Wells Fargo (WFC) Stock Buybacks: 42.7% of Shares Retired Since 2011

Name: Wells Fargo (WFC) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 3,247,802,0102026-07-17, 3,023,999,336

A share bought in 1999

1.1× more of Wells Fargo today, without buying another share. It was one of 3,247,802,010 shares then. It is one of 3,023,999,336 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-02-29	3,247,802,010	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-02-28	3,431,940,714	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-02-28	3,412,340,158	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-02-28	3,360,127,270	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-02-27	3,398,365,506	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-02-28	3,391,535,974	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-28	3,351,782,738	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-01-31	3,378,619,486	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-01-31	3,296,806,740	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-01-31	4,237,777,218	10-K
2009	2010-01-31	5,180,727,661	10-K	cover page
2010	2010-12-31	5,268,078,757	10-K
2011	2012-01-31	5,273,240,691	10-K
2012	2013-01-31	5,270,881,531	10-K
2013	2014-01-31	5,261,842,959	10-K
2014	2015-01-30	5,152,280,886	10-K
2015	2016-01-29	5,076,712,397	10-K
2016	2017-02-17	5,003,367,904	10-K
2017	2018-02-20	4,877,753,899	10-K
2018	2019-02-18	4,549,421,815	10-K
2019	2020-02-18	4,099,887,226	10-K
2020	2021-02-16	4,134,106,677	10-K
2021	2022-02-11	3,814,556,833	10-K
2022	2023-02-10	3,793,867,540	10-K
2023	2024-02-09	3,577,443,489	10-K
2024	2025-02-14	3,288,186,582	10-K
2025	2026-02-13	3,085,635,641	10-K

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

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Wells Fargo buybacks, answered

Is Wells Fargo buying back its stock?

Yes. Wells Fargo has 3.7% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 3,023,999,336 as of July 17, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 24.2%.

How many shares has Wells Fargo bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Wells Fargo has 2.25 billion fewer shares than at its 2011 peak. That is 42.7% of the company.

How many shares does Wells Fargo have outstanding?

3,023,999,336 shares, as of July 17, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2011 peak it had 5,273,240,691.

What do Wells Fargo's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Wells Fargo stock in 2011 owns 1.7 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 Wells Fargo compare with other cannibal stocks?

Wells Fargo ranks No. 104 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: MBIA (43.1%), InterDigital (43.1%), Macy's (42.6%), Booking Holdings (42.4%).

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