Buyback yield (TTM)
4.31%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
7.32%
5Y share count change
1.7%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$1.10B
Cumulative buybacks
$8.30B
Key takeaways
- Citizens Financial Group (CFG) repurchased about $1.10B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 1.7% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 9.02× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +29.9% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 63% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Citizens Financial Group (CFG)
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 Citizens Financial Group (CFG)
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 Citizens Financial Group (CFG)
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 Citizens Financial Group (CFG)
Latest: $1.00B
Overview
2025's annual buyback spend for Citizens Financial Group (CFG) came in at $1.00B – declined 25.9% year-over-year.
Looking at the 2020–2025 (5 years) stretch, Citizens Financial Group buyback spend compounded at +29.9% per year, with mixed annual results across the window.
Citizens Financial Group buyback spend peaked at $1.35B in 2024; the latest annual figure is $1.00B in 2025 (25.9% below peak).
2024 marks the peak buyback spend at $1.35B, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 2011.
Citizens Financial Group Buyback Spend 2025: $1.00B
Citizens Financial Group buyback spend in 2025 was $1.00B, declined 25.9% below 2024.
Citizens Financial Group Buyback Spend 2024: $1.35B
2024's buyback spend for Citizens Financial Group came in at $1.35B, surged 49.0% from 2023. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Citizens Financial Group Buyback Spend 2023: $906.00M
Citizens Financial Group posted buyback spend of $906.00M in 2023, surged 492.2% from 2022.
Citizens Financial Group Buyback Spend 2022: $153.00M
In 2022, Citizens Financial Group reported buyback spend of $153.00M, plunged 48.1% below 2021.
Citizens Financial Group Buyback Spend 2021: $295.00M
Citizens Financial Group buyback spend in 2021 was $295.00M.
See more financial history for Citizens Financial Group (CFG).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $1.00B | $120.00M | $880.00M | 3.97% | 0.44B | -4.0% | |
| 2024 | $1.35B | $97.00M | $1.25B | 7.00% | 0.45B | -4.9% | |
| 2023 | $906.00M | $87.00M | $819.00M | 5.86% | 0.48B | -0.2% | |
| 2022 | $153.00M | $84.00M | $69.00M | 0.79% | 0.48B | +11.8% | |
| 2021 | $295.00M | $59.00M | $236.00M | 1.47% | 0.43B | -0.2% | |
| 2020 | $270.00M | $48.00M | $222.00M | 1.77% | 0.43B | -5.1% | |
| 2019 | $1.22B | $41.00M | $1.18B | 6.91% | 0.45B | -6.1% | |
| 2018 | $1.02B | $41.00M | $984.00M | 7.38% | 0.48B | -4.6% | |
| 2017 | $820.00M | $48.00M | $772.00M | 3.97% | 0.50B | -3.9% | |
| 2016 | $430.00M | $23.00M | $407.00M | 2.36% | 0.52B | -2.7% | |
| 2015 | $500.00M | $24.00M | $476.00M | 3.62% | 0.54B | -3.5% | |
| 2014 | $334.00M | $53.00M | $281.00M | 2.45% | 0.56B | -0.4% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $27.00M | −$27.00M | — | 0.56B | 0.0% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $29.00M | −$29.00M | — | 0.56B | 0.0% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.56B | — |
- 2025$1.00B
- 2024$1.35B
- 2023$906.00M
- 2022$153.00M
- 2021$295.00M
- 2020$270.00M
- 2019$1.22B
- 2018$1.02B
- 2017$820.00M
- 2016$430.00M
- 2015$500.00M
- 2014$334.00M
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Citizens Financial Group (CFG)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 9.02×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Citizens Financial Group (CFG)
How Citizens Financial Group splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Citizens Financial Group, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $34.59B | |
| $24.10B | |
| $19.52B | |
| $13.39B | |
| $12.36B | |
| $11.73B | |
| $5.83B | |
| $0.00 |
- $34.59B
- $24.10B
- $19.52B
- $13.39B
- $12.36B
- $11.73B
- $5.83B
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 $1.73B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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