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Travelers Companies

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Travelers Companies has retired 70.6% of its shares since 2005, from 695,913,619 to 204,946,347.

70.6%retired since 2005
16.7%last 5 years
8.1%last 12 months
205Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2005 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2008half gone 2013696M shares, 2005205M20052010201520202025
2005, 695,913,6192026-10-09, 204,946,347
A share bought in 2005
3.4× more of Travelers Companies today, without buying another share. It was one of 695,913,619 shares then. It is one of 204,946,347 now.
Every filing we read21 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20052006-02-23695,913,61910-Kcover page
20062006-12-31678,300,00010-K
20072007-12-31627,800,00010-K
20082008-12-31585,100,00010-K
20092010-02-11513,574,12610-K
20102011-02-10431,052,50710-K
20112012-02-10393,072,14510-K
20122013-02-11377,954,68710-K
20132014-02-07352,327,13510-K
20142015-02-06321,368,58010-K
20152016-02-05294,977,34910-K
20162017-02-10279,685,48910-K
20172018-02-09271,427,95910-K
20182019-02-08263,391,03410-K
20192020-02-07255,030,90510-K
20202021-02-05252,214,35510-K
20212022-02-14241,500,73210-K
20222023-02-13232,094,27110-K
20232024-02-12229,125,84410-K
20242025-02-07226,726,58210-K
20252026-02-05216,237,90210-K

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

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Travelers Companies buybacks, answered

Is Travelers Companies buying back its stock?

Yes. Travelers Companies has 8.1% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 204,946,347 as of October 9, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 16.7%.

How many shares has Travelers Companies bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Travelers Companies has 491.0 million fewer shares than at its 2005 peak. That is 70.6% of the company.

How many shares does Travelers Companies have outstanding?

204,946,347 shares, as of October 9, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2005 peak it had 695,913,619.

What do Travelers Companies' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Travelers Companies stock in 2005 owns 3.4 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 Travelers Companies compare with other cannibal stocks?

Travelers Companies ranks No. 10 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: AIG (72.4%), NVR (72.0%), H&R Block (68.4%), eBay (68.4%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

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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