Buyback Radar

Abercrombie & Fitch

ANF

Abercrombie & Fitch has retired 58.9% of its shares since 1999, from 103,246,236 to 42,434,377.

58.9%retired since 1999
28.2%last 5 years
9.8%last 12 months
42Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2013half gone 2021103M shares, 199942M200020052010201520202025
1999, 103,246,2362026-08-28, 42,434,377

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

A share bought in 1999
2.4× more of Abercrombie & Fitch today, without buying another share. It was one of 103,246,236 shares then. It is one of 42,434,377 now.
Every filing we read28 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19991999-04-01103,246,23610-K405cover page
20002000-03-31102,029,78210-Kcover page
20012001-04-0699,082,60910-K405cover page
20022002-03-2899,035,64810-Kcover page
20032003-03-2797,773,67010-Kcover page
20042004-07-3186,252,52710-Kcover page
20052005-07-3087,958,58810-Kcover page
20062006-07-2987,691,47810-Kcover page
20072007-08-0386,180,34410-Kcover page
20082008-08-0187,836,22210-Kcover page
20092009-01-3186,816,00010-Kfiscal-year average
20102011-01-2987,846,00010-Kscale corrected
20112011-01-2988,061,00010-Kfiscal-year average
20122012-03-1684,723,85910-K
20132013-03-2278,166,99310-K
20142014-03-2173,403,75110-K
20152015-03-2669,548,06610-K
20162016-03-2367,585,85010-K
20172017-03-2267,985,48110-K
20182018-03-2868,032,24810-K
20192019-03-2766,606,43610-K
20202020-03-2561,597,67310-K
20212021-03-2462,112,12610-K
20222022-03-2550,625,72710-K
20232023-03-2449,218,71910-K
20242024-04-0151,027,42910-K
20252025-03-2848,869,05710-K
20262026-03-2044,924,47310-K

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

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2009cash flow statement against share count
$2.4Bspent on buybacks
45Mfewer shares outstanding
$53spent per share that actually disappeared
$602Mpaid 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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