Screener / SEC EDGAR /CIK 0000060667 /10-K filed Mar 23, 2026, compared with Mar 24, 2025 /Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks
NYSE Consumer discretionary · Home Improvement Retail

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Cash returned and share count, year to Jan 30, 2026

Bought back $211.0M of its own shares, 0.8× what it paid in stock

XBRL, latest 10-K
Buybacks $211.0M cash paid for its own shares
Paid in stock to employees $247.0M stock-based compensation
Share count, 1 year -1.4% fewer shares: each share owns more
Share count, 3 years -11.2% diluted average shares

New shares against shares bought back

Dilution: new shares, stock pay and buybacks · S-3 and 424B, 3 years; 10-K

Shares offered

Since Nov 15, 2023: 2 shelf registrations.

“Under this process, we may offer and sell from time to time any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings.”

S-3ASR, Jul 19, 2024
Every offering filing

Paid in stock

$247.0M

stock-based pay, year to Jan 30, 2026

Bought back

$211.0M

cash paid for its own shares, year to Jan 30, 2026: 0.8× the stock pay

Diluted shares: 560.00M in the year to Jan 30, 2026 2026 -1.4%2025 -2.7%2024 -7.4%2023 -9.7%

Change in the diluted weighted average share count from the fiscal year before, stock splits taken out. Bars use one scale for stock pay and buybacks. Prospectuses are read from their cover page; preliminary ones are left out. How

Net share count, 4 years

Shares, buybacks and stock pay, fiscal years 2022 to 2026 · 10-K XBRL

-19.9% shares
Share count -19.9% diluted average shares, 4 years to Jan 30, 2026, splits taken out
Bought back $24.5B cash paid for its own shares, summed over the 4 years
Paid in stock $901.0M stock-based compensation, summed over the same years
Fiscal yearShares, changeBought backPaid in stockCash from shares sold
Jan 30, 2026 -1.4% $211.0M $247.0M -
Jan 31, 2025 -2.7% $4.1B $221.0M -
Feb 2, 2024 -7.4% $6.1B $210.0M -
Feb 3, 2023 -9.7% $14.1B $223.0M -

Each year's change is the diluted weighted average share count against the year before, with stock splits taken out; the headline change compares the two ends of the span on one basis. Buybacks and stock pay are added up over the same years. Buybacks that only offset stock pay leave the count flat: both are shown, no verdict. How

Where the cash came from and where it went

FY2021 to FY2025, from the cash flow statements in the 10-Ks, added up

Operating cash flowDebt raisedCash on hand usedOther, netCapital spendingAcquisitionsBuybacksDividendsDebt repaid Operating cash flow: $46.3B Operating cash flow $46.3B Debt raised: $24.6B Debt raised $24.6B Cash on hand used: $3.7B Cash on hand used $3.7B Other, net: $1.6B Other, net $1.6B Capital spending: $9.8B Capital spending $9.8B Acquisitions: $10.1B Acquisitions $10.1B Buybacks: $37.5B Buybacks $37.5B Dividends: $12.1B Dividends $12.1B Debt repaid: $6.7B Debt repaid $6.7B

The same cash, step by step

Operating cash flow: $46.3B · NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0000060667-24-000033; NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0000060667-25-000049; NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0000060667-26-000029 +$46.3B
Operating cash flow
Debt raised: $24.6B · ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt, 0000060667-24-000033; ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt, 0000060667-25-000049; ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt, 0000060667-26-000029 +$24.6B
Debt raised
Cash on hand used: $3.7B · CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0000060667-24-000033; CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0000060667-25-000049; CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0000060667-26-000029 +$3.7B
Cash on hand used
Other, net: $1.6B · investments bought and sold, other financing and investing lines, and exchange rates +$1.6B
Other, net
Capital spending: $9.8B · PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment, 0000060667-24-000033; PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment, 0000060667-25-000049; PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment, 0000060667-26-000029 −$9.8B
Capital spending
Acquisitions: $10.1B · PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired, 0000060667-26-000029 −$10.1B
Acquisitions
Buybacks: $37.5B · PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0000060667-24-000033; PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0000060667-25-000049; PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0000060667-26-000029 −$37.5B
Buybacks
Dividends: $12.1B · PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock, 0000060667-24-000033; PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock, 0000060667-25-000049; PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock, 0000060667-26-000029 −$12.1B
Dividends
Debt repaid: $6.7B · RepaymentsOfDebt, 0000060667-24-000033; RepaymentsOfDebt, 0000060667-25-000049; RepaymentsOfDebt, 0000060667-26-000029 −$6.7B
Debt repaid

