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