Buyback yield (TTM)
1.25%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
4.73%
5Y share count change
-2.4%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$6.87M
Cumulative buybacks
$71.84M
Key takeaways
- Arrow Financial (AROW) repurchased about $6.87M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 2.4% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 4.53× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +45.4% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 31% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Arrow Financial (AROW)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Arrow Financial (AROW)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Arrow Financial (AROW)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Arrow Financial (AROW)
Latest: $10.24M
Overview
The 2025 reading of Arrow Financial (AROW) buyback spend is $10.24M – surged 50.8% year-over-year.
Across 2020–2025 (5 years), Arrow Financial buyback spend produced a CAGR of +45.4% – sustaining 5 straight years of year-over-year growth.
The record annual buyback spend stands at $10.24M, reached in 2025; the historical low of $0.00 was recorded in 1991.
Arrow Financial Buyback Spend 2025: $10.24M
In 2025, Arrow Financial reported buyback spend of $10.24M, surged 50.8% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Arrow Financial Buyback Spend 2024: $6.79M
Arrow Financial buyback spend in 2024 was $6.79M, surged 88.2% from 2023.
Arrow Financial Buyback Spend 2023: $3.61M
2023's buyback spend for Arrow Financial came in at $3.61M, grew 25.6% from 2022.
Arrow Financial Buyback Spend 2022: $2.87M
Arrow Financial posted buyback spend of $2.87M in 2022, grew 7.9% from 2021.
Arrow Financial Buyback Spend 2021: $2.66M
Arrow Financial buyback spend in 2021 was $2.66M.
See more financial history for Arrow Financial (AROW).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $10.24M | $683.00K | $9.56M | 1.99% | 0.02B | -1.4% | |
| 2024 | $6.79M | $809.00K | $5.98M | 1.41% | 0.02B | -1.7% | |
| 2023 | $3.61M | $823.00K | $2.79M | 0.76% | 0.02B | -0.1% | |
| 2022 | $2.87M | $859.00K | $2.01M | 0.50% | 0.02B | +0.0% | |
| 2021 | $2.66M | $790.00K | $1.87M | 0.47% | 0.02B | +0.8% | |
| 2020 | $1.58M | $545.00K | $1.03M | 0.33% | 0.02B | +0.3% | |
| 2019 | $2.47M | $829.00K | $1.64M | 0.41% | 0.02B | +3.4% | |
| 2018 | $2.10M | $735.00K | $1.36M | 0.43% | 0.02B | +0.6% | |
| 2017 | $3.25M | $937.00K | $2.31M | 0.65% | 0.02B | +0.8% | |
| 2016 | $2.14M | $1.61M | $527.00K | 0.37% | 0.02B | +1.1% | |
| 2015 | $1.50M | $1.03M | $468.00K | 0.39% | 0.02B | +0.4% | |
| 2014 | $2.46M | $1.01M | $1.45M | 0.65% | 0.02B | +0.5% | |
| 2013 | $1.71M | $996.00K | $713.00K | 0.48% | 0.02B | +0.6% | |
| 2012 | $4.88M | $1.01M | $3.87M | 1.49% | 0.02B | -2.6% | |
| 2011 | $6.04M | $957.00K | $5.08M | 2.00% | 0.02B | +0.9% | |
| 2010 | $3.35M | $901.00K | $2.45M | 0.99% | 0.02B | +3.2% | |
| 2009 | $3.76M | $189.00K | $3.57M | 1.26% | 0.02B | +0.1% | |
| 2008 | $5.33M | $365.00K | $4.96M | 1.84% | 0.02B | -4.4% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | -2.5% | |
| 2006 | $5.13M | $0.00 | $5.13M | 1.60% | 0.02B | -1.5% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | -9.2% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | +12.4% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | -1.1% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | -7.5% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | +3.8% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | -3.4% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | -20.3% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | +19.2% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | -5.5% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | — | |
| 1995 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$10.24M
- 2024$6.79M
- 2023$3.61M
- 2022$2.87M
- 2021$2.66M
- 2020$1.58M
- 2019$2.47M
- 2018$2.10M
- 2017$3.25M
- 2016$2.14M
- 2015$1.50M
- 2014$2.46M
- 2013$1.71M
- 2012$4.88M
- 2011$6.04M
- 2010$3.35M
- 2009$3.76M
- 2008$5.33M
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$5.13M
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$0.00
- 1994$0.00
- 1993$0.00
- 1992$0.00
- 1991$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Arrow Financial (AROW)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 4.53×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Arrow Financial (AROW)
How Arrow Financial splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $22.18M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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