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Citigroup has retired 44.8% of its shares since 2012, from 3,038,758,550 to 1,677,436,783.

44.8%retired since 2012
15.5%last 5 years
6.3%last 12 months
1.7Bshares today
Shares outstanding, 2010 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 20183B shares, 20121.7B2010201520202025
2010, 2,905,602,5232026-06-30, 1,677,436,783
A share bought in 2010
1.7× more of Citigroup today, without buying another share. It was one of 2,905,602,522 shares then. It is one of 1,677,436,783 now.
Every filing we read16 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20102011-01-312,905,602,52310-K
20112012-01-312,928,662,13610-K
20122013-01-313,038,758,55010-K
20132014-01-313,036,458,90910-K
20142015-01-313,033,851,30910-K
20152016-01-312,948,120,15310-K
20162017-01-312,770,709,33910-K
20172018-01-312,570,065,74810-K
20182019-01-312,351,523,70910-K
20192020-01-312,106,486,79310-K
20202021-01-312,087,317,95210-K
20212022-01-311,980,894,61310-K
20222023-01-311,943,712,43610-K
20232024-01-311,911,366,78310-K
20242025-01-311,884,479,55110-K
20252026-01-311,749,319,00910-K

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

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Citigroup buybacks, answered

Is Citigroup buying back its stock?

Yes. Citigroup has 6.3% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 1,677,436,783 as of June 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 15.5%.

How many shares has Citigroup bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Citigroup has 1.36 billion fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 44.8% of the company.

How many shares does Citigroup have outstanding?

1,677,436,783 shares, as of June 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 3,038,758,550.

What do Citigroup's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Citigroup stock in 2012 owns 1.8 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 Citigroup compare with other cannibal stocks?

Citigroup ranks No. 91 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Dollar Tree (45.3%), Union Pacific (45.1%), Gartner (44.8%), Boston Beer (44.7%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Bill NygrenHarris Associates8,751,443 shares, $1.2B, Q2 2026
Richard PzenaPzena Investment Management5,548,789 shares, $776.6M, Q2 2026
Steven RomickFirst Pacific Advisors3,016,828 shares, $422.2M, Q2 2026
Harry BurnSound Shore Management615,635 shares, $86.2M, Q2 2026
Francis ChouChou Associates Management32,695 shares, $4.6M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

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

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