Genworth Financial

Name: Genworth Financial (GNW) shares outstanding since 2004, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Genworth Financial has retired 25.5% of its shares since 2021, from 507,385,834 to 377,851,037.

25.5%retired since 2021

25.5%last 5 years

5.4%last 12 months

378Mshares today

At $9.07 a share, a market value of $3.4B. P/E 16.2, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 2004 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2004, 489,593,1902026-07-31, 377,851,037

A share bought in 2004

1.3× more of Genworth Financial today, without buying another share. It was one of 489,593,190 shares then. It is one of 377,851,037 now.

Every filing we read22 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2004	2005-02-28	489,593,190	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-23	470,961,038	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-15	440,786,553	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-15	432,642,833	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-12-31	433,000,000	10-K
2009	2010-02-16	489,073,134	10-K
2010	2011-02-10	489,888,154	10-K
2011	2012-02-13	491,384,594	10-K
2012	2013-02-21	492,713,121	10-K
2013	2014-02-12	495,357,422	10-K
2014	2015-02-12	496,996,382	10-K
2015	2016-02-10	497,828,731	10-K
2016	2017-02-15	498,424,216	10-K
2017	2018-02-16	499,195,293	10-K
2018	2019-02-19	500,900,866	10-K
2019	2020-02-19	504,767,950	10-K
2020	2021-02-17	505,794,485	10-K
2021	2022-02-16	507,385,834	10-K
2022	2023-02-16	493,346,260	10-K
2023	2024-02-15	442,625,464	10-K
2024	2025-02-20	418,850,350	10-K
2025	2026-02-24	387,611,047	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2022 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$796Mspent on buybacks

120Mfewer shares outstanding

$6average price paid per share bought back

7.2%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 $9.07.

Genworth Financial buybacks, answered

Is Genworth Financial buying back its stock?

Yes. Genworth Financial has 5.4% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 377,851,037 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 25.5%.

How many shares has Genworth Financial bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Genworth Financial has 129.5 million fewer shares than at its 2021 peak. That is 25.5% of the company. Since fiscal 2022 alone it bought back about 127.1 million shares, while the count fell by 115.5 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Genworth Financial have outstanding?

377,851,037 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2021 peak it had 507,385,834.

What do Genworth Financial's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Genworth Financial stock in 2021 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 Genworth Financial compare with other cannibal stocks?

Genworth Financial ranks No. 321 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: KBR (25.7%), D.R. Horton (25.7%), Lithia Motors (25.5%), Fedex (25.4%).

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