Assured Guaranty has retired 77.4% of its shares since 2012, from 194,257,200 to 43,979,208.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 184,162,896 | 10-K/A | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-23 | 183,982,391 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-22 | 182,445,943 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-22 | 194,257,200 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-21 | 182,355,159 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-23 | 155,444,695 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-23 | 135,925,921 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-21 | 125,017,614 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-20 | 115,328,631 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-26 | 103,085,785 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-25 | 92,581,878 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-23 | 76,651,036 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-22 | 66,055,680 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-24 | 59,056,267 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-26 | 55,461,633 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-26 | 50,103,140 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-25 | 44,948,769 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Assured Guaranty on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Assured Guaranty has 4.6% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 43,979,208 as of August 5, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 37.0%.
Net of every new share it issued, Assured Guaranty has 150.3 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 77.4% of the company.
43,979,208 shares, as of August 5, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 194,257,200.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Assured Guaranty stock in 2012 owns 4.4 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Assured Guaranty ranks No. 5 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Dillard's (85.4%), White Mountains (78.0%), DaVita (74.3%), Globe Life (73.7%).
Every answer is computed from Assured Guaranty's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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