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Assured Guaranty

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Assured Guaranty has retired 77.4% of its shares since 2012, from 194,257,200 to 43,979,208.

77.4%retired since 2012
37.0%last 5 years
4.6%last 12 months
44Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2009 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2014half gone 2018three quarters gone 2024194M shares, 201244M2010201520202025
2009, 184,162,8962026-08-05, 43,979,208
A share bought in 2009
4.2× more of Assured Guaranty today, without buying another share. It was one of 184,162,896 shares then. It is one of 43,979,208 now.
Every filing we read17 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20092009-12-31184,162,89610-K/A
20102011-02-23183,982,39110-K
20112012-02-22182,445,94310-K
20122013-02-22194,257,20010-K
20132014-02-21182,355,15910-K
20142015-02-23155,444,69510-K
20152016-02-23135,925,92110-K
20162017-02-21125,017,61410-K
20172018-02-20115,328,63110-K
20182019-02-26103,085,78510-K
20192020-02-2592,581,87810-K
20202021-02-2376,651,03610-K
20212022-02-2266,055,68010-K
20222023-02-2459,056,26710-K
20232024-02-2655,461,63310-K
20242025-02-2650,103,14010-K
20252026-02-2544,948,76910-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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Assured Guaranty buybacks, answered

Is Assured Guaranty buying back its stock?

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%.

How many shares has Assured Guaranty bought back?

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.

How many shares does Assured Guaranty have outstanding?

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.

What do Assured Guaranty's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

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.

How does Assured Guaranty compare with other cannibal stocks?

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.

Superinvestors who own it

Chuck RoyceRoyce & Associates1,060,397 shares, $84.9M, Q2 2026
Francis ChouChou Associates Management16,990 shares, $1.4M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

The story

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