Buyback yield (TTM)
6.59%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
8.21%
5Y share count change
-20.5%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$2.48B
Cumulative buybacks
$18.11B
Key takeaways
- Hartford Insurance Group (HIG) repurchased about $2.48B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 20.5% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 38.15× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +60.8% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 48% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Hartford Insurance Group (HIG)
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 Hartford Insurance Group (HIG)
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 Hartford Insurance Group (HIG)
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 Hartford Insurance Group (HIG)
Latest: $1.61B
Overview
Hartford Insurance Group (HIG) most recent annual buyback spend stands at $1.61B (2025) – grew 6.7% year-over-year.
Looking at the 2020–2025 (5 years) stretch, Hartford Insurance Group buyback spend compounded at +60.8% per year, sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.
Hartford Insurance Group buyback spend declined from $1.80B in 2014 to $1.61B in 2025, a 10.1% drawdown.
$1.80B stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2014, against a low of $0.00 during 1995.
Hartford Insurance Group Buyback Spend 2025: $1.61B
Hartford Insurance Group buyback spend in 2025 was $1.61B, grew 6.7% from 2024.
Hartford Insurance Group Buyback Spend 2024: $1.51B
2024's buyback spend for Hartford Insurance Group came in at $1.51B, grew 8.1% from 2023.
Hartford Insurance Group Buyback Spend 2023: $1.40B
Hartford Insurance Group posted buyback spend of $1.40B in 2023, declined 9.7% below 2022.
Hartford Insurance Group Buyback Spend 2022: $1.55B
In 2022, Hartford Insurance Group reported buyback spend of $1.55B, declined 8.9% below 2021.
Hartford Insurance Group Buyback Spend 2021: $1.70B
Hartford Insurance Group buyback spend in 2021 was $1.70B.
See more financial history for Hartford Insurance Group (HIG).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $1.61B | $0.00 | $1.61B | 4.21% | 0.29B | -4.1% | |
| 2024 | $1.51B | $0.00 | $1.51B | 4.73% | 0.30B | -4.1% | |
| 2023 | $1.40B | $0.00 | $1.40B | 5.80% | 0.31B | -5.5% | |
| 2022 | $1.55B | $0.00 | $1.55B | 6.49% | 0.33B | -6.9% | |
| 2021 | $1.70B | $0.00 | $1.70B | 7.36% | 0.35B | -1.8% | |
| 2020 | $150.00M | $0.00 | $150.00M | 0.85% | 0.36B | -1.2% | |
| 2019 | $200.00M | $0.00 | $200.00M | 0.91% | 0.36B | +0.2% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.36B | -1.7% | |
| 2017 | $1.03B | $0.00 | $1.03B | 5.12% | 0.37B | -6.2% | |
| 2016 | $1.33B | $0.00 | $1.33B | 7.52% | 0.39B | -7.1% | |
| 2015 | $1.25B | $0.00 | $1.25B | 7.07% | 0.43B | -7.6% | |
| 2014 | $1.80B | $0.00 | $1.80B | 10.03% | 0.46B | -6.2% | |
| 2013 | $600.00M | $0.00 | $600.00M | 3.67% | 0.49B | +0.8% | |
| 2012 | $154.00M | $0.00 | $154.00M | 1.57% | 0.49B | +1.8% | |
| 2011 | $46.00M | $10.00M | $36.00M | 0.64% | 0.48B | -0.7% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $25.00M | −$25.00M | — | 0.48B | +33.1% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.36B | +17.2% | |
| 2008 | $1.00B | $0.00 | $1.00B | 18.98% | 0.31B | -3.2% | |
| 2007 | $1.38B | $0.00 | $1.38B | 5.05% | 0.32B | +1.0% | |
| 2006 | $5.00M | $0.00 | $5.00M | 0.02% | 0.32B | +3.4% | |
| 2005 | $2.00M | $0.00 | $2.00M | 0.01% | 0.31B | +2.9% | |
| 2004 | $2.00M | $0.00 | $2.00M | 0.01% | 0.30B | +9.0% | |
| 2003 | $1.00M | $0.00 | $1.00M | 0.01% | 0.27B | +8.2% | |
| 2002 | $92.00M | $0.00 | $92.00M | 0.79% | 0.25B | +4.3% | |
| 2001 | $7.00M | $0.00 | $7.00M | 0.05% | 0.24B | +7.6% | |
| 2000 | $100.00M | $0.00 | $100.00M | — | 0.22B | -1.4% | |
| 1999 | $596.00M | $0.00 | $596.00M | — | 0.23B | -3.7% | |
| 1998 | $547.00M | $0.00 | $547.00M | — | 0.24B | -1.1% | |
| 1997 | $45.00M | $0.00 | $45.00M | — | 0.24B | +1.8% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.23B | — | |
| 1995 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$1.61B
- 2024$1.51B
- 2023$1.40B
- 2022$1.55B
- 2021$1.70B
- 2020$150.00M
- 2019$200.00M
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$1.03B
- 2016$1.33B
- 2015$1.25B
- 2014$1.80B
- 2013$600.00M
- 2012$154.00M
- 2011$46.00M
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$1.00B
- 2007$1.38B
- 2006$5.00M
- 2005$2.00M
- 2004$2.00M
- 2003$1.00M
- 2002$92.00M
- 2001$7.00M
- 2000$100.00M
- 1999$596.00M
- 1998$547.00M
- 1997$45.00M
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Hartford Insurance Group (HIG)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 38.15×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Hartford Insurance Group (HIG)
How Hartford Insurance Group splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Hartford Insurance 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 $5.21B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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