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DaVita

DVA

DaVita has retired 74.3% of its shares since 2000, from 248,196,750 to 63,800,000.

74.3%retired since 2000
37.4%last 5 years
9.6%last 12 months
64Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2001half gone 2019248M shares, 200064M200020052010201520202025
1999, 243,732,0032026-07-31, 63,800,000
A share bought in 1999
3.8× more of DaVita today, without buying another share. It was one of 243,732,003 shares then. It is one of 63,800,000 now.
Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19992000-03-15243,732,00310-K405cover page
20002001-03-12248,196,75010-K405cover page
20012002-02-15247,136,70010-K405cover page
20022003-02-14182,515,83910-Kcover page
20032004-02-13196,303,59310-Kcover page
20042005-02-01198,000,00010-Kcover page
20052006-02-01204,600,00010-Kcover page
20062007-02-01209,800,00010-Kcover page
20072008-02-01214,800,00010-Kcover page
20082008-12-31207,507,34610-K
20092010-01-29206,400,00010-K
20102011-01-31192,000,00010-K
20112012-01-31187,400,00010-K
20122013-01-31211,000,00010-K
20132014-01-31213,200,00010-K
20142015-01-30215,800,00010-K
20152016-01-29206,100,00010-K
20162017-01-31194,600,00010-K
20172018-01-31182,000,00010-K
20182019-01-31166,400,00010-K
20192020-01-31125,600,00010-K
20202021-01-29109,400,00010-K
20212022-01-3196,300,00010-K
20222023-01-3190,400,00010-K
20232024-01-3187,700,00010-K
20242025-01-3180,000,00010-K
20252026-02-0666,800,00010-K

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

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DaVita buybacks, answered

Is DaVita buying back its stock?

Yes. DaVita has 9.6% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 63,800,000 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 37.4%.

How many shares has DaVita bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, DaVita has 184.4 million fewer shares than at its 2000 peak. That is 74.3% of the company. Since fiscal 2007 alone it bought back about 182.8 million shares, while the count fell by 151.0 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does DaVita have outstanding?

63,800,000 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2000 peak it had 248,196,750.

What do DaVita's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held DaVita stock in 2000 owns 3.9 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 DaVita compare with other cannibal stocks?

DaVita ranks No. 6 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: White Mountains (78.0%), Assured Guaranty (77.4%), Globe Life (73.7%), AIG (72.4%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Warren BuffettBerkshire Hathaway28,880,209 shares, $6.4B, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

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

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