Humana (HUM) Stock Buybacks: 29.5% of Shares Retired Since 2009

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

1999, 167,752,7102026-06-30, 120,080,308

A share bought in 1999

1.4× more of Humana today, without buying another share. It was one of 167,752,710 shares then. It is one of 120,080,308 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-01	167,752,710	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-03-01	169,018,975	10-K405	cover page
2001	2002-03-20	168,866,651	10-K405	cover page
2002	2003-03-19	160,767,347	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-02-29	162,109,152	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-01-31	160,815,801	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-01-31	163,485,922	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-01-31	166,720,633	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-01-31	170,173,405	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-01-31	168,854,995	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-01-31	170,225,097	10-K
2010	2011-01-31	168,545,398	10-K
2011	2012-01-31	164,050,846	10-K
2012	2013-01-31	158,356,929	10-K
2013	2014-01-31	154,034,320	10-K
2014	2015-01-31	149,607,897	10-K
2015	2016-01-31	148,303,389	10-K
2016	2017-01-31	149,324,101	10-K
2017	2018-01-31	137,684,326	10-K
2018	2019-01-31	135,566,909	10-K
2019	2020-01-31	132,106,497	10-K
2020	2021-01-31	128,861,929	10-K
2021	2022-01-31	126,633,599	10-K
2022	2023-01-31	124,974,862	10-K
2023	2024-01-31	120,653,315	10-K
2024	2025-01-31	120,644,737	10-K
2025	2026-01-31	120,595,967	10-K

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

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Humana buybacks, answered

Is Humana buying back its stock?

Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 120,080,308 as of June 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 6.6%.

How many shares has Humana bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Humana has 50.1 million fewer shares than at its 2009 peak. That is 29.5% of the company.

How many shares does Humana have outstanding?

120,080,308 shares, as of June 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2009 peak it had 170,225,097.

What do Humana's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Humana stock in 2009 owns 1.4 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 Humana compare with other cannibal stocks?

Humana ranks No. 175 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Clearwater Paper (29.8%), NCR Voyix (29.6%), Pfizer (29.4%), Academy Sports (29.3%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

Shetty Sanjay KPresident, CenterWell2026-02-23, 810 shares at $185.21 $150K total

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