Comcast
CMCSAComcast has retired 37.0% of its shares since 2010, from 5,616,000,000 to 3,539,192,198.
37.0%retired since 2010
22.8%last 5 years
4.3%last 12 months
3.5Bshares today
Comcast has retired 37.0% of its shares since 2010, from 5,616,000,000 to 3,539,192,198.
Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2010-12-31 | 5,616,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2011 | 2011-12-31 | 5,492,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2012 | 2012-12-31 | 5,356,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2013 | 2013-12-31 | 5,250,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2014 | 2014-12-31 | 5,166,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2015 | 2015-12-31 | 4,972,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2016 | 2016-12-31 | 4,819,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2017 | 2017-12-31 | 4,708,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2018 | 2018-12-31 | 4,584,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2019 | 2019-12-31 | 4,548,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2020 | 2020-12-31 | 4,574,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2021 | 2021-12-31 | 4,584,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2022 | 2022-12-31 | 4,406,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2023 | 2023-12-31 | 4,122,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2024 | 2024-12-31 | 3,885,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2025 | 2025-12-31 | 3,699,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
Source: all 10-K filings of Comcast on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Comcast has 4.3% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 3,539,192,198 as of July 15, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 22.8%.
Net of every new share it issued, Comcast has 2.08 billion fewer shares than at its 2010 peak. That is 37.0% of the company.
3,539,192,198 shares, as of July 15, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2010 peak it had 5,616,000,000.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Comcast stock in 2010 owns 1.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Comcast ranks No. 134 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Jefferies (37.4%), Copart (37.3%), ADP (37.0%), Columbia Sportswear (36.5%).
Every answer is computed from Comcast's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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