Willis Towers Watson
WTWWillis Towers Watson has retired 31.5% of its shares since 2016, from 135,527,821 to 92,871,937.
31.5%retired since 2016
25.5%last 5 years
3.0%last 12 months
93Mshares today
Willis Towers Watson has retired 31.5% of its shares since 2016, from 135,527,821 to 92,871,937.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2017-02-24 | 135,527,821 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-23 | 132,216,177 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-22 | 129,101,873 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-21 | 128,718,789 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-18 | 128,970,531 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-18 | 117,745,623 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-16 | 106,577,635 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-16 | 102,481,452 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-19 | 99,692,639 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-20 | 94,545,903 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Willis Towers Watson on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Willis Towers Watson has 3.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 92,871,937 as of July 27, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 25.5%.
Net of every new share it issued, Willis Towers Watson has 42.7 million fewer shares than at its 2016 peak. That is 31.5% of the company.
92,871,937 shares, as of July 27, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2016 peak it had 135,527,821.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Willis Towers Watson stock in 2016 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.
Willis Towers Watson ranks No. 164 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Microsoft (31.7%), Alpha Metallurgical (31.6%), Medpace (31.5%), Vistra (31.2%).
Every answer is computed from Willis Towers Watson's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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