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

1999, 667,485,6002026-07-31, 204,427,720

A share bought in 1999

3.3× more of Loews today, without buying another share. It was one of 667,485,600 shares then. It is one of 204,427,720 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	1999-03-19	667,485,600	10-K405	cover page
2000	2000-03-17	596,332,200	10-K405	cover page
2001	2001-03-09	591,714,300	10-K405/A	cover page
2002	2002-03-01	120,750,000	10-K	cover page
2003	2003-03-14	119,730,000	10-K	cover page
2004	2004-02-20	173,895,000	10-K/A	cover page
2005	2005-02-18	556,864,797	10-K/A	cover page
2006	2006-02-17	557,650,977	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-02-09	543,461,657	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-02-15	529,694,652	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-02-12	422,433,635	10-K
2010	2011-02-01	413,706,490	10-K
2011	2012-02-01	396,793,726	10-K
2012	2013-01-31	391,885,833	10-K
2013	2014-02-14	387,403,380	10-K
2014	2015-02-13	373,176,361	10-K
2015	2016-02-03	338,998,280	10-K
2016	2017-02-03	336,632,474	10-K
2017	2018-02-02	328,825,271	10-K
2018	2019-02-01	311,299,326	10-K
2019	2020-02-07	287,770,405	10-K
2020	2021-02-05	267,046,558	10-K
2021	2022-02-04	248,202,443	10-K
2022	2023-02-03	234,997,673	10-K
2023	2024-02-02	222,201,139	10-K
2024	2025-02-07	212,861,300	10-K
2025	2026-02-06	206,052,874	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Loews 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

$12Bspent on buybacks

353Mfewer shares outstanding

$34spent per share that actually disappeared

$437Mpaid 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

Robusto DinoDirector2026-05-29, 5,000 sh, $523,700

Robusto DinoDirector2026-05-05, 5,000 sh, $527,200

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