8-K filed Feb 18, 2026
Omnicom Group authorizes $5B for stock buybacks
“NEW YORK , February 18, 2026–Omnicom (NYSE: OMC), the world’s leading marketing and sales company, today announced that its Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $5 billion of Omnicom common stock as part of the company’s capital allocation strategy.”
From Omnicom Group’s 8-K filed Feb 18, 2026 · read the filing · all documents
How big is it?
Omnicom Group bought back $3.4B of stock in the twelve months to Mar 31, 2026. At that pace, $5.0B covers about 1.5 years of buybacks.
The amount equals 167% of its free cash flow over the same twelve months ($3.0B).
An authorization is permission, not a promise: the company can buy less, more slowly, or not at all, and usually doesn't have to say when it buys.
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| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Q2 '23 | $233.7M |
| Q3 '23 | $25.5M |
| Q4 '23 | $6.5M |
| Q1 '24 | $180.1M |
| Q2 '24 | $69.7M |
| Q3 '24 | $112.6M |
| Q4 '24 | $8.3M |
| Q1 '25 | $81M |
| Q2 '25 | $142M |
| Q3 '25 | $89.1M |
| Q4 '25 | $395.8M |
| Q1 '26 | $2.8B |