CoreCivic

Name: CoreCivic (CXW) shares outstanding since 2000, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

CXW

CoreCivic has retired 20.9% of its shares since 2007, from 124,954,133 to 98,893,489.

20.9%retired since 2007

17.8%last 5 years

5.4%last 12 months

99Mshares today

At $30.67 a share, a market value of $3.0B. P/E 23.7, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 2000 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2000, 73,162,0412026-07-31, 98,893,489

A share bought in 2003

1.1× more of CoreCivic today, without buying another share. It was one of 105,200,880 shares then. It is one of 98,893,489 now.

Every filing we read26 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2000	2001-03-30	73,162,041	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-03-14	84,042,345	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-03-18	84,309,330	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-03-01	105,200,880	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-03-01	117,281,895	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-03-01	119,803,443	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-23	122,744,952	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-22	124,954,133	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-23	119,967,827	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-12-31	115,962,000	10-K
2010	2011-02-17	109,169,428	10-K
2011	2012-02-22	99,542,077	10-K
2012	2013-02-19	100,249,241	10-K
2013	2014-02-18	115,954,124	10-K
2014	2015-02-17	116,790,636	10-K
2015	2016-02-18	117,243,119	10-K
2016	2017-02-16	117,666,948	10-K
2017	2018-02-15	118,204,246	10-K
2018	2019-02-14	118,671,077	10-K
2019	2020-02-14	119,095,550	10-K
2020	2021-02-16	119,637,734	10-K
2021	2022-02-14	120,284,765	10-K
2022	2023-02-13	114,060,051	10-K
2023	2024-02-12	112,608,075	10-K
2024	2025-02-14	108,864,211	10-K
2025	2026-02-13	97,709,228	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2008 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$1Bspent on buybacks

27Mfewer shares outstanding

7.5%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 $30.67.

CoreCivic buybacks, answered

Is CoreCivic buying back its stock?

Yes. CoreCivic has 5.4% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 98,893,489 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 17.8%.

How many shares has CoreCivic bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, CoreCivic has 26.1 million fewer shares than at its 2007 peak. That is 20.9% of the company.

How many shares does CoreCivic have outstanding?

98,893,489 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2007 peak it had 124,954,133.

What do CoreCivic's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held CoreCivic stock in 2007 owns 1.3 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 CoreCivic compare with other cannibal stocks?

CoreCivic ranks No. 362 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Rave Restaurant Group (21.1%), Johnson & Johnson (20.9%), Merck & (20.8%), Phinia (20.6%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

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

The story

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