---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001490906-25-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CFFN"
cik: "0001490906"
company_name: "Capitol Federal Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:54:44.737264+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Capitol Federal declares $0.04 special dividend, reports buyback of 1.58M shares at $6.72 avg

## Summary
- Special cash dividend of $0.04 per share payable Jan 23, 2026 to holders of record Jan 9, 2026.
- Between Oct 1 and Dec 16, 2025, repurchased 1,577,853 shares at average cost $6.72 per share.
- Company highlights multi-channel return of capital through special dividend and opportunistic buybacks.
- Capitol Federal has 46 branch locations in Kansas and Missouri, focused on residential lending.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001490906-25-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CFFN
- cik: 0001490906
- company_name: Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490906/000149090625000038/0001490906-25-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490906/000149090625000038/cffn-20251217.htm

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