Renaissancere has retired 42.4% of its shares since 2006, from 72,162,897 to 41,551,893.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-03-15 | 58,843,965 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-03-29 | 59,279,010 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-03-28 | 68,244,207 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-03-26 | 69,839,702 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-03-01 | 70,371,596 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-03-01 | 71,026,545 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-17 | 71,546,810 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-12 | 72,162,897 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-12 | 65,686,769 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-11 | 61,500,840 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 61,744,857 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-16 | 52,827,367 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-01-31 | 51,499,959 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-28 | 44,218,306 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-19 | 41,665,815 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-18 | 38,330,334 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-18 | 43,144,615 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-17 | 40,944,207 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-02 | 40,023,789 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-04 | 42,207,390 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-03 | 44,148,116 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-01 | 50,714,520 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-02 | 43,982,413 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-03 | 43,719,732 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-14 | 52,694,415 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-07 | 49,251,139 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-06 | 43,488,908 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Renaissancere 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 $351.06.
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Yes. Renaissancere has 9.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 41,551,893 as of July 20, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 9.7%.
Net of every new share it issued, Renaissancere has 30.6 million fewer shares than at its 2006 peak. That is 42.4% of the company.
41,551,893 shares, as of July 20, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2006 peak it had 72,162,897.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Renaissancere stock in 2006 owns 1.7 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Renaissancere ranks No. 152 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Wells Fargo (42.7%), Macy's (42.6%), Booking Holdings (42.4%), Seneca Foods (42.3%).
Every answer is computed from Renaissancere's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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