2023 Year Recap | Top Buybacks of the Year

Information Technology maintained its lead in buybacks. The leading repurchases in 2023 were $Apple(AAPL.US)$, $Alphabet-A(GOOGL.US)$, $Meta Platforms(META.US)$, $Microsoft(MSFT.US)$ and $Exxon Mobil(XOM.US)$. Apple topped all companies market-wide, as usual, with $61.19B in buybacks in 2023. For the 12 months ending in September 2023, Apple spent $83.0 billion on buybacks, down from the prior 12-month period's $95.6 billion. Over the five-year period Apple has spent $417 billion, and $641 billion over the ten-year period.