Buyback Radar

Ameriprise

AMP

Ameriprise has retired 65.4% of its shares since 2009, from 255,502,590 to 88,333,219.

65.4%retired since 2009
22.3%last 5 years
6.3%last 12 months
88Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2006 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2012half gone 2018256M shares, 200988M2010201520202025
2006, 250,648,4282026-07-24, 88,333,219

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

A share bought in 2006
2.8× more of Ameriprise today, without buying another share. It was one of 250,648,428 shares then. It is one of 88,333,219 now.
Every filing we read20 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20062006-02-28250,648,42810-Kcover page
20072007-12-31236,200,00010-Kfiscal-year average
20082008-12-31222,300,00010-Kfiscal-year average
20092010-02-12255,502,59010-K
20102011-02-16246,509,48210-K
20112012-01-31221,898,75610-K
20122013-01-31203,472,07410-K
20132014-02-14190,872,78310-K
20142015-02-13182,511,45210-K
20152016-02-12168,970,80410-K
20162017-02-10154,056,43010-K
20172018-02-09146,332,16410-K
20182019-02-15135,496,26110-K
20192020-02-14123,244,40510-K
20202021-02-12116,752,28710-K
20212022-02-11110,750,94510-K
20222023-02-10105,279,35710-K
20232024-02-09100,290,61410-K
20242025-02-0796,118,49910-K
20252026-02-0691,178,99710-K/A

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

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2010cash flow statement against share count
$28.1Bspent on buybacks
167Mfewer shares outstanding
$168spent per share that actually disappeared
$2.4Bpaid 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

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

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