Companies repurchase stock when they’re feeling optimistic about the future prospects of their company.
Amazon is no exception, and the world’s biggest online retailer has bought back billions of dollars’ worth of shares in recent years
With a market capitalization of more than $2.5 trillion, and hundreds of billions of dollars in sales generated, Amazon is a tech-sector powerhouse. Here’s how much Amazon has repurchased in stock. How much has Amazon repurchased in stock?
Since Amazon went public in 1997, it has implemented only one stock repurchase program. Its sole stock repurchase program was a $10 billion buyback announced in March 2022, when the stock had slipped from record highs. As of 2025, it said it had $6.1 billion in buybacks remaining, and the buyback program has no expiration date.