 2025Q1 | 2,370 |
| 2025Q2 | 1,769 |
| 2025Q3 | 1,966 |
| 2025Q4 | 2,032 |
| 2026Q1 | 2,607 |
| 2026Q2 | 2,196 |
| 2026Q3 | 1,936 |
Companies ranked by mentions
Representative quotes
…around DKK 100 million in growth initiatives, including software, automation, product development and our facilities here in lab. And finally, our ongoing share buyback program, we have repurchased 105,000 shares at year-end, equivalent to approximately DKK 39 million. As of today, we have repurchased around…
…think we have to improve really the dividend. We actually put a smaller dividend increase in this year to do buybacks instead because quite frankly, our stock price, in our opinion, is a good investment right now, probably better than -- and it hasn't been like this…
…done in both Smart Advice Financial Services and Meridian. And then in terms of surplus capital, we've not done, say, any specific buyback programs or anything like that. However, because the -- we believe that the share price has been at a point that would be economically advantageous…
…markets and the share buyback. So as it was also mentioned on the slide, we have completed earlier this year, the share buyback. And all of the questions actually are referring to the fact, if you are willing to continue this share buyback in the near future, because…
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?
International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (IAG) led with 15 calls referencing share buybacks, most recently on August 13, 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 (175)
- Industrials (79)
- Materials (74)
- Information Technology (56)
- Health Care (28)
- Real Estate (23)
Last updated: September 12, 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.