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MBIA

MBI

MBIA has retired 43.1% of its shares since 2018, from 89,622,622 to 51,016,444.

43.1%retired since 2018
6.2%last 5 years
-1.0%last 12 months
51Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2018 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 201990M shares, 201851M20182020202220242026
2018, 89,622,6222026-07-31, 51,016,444
A share bought in 2018
1.8× more of MBIA today, without buying another share. It was one of 89,622,622 shares then. It is one of 51,016,444 now.
Every filing we read8 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20182019-02-2189,622,62210-K
20192020-02-2076,459,05010-K
20202021-02-2253,726,30510-K
20212022-02-2154,604,94010-K
20222023-02-2154,838,09810-K
20232024-02-2150,925,91110-K
20242025-02-2050,971,03310-K
20252026-02-1950,511,14910-K

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

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MBIA buybacks, answered

Is MBIA buying back its stock?

Not on a net basis. MBIA has 1.0% more shares outstanding than twelve months ago. Whatever it bought back did not cover the new shares it issued. Over five years the share count is down 6.2%.

How many shares has MBIA bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, MBIA has 38.6 million fewer shares than at its 2018 peak. That is 43.1% of the company. Since fiscal 2019 alone it bought back about 41.1 million shares, while the count fell by 25.4 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does MBIA have outstanding?

51,016,444 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2018 peak it had 89,622,622.

What do MBIA's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held MBIA stock in 2018 owns 1.8 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 MBIA compare with other cannibal stocks?

MBIA ranks No. 102 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Capri (43.6%), MetLife (43.4%), InterDigital (43.1%), Wells Fargo (42.7%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Francis ChouChou Associates Management321,000 shares, $2.1M, 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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