Came from

Operating cash flow
NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0000060667-24-000033; NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0000060667-25-000049; NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0000060667-26-000029
$46.3B
Debt raised
ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt, 0000060667-24-000033; ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt, 0000060667-25-000049; ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt, 0000060667-26-000029
$24.6B
Cash on hand used
CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0000060667-24-000033; CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0000060667-25-000049; CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0000060667-26-000029
$3.7B
Other, net
investments bought and sold, other financing and investing lines, and exchange rates
$1.6B

Went to

Capital spending
PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment, 0000060667-24-000033; PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment, 0000060667-25-000049; PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment, 0000060667-26-000029
$9.8B
Acquisitions $10.1B
Buybacks
PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0000060667-24-000033; PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0000060667-25-000049; PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0000060667-26-000029
$37.5B
Dividends
PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock, 0000060667-24-000033; PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock, 0000060667-25-000049; PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock, 0000060667-26-000029
$12.1B
Debt repaid
RepaymentsOfDebt, 0000060667-24-000033; RepaymentsOfDebt, 0000060667-25-000049; RepaymentsOfDebt, 0000060667-26-000029
$6.7B

Each number is a line of the cash flow statement as the company tagged it. "Other, net" is what those lines do not cover (investments bought and sold, other financing and investing lines, and exchange rates); Tickdelta does not estimate it.

Where the operating cash went, year by year

FY2016 to FY2025 · cash flow statements, 10-K XBRL

10 years
Operating cash, added up $78.6B 10 fiscal years, FY2016 to FY2025
Reinvested 38% capital spending and acquisitions, as a share of that cash
Returned to owners 97% buybacks and dividends, as a share of that cash
Debt repaid $17.8B gross repayments added up; debt that was refinanced counts each time
Fiscal yearOperating cashCapital spendingAcquisitionsBuybacksDividendsDebt repaid
Jan 30, 2026 $9.9B $2.2B$10.1B$211.0M$2.6B$2.6B
Jan 31, 2025 $9.6B $1.9B-$4.1B$2.6B$545.0M
Feb 2, 2024 $8.1B $2.0B-$6.1B$2.5B$601.0M
Feb 3, 2023 $8.6B $1.8B-$14.1B$2.4B$867.0M
Jan 28, 2022 $10.1B $1.9B-$13.0B$2.0B$2.1B
Jan 29, 2021 $11.0B $1.8B-$5.0B$1.7B$5.6B
Jan 31, 2020 $4.3B $1.5B-$4.3B$1.6B$1.1B
Feb 1, 2019 $6.2B $1.2B-$3.0B$1.5B$326.0M
Feb 2, 2018 $5.1B $1.1B$509.0M$3.2B$1.3B$2.8B
Feb 3, 2017 $5.6B $1.2B$2.4B$3.6B$1.1B$1.2B
Added up$78.6B $16.5B
21% of operating cash
$13.0B
16% of operating cash
$56.6B
72% of operating cash
$19.3B
25% of operating cash
$17.8B
23% of operating cash

Each bar is one fiscal year; its colours add up to what the cash flow statement says the company spent on each line, and the line across it is that year's operating cash flow. Spending above the line was paid from new debt, shares sold or cash on hand. A bar part links to the 10-K it comes from. A line the company did not report is left out, not estimated, so the shares are of operating cash only and can add up to more or less than 100%. Debt repaid is the gross amount, so refinanced debt is counted each time it is repaid. A reading aid, not a grade: Tickdelta does not say whether a split was good. Banks and insurers are left out.

Buybacks, dividends and share count

Year by year · XBRL, each 10-K

Fiscal year toBuybacksDividendsDiluted shares
Jan 30, 2026$211.0M $2.6B 560.00M
Jan 31, 2025$4.1B $2.6B 568.00M
Feb 2, 2024$6.1B $2.5B 584.00M
Feb 3, 2023$14.1B $2.4B 631.00M
Jan 28, 2022$13.0B $2.0B 699.00M

From the XBRL of the 10-Ks (cash flow statement and diluted weighted average shares); each year as reported in the latest 10-K that includes it. Concepts: buybacks = PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock; dividends = PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock; sbc = ShareBasedCompensation; diluted_shares = WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding.

