Prudential Financial
PRUPrudential Financial has retired 37.8% of its shares since 2002, from 554,729,134 to 345,000,000.
37.8%retired since 2002
8.7%last 5 years
1.4%last 12 months
345Mshares today
Prudential Financial has retired 37.8% of its shares since 2002, from 554,729,134 to 345,000,000.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2003-02-28 | 554,729,134 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-27 | 532,851,788 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-28 | 524,000,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-01-31 | 495,000,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-01-31 | 469,000,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-01-31 | 444,000,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-01-31 | 422,000,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-01-31 | 463,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-06-30 | 463,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-01-31 | 461,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-31 | 454,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-01-31 | 446,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-01-31 | 430,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-01-31 | 422,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-31 | 409,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-01-31 | 397,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-01-31 | 397,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-01-31 | 376,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-01-31 | 366,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-01-31 | 359,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-01-31 | 354,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-01-31 | 348,000,000 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Prudential Financial on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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 $115.91.
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Yes. Prudential Financial has 1.4% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 345,000,000 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 8.7%.
Net of every new share it issued, Prudential Financial has 209.7 million fewer shares than at its 2002 peak. That is 37.8% of the company.
345,000,000 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2002 peak it had 554,729,134.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Prudential Financial stock in 2002 owns 1.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Prudential Financial ranks No. 192 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Innoviva (38.1%), General Dynamics (37.8%), Nrg Energy (37.8%), Valvoline (37.8%).
Every answer is computed from Prudential Financial's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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