Bank of America
BACBank of America has retired 35.4% of its shares since 2012, from 10,820,274,944 to 6,992,748,365.
35.4%retired since 2012
14.6%last 5 years
4.2%last 12 months
7Bshares today
Bank of America has retired 35.4% of its shares since 2012, from 10,820,274,944 to 6,992,748,365.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2011-02-15 | 10,121,154,770 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-17 | 10,732,388,501 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-25 | 10,820,274,944 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-24 | 10,568,135,287 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-24 | 10,519,566,829 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-23 | 10,325,631,017 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-22 | 10,025,121,972 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-21 | 10,243,688,896 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-25 | 9,658,759,764 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-18 | 8,728,530,308 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-23 | 8,633,185,862 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-18 | 8,069,801,301 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-21 | 8,003,839,222 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-16 | 7,872,657,542 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-24 | 7,604,677,274 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-24 | 7,176,682,170 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Bank of America on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Bank of America has 4.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 6,992,748,365 as of July 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 14.6%.
Net of every new share it issued, Bank of America has 3.83 billion fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 35.4% of the company.
6,992,748,365 shares, as of July 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 10,820,274,944.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Bank of America stock in 2012 owns 1.5 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Bank of America ranks No. 145 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: United Rentals (35.5%), Dollar General (35.4%), Johnson Controls International (35.3%), Caterpillar (35.0%).
Every answer is computed from Bank of America's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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