Westamerica Bancorporation
WABCWestamerica Bancorporation has retired 36.5% of its shares since 1999, from 36,400,279 to 23,111,153.
36.5%retired since 1999
14.0%last 5 years
7.3%last 12 months
23Mshares today
Westamerica Bancorporation has retired 36.5% of its shares since 1999, from 36,400,279 to 23,111,153.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-03-20 | 36,400,279 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-03-20 | 35,680,354 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-03-07 | 33,973,352 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-03-14 | 32,917,670 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-03-03 | 31,887,429 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-03-08 | 33,009,928 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-03-02 | 31,578,136 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-21 | 30,324,315 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-21 | 28,836,689 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-23 | 28,875,157 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-02-18 | 29,014,782 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2010-12-31 | 29,090,000 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-16 | 28,083,480 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-19 | 27,165,929 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-18 | 26,409,146 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-19 | 25,620,264 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-17 | 25,400,087 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-15 | 26,265,972 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-13 | 26,567,573 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-20 | 26,889,495 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-20 | 27,101,866 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-18 | 26,806,764 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-18 | 26,867,644 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-15 | 26,912,772 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-15 | 26,671,215 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-19 | 26,708,425 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-19 | 24,350,014 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Westamerica Bancorporation 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 $61.28.
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Yes. Westamerica Bancorporation has 7.3% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 23,111,153 as of July 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 14.0%.
Net of every new share it issued, Westamerica Bancorporation has 13.3 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 36.5% of the company.
23,111,153 shares, as of July 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 36,400,279.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Westamerica Bancorporation stock in 1999 owns 1.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Westamerica Bancorporation ranks No. 204 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Intuit (36.7%), Columbia Sportswear (36.5%), Waste Management (36.4%), Aon (36.3%).
Every answer is computed from Westamerica Bancorporation's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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