American Financial Group

Name: American Financial Group (AFG) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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AFG

American Financial Group has retired 30.6% of its shares since 2006, from 119,415,711 to 82,921,466.

30.6%retired since 2006

2.2%last 5 years

0.6%last 12 months

83Mshares today

At $149.13 a share, a market value of $12.4B. P/E 13.0, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 87,654,6922026-08-01, 82,921,466

A share bought in 1999

1.1× more of American Financial Group today, without buying another share. It was one of 87,654,691 shares then. It is one of 82,921,466 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-01	87,654,692	10-K405	cover page
2000	2001-03-01	101,166,324	10-K405	cover page
2001	2002-03-01	102,839,484	10-K405	cover page
2002	2003-03-01	103,867,281	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-03-01	109,841,667	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-03-01	115,173,994	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-01	117,257,016	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-01	119,415,711	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-01	113,623,992	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-01	115,623,410	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-12-31	113,386,343	10-K
2010	2011-02-01	104,983,657	10-K
2011	2012-02-01	97,895,717	10-K
2012	2013-02-01	89,144,834	10-K
2013	2014-02-01	89,560,038	10-K
2014	2015-02-01	87,255,891	10-K
2015	2016-02-01	86,591,708	10-K
2016	2017-02-01	87,014,273	10-K
2017	2018-02-01	88,425,972	10-K
2018	2019-02-01	89,312,398	10-K
2019	2020-02-01	90,339,433	10-K
2020	2021-02-01	86,399,280	10-K
2021	2022-02-01	84,932,151	10-K
2022	2023-02-01	85,200,125	10-K
2023	2024-02-01	83,661,691	10-K
2024	2025-02-01	83,982,106	10-K
2025	2026-02-01	83,298,833	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of American Financial Group on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2008 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$2.6Bspent on buybacks

30Mfewer shares outstanding

0.8%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $149.13.

American Financial Group buybacks, answered

Is American Financial Group buying back its stock?

Yes. American Financial Group has 0.6% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 82,921,466 as of August 1, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 2.2%.

How many shares has American Financial Group bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, American Financial Group has 36.5 million fewer shares than at its 2006 peak. That is 30.6% of the company.

How many shares does American Financial Group have outstanding?

82,921,466 shares, as of August 1, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2006 peak it had 119,415,711.

What do American Financial Group's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held American Financial Group stock in 2006 owns 1.4 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does American Financial Group compare with other cannibal stocks?

American Financial Group ranks No. 263 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Penske Automotive Group (30.9%), Alaska Air Group (30.8%), IQVIA (30.2%), Euronet Worldwide (30.1%).

Every answer is computed from American Financial Group's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.