UnitedHealth
UNHUnitedHealth has retired 33.8% of its shares since 2005, from 1,356,292,073 to 897,594,847.
33.8%retired since 2005
4.7%last 5 years
0.9%last 12 months
898Mshares today
UnitedHealth has retired 33.8% of its shares since 2005, from 1,356,292,073 to 897,594,847.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-02-29 | 1,306,312,328 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-03-12 | 1,288,240,008 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-03-18 | 1,231,797,760 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-03-12 | 1,194,050,456 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-03-01 | 1,241,794,184 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-15 | 1,282,958,244 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-15 | 1,356,292,073 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-15 | 1,354,320,209 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-15 | 1,251,382,699 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2008-12-31 | 1,201,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2009 | 2010-02-03 | 1,157,533,379 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-01-31 | 1,093,694,629 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-01-31 | 1,044,964,149 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-01-31 | 1,024,925,324 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-01-31 | 989,191,844 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-30 | 953,695,161 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-01-29 | 950,673,998 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-01-31 | 951,165,192 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-01-31 | 967,662,919 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-31 | 959,538,515 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-01-31 | 948,573,372 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-01-29 | 945,319,404 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-01-31 | 940,899,146 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-01-31 | 932,846,602 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-01-31 | 921,934,109 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-01-31 | 914,712,333 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-20 | 907,675,839 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of UnitedHealth on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. UnitedHealth has 0.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 897,594,847 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 4.7%.
Net of every new share it issued, UnitedHealth has 458.7 million fewer shares than at its 2005 peak. That is 33.8% of the company.
897,594,847 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2005 peak it had 1,356,292,073.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held UnitedHealth stock in 2005 owns 1.5 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
UnitedHealth ranks No. 156 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Cummins (33.9%), Adobe (33.9%), Mastercard (33.6%), JPMorgan Chase (33.3%).
Every answer is computed from UnitedHealth's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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