Dividend per share, year by year

Dividends · declared per share, each 10-K; cash paid, cash flow statement

Per share, FY2025 $4.75 declared in the fiscal year to Jan 30, 2026
Against the year before ▲+4.4% dividend per share
Years in a row raised 9 to FY2025, per share
Cash paid out $2.6B cash flow statement, FY2025
Years paid in a row 10+ fiscal years, to FY2025, every year on file, dividend per share above zero
Growth a year, FY2016 to FY2025 +15.2% $1.33 to $4.75 per share, 9 years

Declared since the 10-K: Jul 31, 2026 $1.25May 1, 2026 $1.20

Fiscal year toPer shareAgainst year beforeCash paid out
Jan 30, 2026 $4.75 ▲+4.4% $2.6B
Jan 31, 2025 $4.55 ▲+4.6% $2.6B
Feb 2, 2024 $4.35 ▲+10.1% $2.5B
Feb 3, 2023 $3.95 ▲+31.7% $2.4B
Jan 28, 2022 $3.00 ▲+30.4% $2.0B
Jan 29, 2021 $2.30 ▲+8.0% -
Jan 31, 2020 $2.13 ▲+15.1% -
Feb 1, 2019 $1.85 ▲+17.1% -

Dividend per share as the company tagged it (CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared), from the latest 10-K that reports each year, so a stock split is already in it. A change is left blank when the year before is missing or the jump is more than five times.

Buybacks month by month, and what is left to buy

Share buybacks · 10-Q, Part II Item 2, latest 4 quarters

“2 On December 7, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized an additional $15.0 billion of share repurchases with no expiration.”

10-Q, Part II Item 2
MonthShares boughtAverage price
Apr 2026 1,489,283 $243.36

Shares and average price are the numbers in the 10-Q table, row by row; "shares × price" is our multiplication of the two. A row with a price of "-" is an accelerated repurchase paid up front, where the 10-Q does not give a price yet. A 10-Q that counts shares in millions gives a rounded number, shown as "about". Shares withheld for employees' taxes are not in this table. A month that no 10-Q table gives, or that this page could not read with confidence, is not shown.

What it paid for each share it bought back

Price paid · 10-K, statement of shareholders' equity

Cheapest year $71.16 fiscal year to Jan 29, 2016
Dearest year $248.61 fiscal year to Jan 31, 2025
Average over these years $140.83 $60.4B spent

What LOW paid on average for each share it bought back, each fiscal year: dollars spent divided by shares bought, both from the 10-K.

Fiscal year toShares boughtSpentAverage price
Jan 31, 2025 15.80M$3.9B $248.61
Feb 2, 2024 29.90M$6.3B $211.84
Feb 3, 2023 71.20M$14.1B $198.43
Jan 28, 2022 63.00M$13.1B $207.52
Jan 29, 2021 34.30M$5.0B $144.34
Jan 31, 2020 41.30M$4.3B $104.72
Feb 1, 2019 31.70M$3.0B $96.06
Feb 2, 2018 39.60M$3.2B $80.15
Feb 3, 2017 47.70M$3.6B $74.99
Jan 29, 2016 54.50M$3.9B $71.16

Shares and dollars from the statement of shareholders' equity (the cash flow line also counts shares withheld for taxes, so it is not used). Share counts filed before a stock split are put on today's count. A year where the 10-K does not tag both numbers is left out.

What the 10-Ks show for each CEO's years

Each CEO's years · the CEO of each fiscal year as named in the proxy's pay versus performance table

Mr. Ellison

FY2025 · 1 year in the table
Operating cash flow
$9.9B
Capital spending
$2.2B
Acquisitions
$10.1B
Buybacks
$211.0M
Dividends
$2.6B
Stock-based pay
$247.0M
Diluted shares since FY2024
-1.4%
Revenue since FY2024
+3%
Debt since FY2024
+$4.5B
CEO pay (reported)
$21.6M
The proxy that names the CEO

Sources

The cash flow statement, dividends per share and diluted share count in each 10-K's XBRL; Part II Item 2 of each 10-Q for monthly buybacks; offering prospectuses (S-3, 424B) for new shares; Form D data sets for private raises.

Also

CEO pay: what the CEO was paid over the same years.

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