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AIG

AIG has retired 72.4% of its shares since 2011, from 1,896,865,688 to 522,893,169.

The 2011 peak comes after the US government recapitalization in 2010. In 2009 the count was 134,926,293, so the retirement is measured from after that issuance.

72.4%retired since 2011
37.0%last 5 years
3.1%last 12 months
523Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2013half gone 20161.9B shares, 2011523M200020052010201520202025
1999, 116,233,0362026-07-31, 522,893,169
A share bought in 2010
3.4× more of AIG today, without buying another share. It was one of 1,795,503,716 shares then. It is one of 522,893,169 now.
Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19992000-01-31116,233,03610-Kcover page
20002001-01-31116,655,96610-Kcover page
20012002-01-31130,722,17510-Kcover page
20022003-01-31130,491,31510-Kcover page
20032004-01-31130,447,38310-Kcover page
20042005-03-31129,745,35210-Kcover page
20052006-01-31129,849,36210-Kcover page
20062007-01-31130,079,18410-Kcover page
20072008-01-31126,116,83910-Kcover page
20082009-01-30134,537,36610-Kcover page
20092010-01-29134,926,29310-K
20102011-01-311,795,503,71610-Kreview share change, capital issuance
20112012-01-311,896,865,68810-K
20122013-02-151,476,322,47310-K
20132014-02-141,464,067,64110-K
20142015-02-121,372,435,89310-K
20152016-02-111,149,448,25610-K
20162017-02-13979,560,02010-K
20172018-02-07902,468,88910-K
20182019-02-06869,486,33410-K
20192020-02-10873,422,02310-K
20202021-02-09864,790,66910-K
20212022-02-08814,757,88110-K
20222023-02-10737,247,38410-K
20232024-02-08680,953,65210-K
20242025-02-07593,332,96410-K
20252026-02-06536,559,66310-K

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

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AIG buybacks, answered

Is AIG buying back its stock?

Yes. AIG has 3.1% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 522,893,169 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 37.0%.

How many shares has AIG bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, AIG has 1.37 billion fewer shares than at its 2011 peak. That is 72.4% of the company. Since fiscal 2012 alone it bought back about 1.41 billion shares, while the count fell by 953.4 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does AIG have outstanding?

522,893,169 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2011 peak it had 1,896,865,688.

What do AIG's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held AIG stock in 2011 owns 3.6 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 AIG compare with other cannibal stocks?

AIG ranks No. 5 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: White Mountains (78.0%), Globe Life (73.7%), NVR (72.0%), H&R Block (68.4%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

Walsh KeithEVP and CFO2025-12-30, 5 shares at $86.54 $467 total
Inglis John CDirector2025-12-30, 14 shares at $86.47 $1K total

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