Which companies discussed Share Buybacks in Materials in earnings calls?
305 companies mentioned share buybacks across 721 earnings calls in Materials over the past year, spanning 1 sectors. The most active were Royal Gold, Inc. (17 calls), Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (9 calls), AptarGroup, Inc. (8 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 |
|---|---|
| 2024Q4 | 100 |
| 2025Q1 | 184 |
| 2025Q2 | 141 |
| 2025Q3 | 156 |
| 2025Q4 | 172 |
| 2026Q1 | 194 |
| 2026Q2 | 155 |
| 2026Q3 | 185 |
| 2026Q4 | 60 |
Companies ranked by mentions
Representative quotes
October and November are more reflective of that September being rolled through Q4. Hassan Ahmed (Analysts): And as a follow-up on the buyback obviously, the balance sheet is improving extremely rapidly. How should we think about the balance between further deleveraging and further returning cash to shareholders…
…cost of capital. And when you look at this from a market perspective, engineering perspective, and also with the feasibility [ perspective ], then buyback program, we performed 300,070 shares, which adds up to BRL 1.56 million related to 15% of the project. And it's going…
…grade, very important, making sure net leverage comes down maintenance on our assets to run them safe and reliably, dividend growth and eventually buybacks to offset dilution and that will be our philosophy. Operator (Operator): Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes our time allowed for questions…
Christopher LaFemina from Jefferies. Christopher LaFemina (Analysts): I have 2. The first one is on iron ore and the second one is on buybacks versus M&A. So in your product mix, you've had pretty significant changes over the last few quarters…
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 Materials in the past year?
Royal Gold, Inc. (RGLD) led with 17 calls referencing share buybacks, most recently on October 15, 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 →
Last updated: October 31, 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.