Credit Acceptance

Name: Credit Acceptance (CACC) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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CACC

Credit Acceptance has retired 76.9% of its shares since 1999, from 44,916,654 to 10,380,580.

76.9%retired since 1999

28.6%last 5 years

5.9%last 12 months

10Mshares today

At $540.98 a share, a market value of $5.6B. P/E 11.2, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 44,916,6542026-07-23, 10,380,580

A share bought in 1999

4.3× more of Credit Acceptance today, without buying another share. It was one of 44,916,654 shares then. It is one of 10,380,580 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-22	44,916,654	10-K405	cover page
2000	2001-03-16	42,319,787	10-K405	cover page
2001	2002-02-28	42,649,699	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-02-28	42,331,615	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-01-31	39,663,690	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-12-31	37,027,286	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-28	37,087,686	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-28	30,250,187	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-29	30,378,102	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-20	30,747,018	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-02-19	31,294,761	10-K	cover page
2010	2010-12-31	27,304,000	10-K
2011	2012-02-15	25,622,480	10-K
2012	2013-02-15	23,949,967	10-K
2013	2014-02-07	22,947,170	10-K
2014	2015-02-05	22,947,170	10-K
2015	2016-02-05	20,132,945	10-K
2016	2017-02-03	19,877,856	10-K
2017	2018-02-02	19,310,049	10-K
2018	2019-02-01	18,780,287	10-K
2019	2020-02-04	18,151,092	10-K
2020	2021-02-04	16,818,933	10-K/A
2021	2022-02-03	14,114,355	10-K
2022	2023-02-03	12,833,388	10-K
2023	2024-02-01	12,302,955	10-K
2024	2025-02-04	12,031,647	10-K
2025	2026-02-06	10,747,682	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2009 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$5.7Bspent on buybacks

20Mfewer shares outstanding

$252average price paid per share bought back

12.9%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $540.98.

Credit Acceptance buybacks, answered

Is Credit Acceptance buying back its stock?

Yes. Credit Acceptance has 5.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 10,380,580 as of July 23, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 28.6%.

How many shares has Credit Acceptance bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Credit Acceptance has 34.5 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 76.9% of the company. Since fiscal 2009 alone it bought back about 22.6 million shares, while the count fell by 20.9 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Credit Acceptance have outstanding?

10,380,580 shares, as of July 23, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 44,916,654.

What do Credit Acceptance's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Credit Acceptance stock in 1999 owns 4.3 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 Credit Acceptance compare with other cannibal stocks?

Credit Acceptance ranks No. 7 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: White Mountains (78.0%), Assured Guaranty (77.4%), Navient (76.6%), DaVita (74.3%).

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