Chubb has retired 17.2% of its shares since 2016, from 465,781,102 to 385,799,859.
At $359.79 a share, a market value of $138.8B. P/E 12.3, trailing twelve months to March 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016-02-12 | 461,670,290 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-13 | 465,781,102 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-12 | 464,091,254 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-14 | 458,380,937 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-13 | 451,907,796 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-11 | 450,224,906 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-10 | 426,229,254 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-17 | 413,506,316 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-16 | 405,758,796 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-20 | 400,412,084 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-20 | 390,156,552 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Chubb on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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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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%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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