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Voya Financial

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Voya Financial has retired 62.5% of its shares since 2014, from 241,889,562 to 90,596,349.

62.5%retired since 2014
18.4%last 5 years
4.8%last 12 months
91Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2014 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2016half gone 2020242M shares, 201491M201520202025
2014, 241,889,5622026-07-31, 90,596,349
A share bought in 2014
2.7× more of Voya Financial today, without buying another share. It was one of 241,889,562 shares then. It is one of 90,596,349 now.
Every filing we read12 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20142015-02-20241,889,56210-K
20152016-02-11208,276,36710-K
20162017-02-09189,441,12910-K
20172018-02-16172,003,65910-K
20182019-02-15145,936,19710-K
20192020-02-14132,335,89810-K
20202021-02-16123,798,25610-K
20212022-02-14106,136,47510-K
20222023-02-1797,292,54310-K
20232024-02-14101,608,41310-K
20242025-02-1495,526,27810-K
20252026-02-1392,763,06010-K

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

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2015cash flow statement against share count
$8.8Bspent on buybacks
151Mfewer shares outstanding
$50average price paid per share bought back
2.3%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

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 $95.12.

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Voya Financial buybacks, answered

Is Voya Financial buying back its stock?

Yes. Voya Financial has 4.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 90,596,349 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 18.4%.

How many shares has Voya Financial bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Voya Financial has 151.3 million fewer shares than at its 2014 peak. That is 62.5% of the company. Since fiscal 2015 alone it bought back about 176.1 million shares, while the count fell by 117.7 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Voya Financial have outstanding?

90,596,349 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2014 peak it had 241,889,562.

What do Voya Financial's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Voya Financial stock in 2014 owns 2.7 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Voya Financial compare with other cannibal stocks?

Voya Financial ranks No. 12 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Ameriprise (65.4%), CNO Financial (63.2%), Assurant (62.0%), O'Reilly Automotive (61.8%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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