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Banco Santander S.A.

SAN#56 of 134 by buybacks

MC · Financial Services · Banks - Diversified · Spain

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Buybacks · FY2025€4.08B≈ $4.57B · reported in EUR
Buyback yield2.3%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · FY2025€3.34Bdividend yield 1.9%
Shareholder yield4.3%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−15.2%14.7B shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow5%payout incl. dividends 10%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in EUR. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 15.2% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in EUR. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in EUR. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025€4.08B€3.34B€77.7B
FY2024Dec 2024€4.79B€3.02B−€32.6B
FY2023Dec 2023€3.11B€2.26B€66.9B
FY2022Dec 2022€2.05B€1.85B€16.9B
FY2021Dec 2021€1.65B€1.31B€45.3B
FY2020Dec 2020€758M€4.09B€57.6B
FY2019Dec 2019€928M€3.77B−€10.8B

Repurchases in FY2025 were −14.8% versus the prior year.

About Banco Santander S.A.

Banco Santander, S.A. provides various financial products and services to individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, large corporations, and public entities worldwide. The company operates through five segments: Retail & Commercial Banking, Digital Consumer Bank, Corporate & Investment Banking, Wealth Management & Insurance, and Payments. It offers demand and time deposits, mutual funds, and current and savings accounts; mortgages, consumer finance, loans, and various financing solutions; and project finance,…

Market cap
€174B
P/E (trailing)
13.5×
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
ES0113900J37
Reporting currency
EUR
Data updated
Oct 9, 2026
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