Las Vegas Sands

Name: Las Vegas Sands (LVS) shares outstanding since 2008, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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LVS

Las Vegas Sands has retired 21.4% of its shares since 2012, from 824,412,319 to 647,701,184.

21.4%retired since 2012

15.2%last 5 years

4.2%last 12 months

648Mshares today

At $38.01 a share, a market value of $24.6B. FCF yield 11.0%, P/E 14.3, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 2008 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2008, 641,839,0182026-07-22, 647,701,184

A share bought in 2009

1.0× more of Las Vegas Sands today, without buying another share. It was one of 660,322,749 shares then. It is one of 647,701,184 now.

Every filing we read18 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2008	2008-12-31	641,839,018	10-K
2009	2009-12-31	660,322,749	10-K
2010	2011-02-18	726,471,263	10-K/A
2011	2012-02-21	734,061,465	10-K
2012	2013-02-21	824,412,319	10-K
2013	2014-02-27	812,566,265	10-K
2014	2015-02-24	798,510,417	10-K
2015	2016-02-22	794,694,494	10-K
2016	2017-02-22	793,994,554	10-K
2017	2018-02-21	788,881,737	10-K
2018	2019-02-19	775,051,979	10-K
2019	2020-02-04	763,684,915	10-K
2020	2021-02-02	763,842,938	10-K
2021	2022-02-01	763,989,752	10-K
2022	2023-02-01	764,273,371	10-K
2023	2024-01-31	753,621,428	10-K
2024	2025-02-05	715,934,671	10-K
2025	2026-02-04	671,910,723	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2013 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$8.9Bspent on buybacks

153Mfewer shares outstanding

9.0%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 $38.01.

Las Vegas Sands buybacks, answered

Is Las Vegas Sands buying back its stock?

Yes. Las Vegas Sands has 4.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 647,701,184 as of July 22, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 15.2%.

How many shares has Las Vegas Sands bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Las Vegas Sands has 176.7 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 21.4% of the company.

How many shares does Las Vegas Sands have outstanding?

647,701,184 shares, as of July 22, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 824,412,319.

What do Las Vegas Sands' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Las Vegas Sands stock in 2012 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 Las Vegas Sands compare with other cannibal stocks?

Las Vegas Sands ranks No. 355 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Trimas (21.5%), Old Republic International (21.5%), Ipg Photonics (21.3%), IMAX (21.3%).

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