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
- The Hartford (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 The Hartford (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 The Hartford (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 The Hartford (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 The Hartford (HIG)
Latest: $1.61B
Overview
The Hartford (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, The Hartford buyback spend compounded at +60.8% per year, sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.
The Hartford 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.
The Hartford Buyback Spend 2025: $1.61B
The Hartford posted buyback spend of $1.61B in 2025, grew 6.7% from 2024.
The Hartford Buyback Spend 2024: $1.51B
In 2024, The Hartford reported buyback spend of $1.51B, grew 8.1% from 2023.
The Hartford Buyback Spend 2023: $1.40B
The Hartford buyback spend in 2023 was $1.40B, declined 9.7% below 2022.
The Hartford Buyback Spend 2022: $1.55B
2022's buyback spend for The Hartford came in at $1.55B, declined 8.9% below 2021.
The Hartford Buyback Spend 2021: $1.70B
The Hartford buyback spend in 2021 was $1.70B.
See more financial history for The Hartford (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 The Hartford (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 The Hartford (HIG)
How The Hartford splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as The Hartford, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $34.59B | |
| $24.10B | |
| $19.52B | |
| $13.39B | |
| $12.36B | |
| $11.73B | |
| $5.83B | |
| $0.00 |
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- $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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