Buyback yield (TTM)
2.19%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
5.33%
5Y share count change
-7.7%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$1.87B
Cumulative buybacks
$37.52B
Key takeaways
- PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) repurchased about $1.87B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 7.7% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -3.8% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 45% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for PNC Financial Services Group (PNC)
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 PNC Financial Services Group (PNC)
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 PNC Financial Services Group (PNC)
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 PNC Financial Services Group (PNC)
Latest: $1.34B
Overview
The 2025 reading of PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) buyback spend is $1.34B – grew 12.7% year-over-year.
PNC Financial Services Group buyback spend compound annual growth for the 2020–2025 (5 years) window is -3.8%, with a net decline across the window.
Between 2010 and 2025, PNC Financial Services Group buyback spend plunged 82.8%, falling from $7.78B to $1.34B.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $7.78B in 2010 and its low of $0.00 in 1989.
PNC Financial Services Group Buyback Spend 2025: $1.34B
PNC Financial Services Group buyback spend in 2025 was $1.34B, grew 12.7% from 2024.
PNC Financial Services Group Buyback Spend 2024: $1.19B
2024's buyback spend for PNC Financial Services Group came in at $1.19B, declined 28.1% below 2023.
PNC Financial Services Group Buyback Spend 2023: $1.65B
PNC Financial Services Group posted buyback spend of $1.65B in 2023, plunged 68.4% below 2022.
PNC Financial Services Group Buyback Spend 2022: $5.23B
In 2022, PNC Financial Services Group reported buyback spend of $5.23B, surged 384.8% from 2021.
PNC Financial Services Group Buyback Spend 2021: $1.08B
PNC Financial Services Group buyback spend in 2021 was $1.08B.
See more financial history for PNC Financial Services Group (PNC).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $1.34B | $0.00 | $1.34B | 1.63% | 0.39B | -1.5% | |
| 2024 | $1.19B | $0.00 | $1.19B | 1.54% | 0.40B | -0.2% | |
| 2023 | $1.65B | $0.00 | $1.65B | 2.67% | 0.40B | -2.7% | |
| 2022 | $5.23B | $0.00 | $5.23B | 8.20% | 0.41B | -3.3% | |
| 2021 | $1.08B | $0.00 | $1.08B | 1.27% | 0.43B | -0.2% | |
| 2020 | $1.62B | $0.00 | $1.62B | 2.56% | 0.43B | -4.7% | |
| 2019 | $3.58B | $0.00 | $3.58B | 5.13% | 0.45B | -4.7% | |
| 2018 | $2.88B | $0.00 | $2.88B | 5.34% | 0.47B | -3.3% | |
| 2017 | $2.45B | $0.00 | $2.45B | 3.56% | 0.49B | -2.8% | |
| 2016 | $2.06B | $0.00 | $2.06B | 3.62% | 0.50B | -4.0% | |
| 2015 | $2.65B | $0.00 | $2.65B | 5.50% | 0.52B | -3.0% | |
| 2014 | $1.18B | $0.00 | $1.18B | 2.46% | 0.54B | +0.9% | |
| 2013 | $174.00M | $0.00 | $174.00M | 0.42% | 0.53B | +0.6% | |
| 2012 | $216.00M | $0.00 | $216.00M | 0.70% | 0.53B | +0.6% | |
| 2011 | $73.00M | $0.00 | $73.00M | 0.24% | 0.53B | +1.2% | |
| 2010 | $7.78B | $0.00 | $7.78B | 24.46% | 0.52B | +14.3% | |
| 2009 | $188.00M | $0.00 | $188.00M | 0.77% | 0.46B | +31.1% | |
| 2008 | $234.00M | $0.00 | $234.00M | 1.37% | 0.35B | +3.6% | |
| 2007 | $963.00M | $0.00 | $963.00M | 4.35% | 0.34B | +12.8% | |
| 2006 | $531.00M | $0.00 | $531.00M | 2.33% | 0.30B | +2.4% | |
| 2005 | $166.00M | $0.00 | $166.00M | 0.93% | 0.29B | +2.1% | |
| 2004 | $292.00M | $0.00 | $292.00M | 1.81% | 0.28B | +1.1% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.28B | -1.4% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.28B | +0.0% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.28B | -2.7% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.29B | -2.4% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.30B | -3.1% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.31B | -3.4% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.32B | -7.1% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.35B | — | |
| 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 | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$1.34B
- 2024$1.19B
- 2023$1.65B
- 2022$5.23B
- 2021$1.08B
- 2020$1.62B
- 2019$3.58B
- 2018$2.88B
- 2017$2.45B
- 2016$2.06B
- 2015$2.65B
- 2014$1.18B
- 2013$174.00M
- 2012$216.00M
- 2011$73.00M
- 2010$7.78B
- 2009$188.00M
- 2008$234.00M
- 2007$963.00M
- 2006$531.00M
- 2005$166.00M
- 2004$292.00M
- 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
- 1990$0.00
- 1989$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for PNC Financial Services Group (PNC)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: N/A.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for PNC Financial Services Group (PNC)
How PNC Financial Services Group splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as PNC Financial Services Group, 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 $4.13B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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