Name: MetLife (MET) shares outstanding since 2001, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 2001 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2001, 757,051,6602026-07-31, 635,476,927

A share bought in 2001

1.2× more of MetLife today, without buying another share. It was one of 757,051,660 shares then. It is one of 635,476,927 now.

Every filing we read25 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2001	2001-03-02	757,051,660	10-K405	cover page
2002	2002-03-08	708,598,152	10-K405	cover page
2003	2003-03-07	700,278,412	10-K	cover page
2004	2004-03-01	755,809,398	10-K	cover page
2005	2005-03-01	732,924,389	10-K	cover page
2006	2006-02-24	757,959,631	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-02-26	752,669,068	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-12-31	793,629,070	10-K
2009	2010-02-22	819,117,546	10-K
2010	2011-02-18	986,585,463	10-K
2011	2012-02-21	1,060,330,384	10-K
2012	2013-02-19	1,093,590,305	10-K
2013	2014-02-19	1,123,537,362	10-K
2014	2015-02-23	1,117,440,997	10-K
2015	2016-02-22	1,096,666,865	10-K
2016	2017-02-23	1,087,256,971	10-K
2017	2018-02-16	1,036,642,696	10-K
2018	2019-02-14	957,270,842	10-K
2019	2020-02-14	915,828,071	10-K
2020	2021-02-12	884,399,222	10-K
2021	2022-02-11	825,078,244	10-K
2022	2023-02-14	774,362,092	10-K
2023	2024-02-08	723,020,313	10-K
2024	2025-02-13	681,228,028	10-K
2025	2026-02-12	652,053,867	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2014cash flow statement against share count

$30.5Bspent on buybacks

488Mfewer shares outstanding

$62spent per share that actually disappeared

$1.8Bpaid 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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