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Marriott International

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Marriott International has retired 27.0% of its shares since 2017, from 357,437,289 to 260,766,288.

27.0%retired since 2017
19.9%last 5 years
2.8%last 12 months
261Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2017 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2024357M shares, 2017261M20182020202220242026
2017, 357,437,2892026-07-27, 260,766,288
A share bought in 2017
1.4× more of Marriott International today, without buying another share. It was one of 357,437,289 shares then. It is one of 260,766,288 now.
Every filing we read9 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20172018-02-02357,437,28910-K
20182019-02-20339,668,83910-K
20192020-02-20324,214,54510-K
20202021-02-10324,414,15010-K/A
20212022-02-08326,311,11110-K
20222023-02-07308,121,15910-K
20232024-02-06289,485,33810-K
20242025-01-31275,695,29810-K
20252026-01-31264,984,55410-K

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

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Marriott International buybacks, answered

Is Marriott International buying back its stock?

Yes. Marriott International has 2.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 260,766,288 as of July 27, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 19.9%.

How many shares has Marriott International bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Marriott International has 96.7 million fewer shares than at its 2017 peak. That is 27.0% of the company.

How many shares does Marriott International have outstanding?

260,766,288 shares, as of July 27, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2017 peak it had 357,437,289.

What do Marriott International's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Marriott International stock in 2017 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 Marriott International compare with other cannibal stocks?

Marriott International ranks No. 192 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: CDW (27.4%), Exponent (27.3%), ConocoPhillips (26.9%), Verisk Analytics (26.8%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Tom GaynerMarkel Group99,500 shares, $36.9M, Q2 2026
Steven RomickFirst Pacific Advisors18,445 shares, $6.8M, Q2 2026
Glenn GreenbergBrave Warrior Advisors1,194 shares, $442K, Q2 2026
Terry SmithFundsmith2,585,757 shares, $958.3M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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