Avis Budget Group

Name: Avis Budget Group (CAR) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

CAR

Avis Budget Group has retired 67.1% of its shares since 2012, from 107,267,637 to 35,325,754.

67.1%retired since 2012

37.4%last 5 years

-0.4%last 12 months

35Mshares today

At $102.83 a share, a market value of $3.6B. P/E n/m, trailing twelve months to March 2026.

Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 72,569,2062026-07-22, 35,325,754

A share bought in 1999

2.1× more of Avis Budget Group today, without buying another share. It was one of 72,569,205 shares then. It is one of 35,325,754 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-02-24	72,569,206	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-03-15	84,479,641	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-03-15	98,202,034	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-01-31	103,011,454	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-01-31	100,765,962	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-01-31	105,183,913	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-01-31	100,818,371	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-01-31	101,272,628	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-01-31	103,586,476	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-01-30	101,570,563	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-01-29	101,998,891	10-K	cover page
2010	2011-01-31	103,654,955	10-K
2011	2012-01-31	105,497,065	10-K
2012	2013-01-31	107,267,637	10-K
2013	2014-01-31	106,942,686	10-K
2014	2015-01-31	106,354,430	10-K
2015	2016-01-29	97,039,594	10-K
2016	2017-01-31	85,991,536	10-K
2017	2018-01-31	80,952,244	10-K
2018	2019-01-31	75,769,075	10-K
2019	2020-02-14	74,356,513	10-K
2020	2021-02-12	69,842,179	10-K
2021	2022-02-11	53,767,484	10-K
2022	2023-02-10	39,470,532	10-K
2023	2024-02-09	35,472,745	10-K
2024	2025-02-07	35,110,440	10-K
2025	2026-02-13	35,258,652	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2013 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$7.6Bspent on buybacks

72Mfewer shares outstanding

0.2%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 $102.83.

Avis Budget Group buybacks, answered

Is Avis Budget Group buying back its stock?

Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 35,325,754 as of July 22, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 37.4%.

How many shares has Avis Budget Group bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Avis Budget Group has 71.9 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 67.1% of the company.

How many shares does Avis Budget Group have outstanding?

35,325,754 shares, as of July 22, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 107,267,637.

What do Avis Budget Group's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Avis Budget Group stock in 2012 owns 3.0 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 Avis Budget Group compare with other cannibal stocks?

Avis Budget Group ranks No. 20 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Travel & Leisure (67.6%), Allstate (67.4%), Elevance Health (67.0%), Employers (66.4%).

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