Name: Columbia Sportswear (COLM) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 75,846,6242026-07-24, 51,193,194

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

A share bought in 1999

1.5× more of Columbia Sportswear today, without buying another share. It was one of 75,846,624 shares then. It is one of 51,193,194 now.

Every filing we read26 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	1999-02-28	75,846,624	10-K	cover page
2000	2000-02-29	76,099,560	10-K405	cover page
2001	2001-02-28	77,628,189	10-K405	cover page
2002	2002-02-28	78,626,802	10-K	cover page
2003	2003-02-28	79,557,722	10-K	cover page
2004	2004-02-25	80,315,780	10-K	cover page
2006	2006-03-01	73,874,248	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-03-01	72,566,024	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-02-15	70,212,782	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-12-31	67,692,000	10-K	fiscal-year average
2010	2010-12-31	67,366,000	10-K
2011	2012-02-17	67,439,162	10-K
2012	2013-02-15	68,283,116	10-K
2013	2014-02-14	69,218,644	10-K
2014	2015-02-13	69,901,076	10-K
2015	2016-02-12	69,308,905	10-K
2016	2017-02-10	69,485,035	10-K
2017	2018-02-09	70,016,897	10-K
2018	2019-02-08	68,204,497	10-K
2019	2020-02-07	67,403,493	10-K
2020	2021-02-12	66,386,106	10-K
2021	2022-02-11	64,513,156	10-K
2022	2023-02-10	62,177,091	10-K
2023	2024-02-09	59,795,682	10-K
2024	2025-02-14	55,342,827	10-K
2025	2026-02-13	52,351,552	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Columbia Sportswear 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

$1.8Bspent on buybacks

19Mfewer shares outstanding

$93spent per share that actually disappeared

$245Mpaid 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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