Marsh & Mclennan Companies
MRSHMarsh & Mclennan Companies has retired 14.0% of its shares since 2006, from 552,775,515 to 475,514,327.
14.0%retired since 2006
5.8%last 5 years
2.9%last 12 months
476Mshares today
Marsh & Mclennan Companies has retired 14.0% of its shares since 2006, from 552,775,515 to 475,514,327.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-02-29 | 535,721,424 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-02-28 | 552,296,558 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-02-28 | 548,964,878 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-02-28 | 535,589,137 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-27 | 524,540,040 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2004-02-18 | 528,922,434 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-17 | 547,001,162 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-16 | 552,775,515 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2007-12-31 | 520,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2008 | 2008-12-31 | 514,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2009 | 2010-02-19 | 532,188,249 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-18 | 544,088,185 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-17 | 543,417,064 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-20 | 548,372,915 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-21 | 548,374,223 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-20 | 538,779,514 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-18 | 521,227,085 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-16 | 515,003,586 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-19 | 507,621,360 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-18 | 505,108,980 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-18 | 503,897,894 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-12 | 508,186,561 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-10 | 502,765,629 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-09 | 494,571,451 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-08 | 491,656,196 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-06 | 491,131,126 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-05 | 484,124,253 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Marsh & Mclennan Companies on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Marsh & Mclennan Companies has 2.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 475,514,327 as of October 12, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 5.8%.
Net of every new share it issued, Marsh & Mclennan Companies has 77.3 million fewer shares than at its 2006 peak. That is 14.0% of the company.
475,514,327 shares, as of October 12, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2006 peak it had 552,775,515.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Marsh & Mclennan Companies stock in 2006 owns 1.2 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Marsh & Mclennan Companies ranks No. 243 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Woodward (14.3%), Brown-Forman (14.1%), Align Technology (13.1%), Axalta Coating Systems (12.7%).
Every answer is computed from Marsh & Mclennan Companies' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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