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Booking Holdings

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Booking Holdings has retired 42.4% of its shares since 2013, from 1,303,558,625 to 751,380,500.

42.4%retired since 2013
26.8%last 5 years
7.3%last 12 months
751Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2000 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 20001.3B shares, 2013751M200020052010201520202025
2000, 708,817,0512026-07-27, 751,380,500

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

A share bought in 2001
1.1× more of Booking Holdings today, without buying another share. It was one of 835,766,275 shares then. It is one of 751,380,500 now.
Every filing we read26 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20002000-03-10708,817,05110-K/Acover page
20012001-03-10835,766,27610-Kcover page
20022002-03-21956,260,41310-Kcover page
20032003-11-04957,272,07510-K/Acover page
20042004-12-08971,487,42510-K/Acover page
20052005-03-01979,447,45010-Kcover page
20062006-02-24992,750,00010-Kcover page
20072007-02-15939,634,32510-Kcover page
20082008-12-31982,475,00010-Kfiscal-year average
20092009-12-311,060,150,00010-Kfiscal-year average
20102011-02-171,228,789,92510-K
20112012-02-171,244,971,52510-K
20122013-02-201,246,772,32510-K/A
20132014-02-131,303,558,62510-K
20142015-02-111,298,479,77510-K
20152016-02-091,240,414,87510-K
20162017-02-211,229,260,42510-K
20172018-02-201,207,214,80010-K
20182019-02-201,125,318,12510-K
20192020-02-191,026,545,35010-K
20202021-02-171,024,044,90010-K
20212022-02-161,022,192,55010-K
20222023-02-16941,209,32510-K
20232024-02-15854,275,67510-K
20242025-02-13820,380,02510-K
20252026-02-10791,833,65010-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Booking Holdings 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
$52.3Bspent on buybacks
552Mfewer shares outstanding
$95spent per share that actually disappeared
$4.3Bpaid 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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