Buyback yield (TTM)
7.20%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
11.80%
5Y share count change
-5.4%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$4.13B
Cumulative buybacks
$15.24B
Key takeaways
- Truist Financial (TFC) repurchased about $4.13B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 5.4% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +38.0% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 136% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Truist Financial (TFC)
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 Truist Financial (TFC)
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 Truist Financial (TFC)
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 Truist Financial (TFC)
Latest: $2.50B
Overview
In 2025, Truist Financial (TFC) buyback spend totalled $2.50B – surged 42.9% year-over-year.
Truist Financial buyback spend has grown for 2 consecutive years, with a +38.0% compound annual growth rate over 2020–2025 (5 years).
Truist Financial buyback spend declined from $3.03B in 2021 to $2.50B in 2025, a 17.5% drawdown.
$3.03B stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2021, against a low of $0.00 during 1989.
Truist Financial Buyback Spend 2025: $2.50B
2025's buyback spend for Truist Financial came in at $2.50B, surged 42.9% from 2024.
Truist Financial Buyback Spend 2024: $1.75B
Truist Financial buyback spend in 2024 was $1.75B.
Truist Financial Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
In 2023, Truist Financial reported buyback spend of $0.00, plunged 100.0% below 2022.
Truist Financial Buyback Spend 2022: $250.00M
Truist Financial buyback spend in 2022 was $250.00M, plunged 91.8% below 2021.
Truist Financial Buyback Spend 2021: $3.03B
Truist Financial buyback spend in 2021 was $3.03B.
See more financial history for Truist Financial (TFC).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $2.50B | $0.00 | $2.50B | 4.01% | 1.29B | -3.5% | |
| 2024 | $1.75B | $0.00 | $1.75B | 3.06% | 1.33B | -0.1% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.33B | -0.5% | |
| 2022 | $250.00M | $0.00 | $250.00M | 0.44% | 1.34B | -0.8% | |
| 2021 | $3.03B | $0.00 | $3.03B | 3.89% | 1.35B | -0.7% | |
| 2020 | $500.00M | $353.00M | $147.00M | 0.77% | 1.36B | +66.6% | |
| 2019 | $1.73B | $165.00M | $1.56B | 3.32% | 0.82B | +4.0% | |
| 2018 | $1.21B | $141.00M | $1.06B | 3.64% | 0.78B | -3.4% | |
| 2017 | $1.61B | $132.00M | $1.48B | 4.14% | 0.81B | -0.5% | |
| 2016 | $520.00M | $115.00M | $405.00M | 1.36% | 0.81B | +7.5% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $106.00M | −$106.00M | — | 0.76B | +4.0% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $102.00M | −$102.00M | — | 0.73B | +2.0% | |
| 2013 | $27.00M | $96.00M | −$69.00M | 0.10% | 0.71B | +0.8% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $97.00M | −$97.00M | — | 0.71B | +0.5% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $98.00M | −$98.00M | — | 0.71B | +0.6% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $79.00M | −$79.00M | — | 0.70B | +10.3% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $62.00M | −$62.00M | — | 0.64B | +15.0% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $75.00M | −$75.00M | — | 0.55B | +0.1% | |
| 2007 | $254.00M | $70.00M | $184.00M | 1.75% | 0.55B | +1.4% | |
| 2006 | $936.00M | $58.00M | $878.00M | 4.50% | 0.54B | -1.4% | |
| 2005 | $486.00M | $0.00 | $486.00M | 2.45% | 0.55B | -0.8% | |
| 2004 | $441.00M | $0.00 | $441.00M | 2.22% | 0.56B | +8.2% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.51B | +7.4% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.48B | +4.3% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.46B | +0.6% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.46B | +0.4% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.45B | +55.6% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.29B | -12.6% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.33B | +41.3% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.24B | — | |
| 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$2.50B
- 2024$1.75B
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$250.00M
- 2021$3.03B
- 2020$500.00M
- 2019$1.73B
- 2018$1.21B
- 2017$1.61B
- 2016$520.00M
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$27.00M
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$254.00M
- 2006$936.00M
- 2005$486.00M
- 2004$441.00M
- 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 Truist Financial (TFC)
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 Truist Financial (TFC)
How Truist Financial splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Truist Financial, 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 $3.03B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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