NVR (NVR) Stock Buybacks: 72.0% of Shares Retired Since 1999

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

1999, 9,521,8562026-07-31, 2,664,860

A share bought in 1999

3.6× more of NVR today, without buying another share. It was one of 9,521,856 shares then. It is one of 2,664,860 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-02-15	9,521,856	10-K405	cover page
2000	2001-02-22	8,366,862	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-01-30	7,564,328	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-01-27	7,136,198	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-02-09	6,516,067	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-02-24	6,717,418	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-17	5,553,365	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-16	5,677,792	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-18	5,261,167	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-19	5,705,599	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-02-24	6,115,348	10-K	cover page
2010	2011-02-21	5,893,203	10-K
2011	2012-02-17	5,058,781	10-K
2012	2013-02-14	4,996,234	10-K
2013	2014-02-17	4,472,698	10-K
2014	2015-02-17	4,048,671	10-K
2015	2016-02-12	3,881,141	10-K
2016	2017-02-10	3,704,206	10-K
2017	2018-02-12	3,683,093	10-K
2018	2019-02-11	3,616,917	10-K
2019	2020-02-14	3,677,676	10-K
2020	2021-02-08	3,681,181	10-K
2021	2022-02-14	3,382,726	10-K
2022	2023-02-13	3,249,345	10-K
2023	2024-02-12	3,186,147	10-K
2024	2025-02-10	2,990,451	10-K
2025	2026-02-09	2,793,760	10-K

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

NVR buybacks, answered

Is NVR buying back its stock?

Yes. NVR has 6.1% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 2,664,860 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 23.5%.

How many shares has NVR bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, NVR has 6.9 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 72.0% of the company. Since fiscal 2010 alone it bought back about 5.7 million shares, while the count fell by 3.2 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does NVR have outstanding?

2,664,860 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 9,521,856.

What do NVR's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held NVR stock in 1999 owns 3.6 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 NVR compare with other cannibal stocks?

NVR ranks No. 6 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Globe Life (73.7%), AIG (72.4%), H&R Block (68.4%), Allstate (67.4%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

Oliver GeorgeDirector2026-08-07, 63 shares at $6,431.51 $405K total

DeVito Michael JDirector2026-04-24, 11 shares at $6,699.50 $74K total

DeVito Michael JDirector2025-11-03, 14 shares at $7,068.05 $99K total

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