Reinsurance Group of America has retired 11.7% of its shares since 2011, from 73,930,128 to 65,301,665.
At $266.75 a share, a market value of $17.4B. P/E 11.6, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-03-01 | 49,940,453 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-03-01 | 49,375,609 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-03-01 | 49,307,043 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-03-01 | 49,612,997 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-03-01 | 62,235,428 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-01-31 | 62,497,915 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-01-31 | 61,079,064 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-01-31 | 61,412,492 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-01-31 | 62,047,409 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-01-30 | 72,634,019 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 72,989,662 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-01-31 | 73,374,919 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-01-31 | 73,930,128 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-12-31 | 73,927,331 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-01-31 | 70,790,937 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-31 | 68,785,369 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-01-31 | 65,211,598 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-01-31 | 64,334,902 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-01-31 | 64,481,393 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-31 | 62,839,877 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-01-31 | 62,583,958 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-01-31 | 67,972,976 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-01-31 | 67,189,921 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-01-31 | 66,860,481 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-01-31 | 65,757,071 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-01-31 | 66,024,444 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-01-31 | 65,563,173 | 10-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.
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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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%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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