Travelers Companies has retired 70.6% of its shares since 2005, from 695,913,619 to 204,946,347.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2006-02-23 | 695,913,619 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2006-12-31 | 678,300,000 | 10-K | |
| 2007 | 2007-12-31 | 627,800,000 | 10-K | |
| 2008 | 2008-12-31 | 585,100,000 | 10-K | |
| 2009 | 2010-02-11 | 513,574,126 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-10 | 431,052,507 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-10 | 393,072,145 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-11 | 377,954,687 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-07 | 352,327,135 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-06 | 321,368,580 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-05 | 294,977,349 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-10 | 279,685,489 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-09 | 271,427,959 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-08 | 263,391,034 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-07 | 255,030,905 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-05 | 252,214,355 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-14 | 241,500,732 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-13 | 232,094,271 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-12 | 229,125,844 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-07 | 226,726,582 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-05 | 216,237,902 | 10-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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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%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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