Masco (MAS) Stock Buybacks: 59.6% of Shares Retired Since 2002

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

1999, 447,382,0002026-06-30, 197,187,430

A share bought in 1999

2.3× more of Masco today, without buying another share. It was one of 447,382,000 shares then. It is one of 197,187,430 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-15	447,382,000	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-03-15	459,140,000	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-03-15	459,751,000	10-K405	cover page
2002	2003-01-31	488,273,000	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-01-31	452,460,000	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-01-31	445,200,000	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-01-31	416,300,000	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-01-31	391,600,000	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-01-31	364,700,000	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-12-31	351,400,000	10-K
2009	2009-12-31	358,778,000	10-K
2010	2011-01-31	358,113,000	10-K
2011	2012-01-31	357,294,300	10-K
2012	2013-01-31	356,567,300	10-K
2013	2014-01-31	356,404,200	10-K
2014	2015-01-31	349,544,600	10-K
2015	2016-01-31	333,931,600	10-K
2016	2017-01-31	320,320,300	10-K
2017	2018-01-31	313,391,500	10-K
2018	2019-01-31	294,492,500	10-K
2019	2020-01-31	277,735,100	10-K
2020	2021-01-31	257,142,348	10-K
2021	2022-01-31	239,926,257	10-K
2022	2023-01-31	225,203,119	10-K
2023	2024-01-31	219,764,935	10-K
2024	2025-01-31	211,983,493	10-K
2025	2026-01-31	203,607,085	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Masco 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

$8.4Bspent on buybacks

194Mfewer shares outstanding

4.0%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 $72.58.

Masco buybacks, answered

Is Masco buying back its stock?

Yes. Masco has 5.1% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 197,187,430 as of June 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 19.2%.

How many shares has Masco bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Masco has 291.1 million fewer shares than at its 2002 peak. That is 59.6% of the company. Since fiscal 2007 alone it bought back about 183.1 million shares, while the count fell by 167.5 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Masco have outstanding?

197,187,430 shares, as of June 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2002 peak it had 488,273,000.

What do Masco's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Masco stock in 2002 owns 2.5 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 Masco compare with other cannibal stocks?

Masco ranks No. 17 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Bath & Body Works (61.4%), Synchrony Financial (61.0%), Alpha Pro Tech (59.4%), Abercrombie & Fitch (58.9%).

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

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