Financing
Share Buybacks
General Electric Share Buybacks increased by 20.1% to $2.40B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 22.1%, from $1.97B to $2.40B. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Share Buybacks shows an upward trend with a 93.1% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionFinancing
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2020
Last reportedQ1 2026Apr 21, 2026
How to read this metric
High repurchases often signal management's confidence in the company's valuation or a strategy to improve earnings per share.
Detailed definition
The cash outflow associated with the company buying back its own shares from the open market. This is a primary method f...
Peer comparison
Common among mature, cash-generative companies; peers in the healthcare sector often balance this with R&D investment.
Metric ID:
share_repurchasesHistorical Data
19 periods
| Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $5.00M | $20.00M | $39.00M | $331.00M | $318.00M | $360.00M | $309.00M | $323.00M | $313.00M | $288.00M | $322.00M | $2.30B | $1.54B | $1.67B | $1.97B | $1.75B | $1.84B | $2.00B | $2.40B |
| QoQ Change | — | +300.0% | +95.0% | +748.7% | -3.9% | +13.2% | -14.2% | +4.5% | -3.1% | -8.0% | +11.8% | +614.6% | -33.2% | +8.6% | +17.8% | -11.2% | +5.7% | +8.3% | +20.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | >999% | >999% | +692.3% | -2.4% | -1.6% | -20.0% | +4.2% | +612.4% | +390.7% | +479.2% | +510.2% | -24.2% | +20.1% | +19.7% | +22.1% |
Range$5.00M – $2.40B
CAGR+294.3%
Avg YoY Growth+710.9%
Median YoY Growth+22.1%
Current Streak3 quarters growth
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is General Electric's share buybacks?
- General Electric (GE) reported share buybacks of $2.40B in Q1 2026.
- How has General Electric's share buybacks changed year-over-year?
- General Electric's share buybacks increased by 22.1% year-over-year, from $1.97B to $2.40B.
- What is the long-term trend for General Electric's share buybacks?
- Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), General Electric's share buybacks has grown at a 93.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.05B to $7.55B.
- What does share buybacks mean?
- Cash spent by the company to buy back its own stock.