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Chubb

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Chubb has retired 17.2% of its shares since 2016, from 465,781,102 to 385,799,859.

17.2%retired since 2016
10.4%last 5 years
2.0%last 12 months
386Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2015 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
466M shares, 2016386M201620182020202220242026
2015, 461,670,2902026-07-20, 385,799,859
A share bought in 2015
1.2× more of Chubb today, without buying another share. It was one of 461,670,290 shares then. It is one of 385,799,859 now.
Every filing we read11 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20152016-02-12461,670,29010-K
20162017-02-13465,781,10210-K
20172018-02-12464,091,25410-K
20182019-02-14458,380,93710-K
20192020-02-13451,907,79610-K
20202021-02-11450,224,90610-K
20212022-02-10426,229,25410-K
20222023-02-17413,506,31610-K
20232024-02-16405,758,79610-K
20242025-02-20400,412,08410-K
20252026-02-20390,156,55210-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2017 to 2025cash flow statement against share count
$19.6Bspent on buybacks
76Mfewer shares outstanding
$193average price paid per share bought back
2.7%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 $359.79.

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Chubb buybacks, answered

Is Chubb buying back its stock?

Yes. Chubb has 2.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 385,799,859 as of July 20, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 10.4%.

How many shares has Chubb bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Chubb has 80.0 million fewer shares than at its 2016 peak. That is 17.2% of the company. Since fiscal 2017 alone it bought back about 101.5 million shares, while the count fell by 78.3 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Chubb have outstanding?

385,799,859 shares, as of July 20, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2016 peak it had 465,781,102.

What do Chubb's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Chubb stock in 2016 owns 1.2 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 Chubb compare with other cannibal stocks?

Chubb ranks No. 400 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Zoetis (17.5%), Belden (17.3%), Whirlpool (17.2%), Leidos (17.1%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Chris DavisDavis Selected Advisers1,148,090 shares, $391.2M, Q2 2026
Andreas HalvorsenViking Global Investors377,312 shares, $128.6M, Q2 2026
Warren BuffettBerkshire Hathaway34,249,183 shares, $11.7B, Q2 2026
David RolfeWedgewood Partners68,039 shares, $23.2M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

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

The story

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