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Reinsurance Group of America

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Reinsurance Group of America has retired 11.7% of its shares since 2011, from 73,930,128 to 65,301,665.

11.7%retired since 2011
3.4%last 5 years
0.6%last 12 months
65Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
74M shares, 201165M200020052010201520202025
1999, 49,940,4532026-07-28, 65,301,665
A share bought in 2008
1.1× more of Reinsurance Group of America today, without buying another share. It was one of 72,634,019 shares then. It is one of 65,301,665 now.
Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19992000-03-0149,940,45310-K405cover page
20002001-03-0149,375,60910-Kcover page
20012002-03-0149,307,04310-K405cover page
20022003-03-0149,612,99710-Kcover page
20032004-03-0162,235,42810-Kcover page
20042005-01-3162,497,91510-Kcover page
20052006-01-3161,079,06410-Kcover page
20062007-01-3161,412,49210-Kcover page
20072008-01-3162,047,40910-Kcover page
20082009-01-3072,634,01910-Kcover page
20092009-12-3172,989,66210-K
20102011-01-3173,374,91910-K
20112012-01-3173,930,12810-K
20122012-12-3173,927,33110-K
20132014-01-3170,790,93710-K
20142015-01-3168,785,36910-K
20152016-01-3165,211,59810-K
20162017-01-3164,334,90210-K
20172018-01-3164,481,39310-K
20182019-01-3162,839,87710-K
20192020-01-3162,583,95810-K
20202021-01-3167,972,97610-K
20212022-01-3167,189,92110-K
20222023-01-3166,860,48110-K
20232024-01-3165,757,07110-K
20242025-01-3166,024,44410-K
20252026-01-3165,563,17310-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2012 to 2025cash flow statement against share count
$2.2Bspent on buybacks
8.4Mfewer shares outstanding
1.0%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

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 $266.75.

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Reinsurance Group of America buybacks, answered

Is Reinsurance Group of America buying back its stock?

Yes. Reinsurance Group of America has 0.6% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 65,301,665 as of July 28, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 3.4%.

How many shares has Reinsurance Group of America bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Reinsurance Group of America has 8.6 million fewer shares than at its 2011 peak. That is 11.7% of the company.

How many shares does Reinsurance Group of America have outstanding?

65,301,665 shares, as of July 28, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2011 peak it had 73,930,128.

What do Reinsurance Group of America's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Reinsurance Group of America stock in 2011 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 Reinsurance Group of America compare with other cannibal stocks?

Reinsurance Group of America ranks No. 452 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Qualys (11.8%), Boise Cascade (11.8%), US Foods Holding (11.7%), Allegion (11.5%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Bill NygrenHarris Associates4,684,424 shares, $996.1M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

The story

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