Which companies discussed Share Buybacks in earnings calls?
4,341 companies mentioned share buybacks across 8,979 earnings calls over the past year, spanning 11 sectors. The most active were SBA Communications Corporation (14 calls), Royal Gold, Inc. (12 calls), International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (12 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 | 872 |
| 2024Q4 | 1,998 |
| 2025Q1 | 2,370 |
| 2025Q2 | 1,769 |
| 2025Q3 | 1,966 |
| 2025Q4 | 2,032 |
| 2026Q1 | 2,607 |
| 2026Q2 | 2,196 |
| 2026Q3 | 1,271 |
Companies ranked by mentions
Representative quotes
…line is open. Unknown Speaker (Unknown Speaker): Hi Todd, hi Haley. Maybe just a housekeeping question first. How much is left on the buyback after the 3.2 million you've done?. Todd DeBonis (Executives): Maybe Suji's not with us today. I hear you, Suji. Can you hear…
September. We believe the data coming out of PRECISE will be the kind of proof point that drives 100,000-plus sample buyback commitments. This is the inflection point we have seen unlock flywheel dynamics for companies building new markets. We're having active conversations with multiple population…
…right transactions on that side of it. And we will continue to buy back stock. We have a $10 million stock buyback at the end of the second quarter. We've used a million dollars of that so far. Operator (Operator): Perfect. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, that…
…continue to push for that. So the question is, our leverage is in a good place. Why not do more buybacks. Our leverage, we do try to manage it between $250 million and $300 million. We do have a back that the Board has approved out there…
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 August 3, 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 (150)
- Health Care (61)
- Materials (54)
- Industrials (53)
- Information Technology (45)
- Communication Services (35)
Last updated: August 11, 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.