Santander repurchases 6.1 million shares as October 28 tests Banco Santander stock

Published on 10/19/2026 at 10:22 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

First-half underlying profit reached EUR 7.3 billion. Banco Santander stock costs EUR 11.84 on October 19, 2026 at a EUR 176.8 billion value.

Buyback and reporting dates

Banco Santander repurchased 6.1 million shares on October 15, 2026.
First-half underlying profit reached EUR 7.3 billion, while underlying earnings per share rose 20.00 percent.
Banco Santander stock trades at EUR 11.84 at 10:14 a.m. CEST at Lang & Schwarz on October 19, 2026.
The bank declared an interim dividend of EUR 0.127 per share on September 29, 2026.

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Banco Santander (ES0113900J37) repurchased 6.1 million shares on October 15, 2026, according to Investing.com. The bank has scheduled its first nine months 2026 results for October 28, 2026, according to Banco Santander. The stock was trading at EUR 11.84 at Lang & Schwarz on October 19, 2026 at 10:14 a.m. CEST.

Buyback adds to shareholder returns

The October repurchase is part of a broader capital-return program. Ticker Scout reported that Santander completed a buyback of 462,683,139 shares on August 21, 2026, and started another program against first-half results on August 24, 2026.

The bank also declared an interim cash dividend of EUR 0.127 per share on September 29, 2026. Banco Santander lists October 28, 2026 as the last day to trade shares with a right to receive that dividend and November 2, 2026 as the payment date.

Three dates frame the capital return

The recent sequence runs from the 462,683,139-share buyback completed on August 21, 2026, through the EUR 0.127 dividend declaration on September 29, 2026, to the 6.1 million-share repurchase on October 15, 2026. The first two figures are reported in Ticker Scout, while the latest repurchase was reported by Investing.com.

What do the results show?

Banco Santander's first-half 2026 underlying profit was EUR 7.3 billion, while underlying earnings per share increased 20.00 percent year over year. Underlying return on tangible equity reached 15.60 percent, the efficiency ratio was 42.80 percent and the CET1 ratio stood at 14.00 percent in June 2026, according to Banco Santander. These figures give the October 28 results a clear test: investors will compare reported nine-month performance with the capital-return program and the bank's capital position.

Stock price and next dates

The next two scheduled dates are October 28, 2026, for the first nine months results and November 2, 2026, for payment of the interim dividend. The bank's market capitalization was EUR 176.8 billion on October 19, 2026, while its Madrid quotation was EUR 11.80 at 9:52 a.m. CEST, according to the dated market figures.

Banco Santander was trading at EUR 11.84 at Lang & Schwarz on October 19, 2026 at 10:14 a.m. CEST. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Banco Santander stock.