Highest shareholder yield stocks (2026)
The highest shareholder yield among US large caps right now is CRM at 28.49%. Shareholder yield = buyback yield + dividend yield: the 50 large caps returning the most cash to owners over the trailing twelve months, computed from dividends and share repurchases in their actual SEC cash-flow statements — not from announced programs. Return columns are total returns (dividends reinvested). Not investment advice.
as of market close, Jul 2, 2026
Top 50 by shareholder yield#
Sorted by shareholder yield; the buyback-yield and dividend-yield columns show which side does the work. A buyback-heavy yield can vanish quietly in a downturn, while a dividend-heavy one is stickier — the mix matters as much as the total.
| # | Company | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRM | $166.11 | +1.8% | -17.3% | -11.0% | -37.1% | -37.9% | -32.1% | $136B | +1.06% | +28.49% | +27.35% |
| 2 | IT | $136.32 | +1.9% | -20.1% | -13.6% | -46.0% | -65.5% | -46.3% | $9B | — | +25.89% | +25.89% |
| 3 | CHTR | $137.20 | -1.9% | -2.2% | -37.6% | -34.3% | -66.7% | -81.3% | $21B | — | +24.92% | +24.92% |
| 4 | PAYC | $139.21 | +3.9% | -3.5% | +13.0% | -12.2% | -38.4% | -62.8% | $6B | +1.08% | +16.84% | +16.24% |
| 5 | OMC | $78.62 | +3.3% | +4.5% | +5.1% | -1.7% | +7.8% | +14.7% | $22B | +4.07% | +14.50% | +12.76% |
| 6 | LUV | $50.25 | -0.4% | +18.7% | +33.6% | +22.1% | +49.9% | +1.0% | $25B | +1.43% | +13.99% | +12.42% |
| 7 | GDDY | $88.51 | +1.8% | -0.0% | +8.4% | -28.7% | -49.5% | -0.7% | $12B | — | +8.94% | +8.94% |
| 8 | TMUS | $177.52 | +2.6% | -6.0% | -11.4% | -11.7% | -23.9% | +26.7% | $192B | +2.30% | +8.61% | +6.41% |
| 9 | VRSK | $188.35 | +2.5% | +5.2% | +1.8% | -15.6% | -37.1% | +9.5% | $25B | +1.06% | +8.55% | +7.52% |
| 10 | HPQ | $21.93 | -0.4% | -19.6% | +12.4% | +0.0% | -11.9% | -15.3% | $20B | +5.47% | +8.10% | +5.36% |
| 11 | PGR | $232.22 | +3.1% | +18.0% | +18.9% | +2.0% | -9.9% | +134.6% | $135B | +0.17% | +7.89% | — |
| 12 | PYPL | $45.47 | +3.2% | +2.4% | +0.6% | -21.6% | -39.9% | -84.2% | $40B | +1.23% | +7.80% | +7.48% |
| 13 | TRMB | $53.04 | +0.9% | -8.1% | -18.6% | -32.3% | -31.9% | -35.8% | $12B | — | +7.69% | +7.69% |
| 14 | AIG | $79.39 | +3.7% | +7.6% | +5.3% | -6.7% | -2.0% | +83.8% | $42B | +2.52% | +7.63% | +6.50% |
| 15 | CMCSA | $23.79 | +0.3% | -4.3% | -14.8% | -13.2% | -26.8% | -49.0% | $85B | +5.55% | +7.31% | +4.40% |
| 16 | MTB | $238.88 | -1.3% | +9.9% | +14.5% | +20.2% | +22.9% | +91.7% | $35B | +2.51% | +6.71% | +5.41% |
| 17 | NVR | $6,750.79 | +1.6% | +9.2% | +1.3% | -7.4% | -13.1% | +32.0% | $18B | +0.01% | +6.67% | +6.67% |
| 18 | SYF | $76.33 | -0.6% | +7.6% | +12.0% | -7.8% | +11.7% | +73.8% | $26B | +1.57% | +6.64% | +5.86% |
