Name: Globe Life (GL) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 303,002,3432026-07-31, 76,849,447

A share bought in 1999

3.9× more of Globe Life today, without buying another share. It was one of 303,002,343 shares then. It is one of 76,849,447 now.

Every filing we read26 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	1999-02-28	303,002,343	10-K	cover page
2000	2000-02-29	292,069,568	10-K	cover page
2001	2001-02-28	283,501,521	10-K	cover page
2002	2002-02-28	274,956,514	10-K	cover page
2003	2003-02-28	263,095,790	10-K	cover page
2004	2004-06-30	239,364,727	10-K	cover page
2006	2006-01-31	233,027,870	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-01-31	220,469,594	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-01-31	204,681,116	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-02-15	186,393,434	10-K
2010	2011-02-14	175,327,380	10-K
2011	2012-02-14	150,279,852	10-K
2012	2013-02-12	140,484,206	10-K
2013	2014-02-13	132,833,607	10-K
2014	2015-02-13	127,107,471	10-K
2015	2016-02-19	121,264,589	10-K
2016	2017-02-17	117,761,153	10-K
2017	2018-02-16	114,081,876	10-K
2018	2019-02-19	110,236,297	10-K
2019	2020-02-19	107,533,326	10-K
2020	2021-02-18	103,283,402	10-K
2021	2022-02-16	99,338,401	10-K
2022	2023-01-31	96,497,627	10-K
2023	2024-01-31	93,707,838	10-K
2024	2025-01-31	83,848,424	10-K
2025	2026-01-30	78,637,130	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2007cash flow statement against share count

$9.6Bspent on buybacks

156Mfewer shares outstanding

$62spent per share that actually disappeared

$519Mpaid in stock compensation over the same years

Part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. That part costs money and retires nothing, so the cost per share that disappeared is higher than the average price the company paid.

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Insider buying, last 12 months

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

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