Buyback Radar

Primerica

PRI

Primerica has retired 57.7% of its shares since 2010, from 72,843,000 to 30,777,350.

57.7%retired since 2010
22.0%last 5 years
5.0%last 12 months
31Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2010 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2013half gone 202273M shares, 201031M2010201520202025
2010, 72,843,0002026-07-31, 30,777,350
A share bought in 2010
2.4× more of Primerica today, without buying another share. It was one of 72,843,000 shares then. It is one of 30,777,350 now.
Every filing we read16 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20102010-12-3172,843,00010-K
20112012-01-3164,938,80610-K
20122013-02-1556,469,03910-K
20132014-02-1454,966,20110-K
20142015-01-3152,240,14910-K
20152016-01-3148,067,10910-K
20162017-01-3145,700,52310-K
20172018-01-3144,311,63410-K
20182019-01-3142,582,85010-K
20192020-01-3141,108,02910-K
20202021-02-2839,344,20710-K
20212022-01-3139,243,82210-K
20222023-01-3136,645,59410-K
20232024-01-3134,847,56210-K
20242025-01-3133,250,71310-K
20252026-01-3131,659,90610-K

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

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2011cash flow statement against share count
$3.5Bspent on buybacks
42Mfewer shares outstanding
$83spent per share that actually disappeared
$274Mpaid 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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