Top 5 Singapore Companies Buying Back Their Own Shares in 2026

Singapore companies spent nearly $1 billion buying back their own shares in just the first four months of 2026. Here are the top five. Quick explainer: a share buyback is when a company uses its own cash to repurchase its shares. Fewer shares outstanding means each remaining share is worth more. It's one of the two main ways companies return profits to shareholders — alongside dividends. 5. ST Engineering — $59 million buying back nearly 6 million shares. Up 23% in 2026, dividend yield around 2.2%. 4. UOB — $74.5 million buying back 2 million shares, as part of a $2 billion buyback programme. Up 6% this year, yield 4.2%. 3. Keppel Corp — $126 million buying back over 10 million shares, funded by a massive asset recycling strategy. Up 3% year-to-date, yield 1.9%. 2. OCBC — $210 million buying back 9.6 million shares as part of a $2.5 billion capital return programme. Up 16% in 2026, yield 4.3%. 1. Singtel — by far the biggest spender. Nearly $300 million buying back over 61 million shares in four months, under a new $2 billion buyback programme running through 2028. Up 5% year-to-date, yield 3.7%. All five are STI constituents and make up around 40% of the index. If you want exposure to all of them without picking individual stocks, a simple STI ETF — ES3 or G3B on SGX — does exactly that. Both yield around 3.5%. Subscribe for more Singapore investing insights. 👇 #SGX #Singapore #Stocks #Dividends #STI #Investing #fypsg