| 19 | ADBE | $219.72 | +4.1% | -16.2% | -9.6% | -37.2% | -41.9% | -63.0% | $87B | +0.01% | +6.56% | +6.56% |
| 20 | INVH | $30.53 | +0.6% | +5.7% | +19.5% | +11.2% | -3.0% | -5.9% | $18B | +3.93% | +6.42% | +2.47% |
| 21 | CME | $236.60 | +2.4% | -5.1% | -22.1% | -10.8% | -10.9% | +36.3% | $85B | +2.20% | +6.16% | — |
| 22 | ARE | $52.58 | -0.8% | -0.3% | +21.6% | +9.1% | -27.9% | -64.9% | $9B | +5.48% | +6.13% | +2.27% |
| 23 | TTD | $19.10 | -0.3% | -9.5% | -13.4% | -49.7% | -74.0% | -75.1% | $9B | — | +6.12% | +6.12% |
| 24 | LEN | $88.21 | +1.3% | -3.0% | +2.5% | -13.4% | -22.1% | -3.2% | $21B | +2.27% | +6.11% | +4.91% |
| 25 | HON | $229.86 | +3.7% | -2.3% | +0.2% | +17.8% | +1.9% | +10.2% | $73B | +192.31% | +6.06% | +3.98% |
| 26 | LULU | $118.43 | +1.7% | -6.4% | -23.9% | -43.0% | -51.9% | -67.9% | $13B | — | +5.92% | +5.92% |
| 27 | WDAY | $135.40 | +3.9% | -9.1% | +2.4% | -37.0% | -43.0% | -43.2% | $33B | — | +5.92% | +5.92% |
| 28 | GPN | $78.63 | +4.8% | +6.2% | +22.8% | +1.9% | -3.2% | -57.5% | $22B | +1.27% | +5.23% | +4.63% |
| 29 | CRL | $230.69 | +0.7% | +32.0% | +32.7% | +15.6% | +46.5% | -38.4% | $11B | +0.52% | +5.05% | +5.05% |
| 30 | MET | $90.06 | +3.3% | +8.7% | +28.3% | +15.8% | +15.7% | +73.4% | $58B | +2.63% | +5.03% | +3.74% |
| 31 | LVS | $46.99 | +1.6% | -8.2% | -13.0% | -27.0% | +0.2% | -6.3% | $31B | +2.55% | +4.98% | +3.75% |
| 32 | VRSN | $256.43 | +0.2% | -13.8% | -1.0% | +6.3% | -7.9% | +12.6% | $23B | +1.26% | +4.95% | +3.71% |
| 33 | FIS | $41.80 | +2.5% | -1.7% | -9.7% | -36.6% | -47.5% | -67.8% | $22B | +4.21% | +4.89% | +2.80% |
| 34 | MMM | $160.44 | +0.3% | +4.9% | +11.6% | +1.2% | +6.1% | +14.2% | $84B | +1.95% | +4.88% | +3.91% |
| 35 | HCA | $410.50 | +4.4% | +11.7% | -13.0% | -11.9% | +9.1% | +98.8% | $91B | +0.76% | +4.88% | +4.48% |
| 36 | CTSH | $41.99 | +2.2% | -23.8% | -32.4% | -48.8% | -46.6% | -34.5% | $20B | +3.14% | +4.87% | +3.29% |
| 37 | MGM | $47.10 | -0.9% | -2.6% | +28.4% | +29.1% | +25.0% | +8.9% | $12B | +0.03% | +4.80% | +4.80% |
| 38 | T | $20.58 | +0.5% | -16.5% | -26.6% | -15.3% | -24.2% | +24.4% | $143B | +5.41% | +4.74% | +1.88% |
| 39 | EG | $371.35 | +3.2% | +15.8% | +13.5% | +10.1% | +11.9% | +61.1% | $15B | +2.15% | +4.73% | +3.61% |
| 40 | DVA | $234.91 | +3.0% | +25.0% | +61.4% | +106.8% | +64.8% | +91.9% | $15B | — | +4.69% | +4.69% |
| 41 | GM | $76.00 | +0.6% | -6.8% | +5.0% | -6.1% | +45.6% | +34.2% | $69B | +0.95% | +4.68% | +4.10% |
| 42 | TSCO | $31.76 | -1.5% | +5.8% | -27.0% | -35.7% | -41.2% | -7.7% | $17B | +3.02% | +4.67% | +1.72% |
| 43 | TFC | $50.98 | +0.2% | +5.9% | +9.2% | +5.7% | +18.3% | +15.2% | $64B | +4.08% | +4.66% | +2.57% |
