Buyback Radar

AIG

AIG

AIG has retired 72.4% of its shares since 2011, from 1,896,865,688 to 522,893,169.

72.4%retired since 2011
38.9%last 5 years
5.6%last 12 months
523Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 1999half gone 1999three quarters gone 199990% gone 19991.9B shares, 2011523M200020052010201520202025
1999, 116,088,9612026-07-31, 522,893,169

Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.

A share bought in 2010
3.4× more of AIG today, without buying another share. It was one of 1,795,503,716 shares then. It is one of 522,893,169 now.
Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19991999-01-31116,088,96110-Kcover page
20002000-01-31116,233,03610-Kcover page
20012001-01-31116,655,96610-Kcover page
20022002-01-31130,722,17510-Kcover page
20032003-01-31130,491,31510-Kcover page
20042004-01-31130,447,38310-Kcover page
20052005-03-31129,745,35210-K/Acover page
20062006-01-31129,849,36210-K/Acover page
20072007-12-31129,226,79610-Kfiscal-year average
20082008-12-31131,714,24510-Kfiscal-year average
20092010-01-29134,926,29310-K
20102011-01-311,795,503,71610-K
20112012-01-311,896,865,68810-K
20122013-02-151,476,322,47310-K
20132014-02-141,464,067,64110-K
20142015-02-121,372,435,89310-K
20152016-02-111,149,448,25610-K
20162017-02-13979,560,02010-K
20172018-02-07902,468,88910-K
20182019-02-06869,486,33410-K
20192020-02-10873,422,02310-K
20202021-02-09864,790,66910-K
20212022-02-08814,757,88110-K
20222023-02-10737,247,38410-K
20232024-02-08680,953,65210-K
20242025-02-07593,332,96410-K
20252026-02-06536,559,66310-K

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

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2012cash flow statement against share count
$72.4Bspent on buybacks
1.4Bfewer shares outstanding
$53spent per share that actually disappeared
$4.2Bpaid in stock compensation over the same years

Part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. That part costs money and retires nothing, so the cost per share that disappeared is higher than the average price the company paid.

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Insider buying, last 12 months

Walsh KeithEVP and CFO2025-12-30, 5 sh, $467
Inglis John CDirector2025-12-30, 14 sh, $1,200

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