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Vail Resorts

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Vail Resorts has retired 12.0% of its shares since 2018, from 40,475,511 to 35,635,298.

12.0%retired since 2018
11.8%last 5 years
0.7%last 12 months
36Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2005 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
40M shares, 201836M20052010201520202025
2005, 36,736,3252026-09-23, 35,635,298
A share bought in 2005
1.0× more of Vail Resorts today, without buying another share. It was one of 36,736,325 shares then. It is one of 35,635,298 now.
Every filing we read22 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20052005-09-2636,736,32510-Kcover page
20062006-09-2938,753,22010-Kcover page
20072007-09-2138,860,12010-Kcover page
20082008-09-2236,921,79110-Kcover page
20092009-09-1836,174,97910-Kcover page
20102010-09-1535,911,50610-Kcover page
20112011-09-1536,071,07110-K
20122012-09-1835,584,23610-K
20132013-09-2035,964,13310-K
20142014-09-1736,218,86710-K
20152015-09-2336,546,79010-K
20162016-09-2136,179,66410-K
20172017-09-2540,019,34210-K
20182018-09-2440,475,51110-K
20192019-09-2340,285,62810-K
20202020-09-2140,189,22510-K
20212021-09-2040,391,12910-K
20222022-09-2640,281,22810-K
20232023-09-2538,149,52410-K
20242024-09-2337,485,47310-K
20252025-09-2435,884,97010-K
20262026-09-2335,635,29810-Kcover page

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

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Vail Resorts buybacks, answered

Is Vail Resorts buying back its stock?

Yes. Vail Resorts has 0.7% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 35,635,298 as of September 23, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 11.8%.

How many shares has Vail Resorts bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Vail Resorts has 4.8 million fewer shares than at its 2018 peak. That is 12.0% of the company. Since fiscal 2019 alone it bought back about 5.8 million shares, while the count fell by 4.7 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Vail Resorts have outstanding?

35,635,298 shares, as of September 23, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-K. At the 2018 peak it had 40,475,511.

What do Vail Resorts' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Vail Resorts stock in 2018 owns 1.1 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 Vail Resorts compare with other cannibal stocks?

Vail Resorts ranks No. 249 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Meta Platforms (12.2%), TripAdvisor (12.2%), Thermo Fisher (11.7%), RTX (11.3%).

Every answer is computed from Vail Resorts' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-K on EDGAR.

Superinvestors who own it

Bill NygrenHarris Associates764,385 shares, $104.1M, Q2 2026
First EagleFirst Eagle Investment Management47,538 shares, $6.5M, Q2 2026
Steven RomickFirst Pacific Advisors1,304,959 shares, $177.7M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

Korch Angela AEVP & Chief Financial Officer2026-03-16, 190 shares at $131.85 $25K total
KATZ ROBERT ADirector; CEO & Chairperson of the Board2026-03-16, 37,500 shares at $131.81 $4.9M total

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