| 44 | VZ | $42.56 | +1.4% | -11.1% | -12.6% | +7.8% | +4.1% | +2.3% | $178B | +6.65% | +4.65% | +1.41% |
| 45 | BKNG | $184.56 | +1.1% | +10.4% | +10.0% | -13.8% | -19.1% | +106.1% | $143B | +0.91% | +4.62% | +4.15% |
| 46 | ULTA | $461.33 | +1.4% | -6.8% | -14.2% | -23.7% | -2.8% | +31.1% | $20B | — | +4.61% | +4.61% |
| 47 | ROP | $364.20 | +2.7% | +8.2% | +2.0% | -17.8% | -35.2% | -20.6% | $37B | +1.00% | +4.59% | +4.08% |
| 48 | WSM | $227.53 | -0.3% | +11.6% | +26.8% | +28.3% | +33.3% | +229.7% | $27B | +1.34% | +4.52% | +3.93% |
| 49 | SWKS | $62.56 | -5.1% | -20.9% | +14.6% | +0.9% | -16.6% | -62.2% | $9B | +4.54% | +4.49% | — |
| 50 | LYB | $53.36 | +1.5% | -20.7% | -33.0% | +23.2% | -14.7% | -48.5% | $17B | +5.17% | +4.45% | +0.64% |
Methodology#
Universe: active US-listed stocks with market cap above $5B. Shareholder yield = (trailing-twelve-month common-stock repurchases + dividends paid, both from SEC cash-flow statements) ÷ current market cap. The TTM window requires four fresh quarters with the newest within ~13 months, and yields outside 1%–50% are treated as data artifacts. Buyback figures are gross repurchases (they don't net out shares issued for compensation). The dividend-yield column is the current indicated rate, so it can differ slightly from the trailing paid dividends inside the shareholder-yield number. See also the highest dividend stocks list. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.
FAQ
- What is shareholder yield?
- Shareholder yield measures the total cash a company returns to its owners: dividends paid plus shares bought back over the trailing twelve months, divided by market cap. A stock with a 1% dividend yield that also retires 5% of its shares each year is returning more cash than a 4% dividend payer — dividend yield alone misses that.
- Which stock has the highest shareholder yield?
- Salesforce Inc. (CRM) currently has the highest shareholder yield among US large caps, at about 28.49% (27.35% of it from buybacks).
- What are the top 10 shareholder yield stocks?
- The 10 highest shareholder yields right now: 1. CRM 28.49%, 2. IT 25.89%, 3. CHTR 24.92%, 4. PAYC 16.84%, 5. OMC 14.50%, 6. LUV 13.99%, 7. GDDY 8.94%, 8. TMUS 8.61%, 9. VRSK 8.55%, 10. HPQ 8.10%.
- Are buybacks better than dividends?
- They're two routes to the same destination — cash leaving the company for the owners' benefit. Buybacks are more tax-efficient (no taxable event until you sell) and shrink the share count, compounding per-share metrics; dividends are contractual-feeling and immediately spendable. Companies also cut buybacks quietly in downturns while dividend cuts make headlines, so buyback-heavy yields are less sticky.
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