Share buybacks
What companies announce, and what they actually spend, kept side by side.
An announced buyback is a statement of intent. An executed one is cash leaving the balance sheet and shares leaving the float. ORTEX carries both: a global record of more than 233,000 buyback announcements since 1989, and executed repurchases read from company filings, with the cash spent, the shares bought and the authorization still left. The gap between the two is where the signal lives.
buyback announcements tracked since 1989 across 21,000 companies worldwide, with executed spend read from filings and dated to the day the market could first see it.
ORTEX corporate events archive, September 2026.
Who is buying back stock, how much, and whether they follow through.
Shares leaving the float, for index, squeeze and ownership work.
New programs and accelerations, as they are announced.
Intent and execution, kept apart
Because a large share of announced programs are never fully bought.
Every new, extended and increased program worldwide since 1989, with its size and dates.
Cash spent in the period, shares bought and the value still authorized, read from company filings.
Beneath the quarterly totals, the month-by-month shares bought and the average price paid.
Every figure is dated to the filing that revealed it, so a backtest only sees what was public on the day.
Repurchased shares can be canceled or held in treasury. ORTEX keeps the distinction, so a shrinking share count is real.
Buybacks sit on the same per-stock timeline as dividends, splits, deals and index changes.
Most buyback data stops at the announcement. ORTEX also reads what was actually spent from the filings and dates it to when the market learned it, so an unused program is visible straight away.
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