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

1999, 69,421,1132026-07-31, 34,038,820

A share bought in 1999

2.0× more of Covista today, without buying another share. It was one of 69,421,113 shares then. It is one of 34,038,820 now.

Every filing we read28 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	1999-09-01	69,421,113	10-K	cover page
2000	2000-09-01	69,699,074	10-K	cover page
2001	2001-09-04	69,787,382	10-K	cover page
2002	2002-09-03	69,922,793	10-K	cover page
2003	2003-09-02	70,038,841	10-K	cover page
2004	2004-08-02	70,337,137	10-K	cover page
2005	2005-09-01	70,542,424	10-K	cover page
2006	2006-09-01	70,806,625	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-12-31	71,412,130	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-12-31	71,164,789	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-12-31	70,738,000	10-K	cover page
2010	2010-06-30	71,030,000	10-K
2011	2011-06-30	68,423,122	10-K
2012	2012-08-24	64,123,380	10-K
2013	2013-08-27	62,978,000	10-K
2014	2014-08-20	63,703,000	10-K
2015	2015-08-20	63,513,000	10-K
2016	2016-08-18	62,354,000	10-K
2017	2017-08-17	62,076,000	10-K
2018	2018-08-16	59,931,000	10-K
2019	2019-08-20	54,923,000	10-K
2020	2020-08-11	51,876,303	10-K
2021	2021-08-12	49,620,608	10-K
2022	2022-08-04	45,204,117	10-K
2023	2023-08-04	41,543,730	10-K
2024	2024-07-31	37,689,832	10-K
2025	2025-07-31	35,955,712	10-K
2026	2026-07-31	34,038,820	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Covista 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

$2.1Bspent on buybacks

37Mfewer shares outstanding

$57spent per share that actually disappeared

$340Mpaid 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

MALAFRONTE MICHAEL WDirector; Other2026-03-11, 8,890 sh, $897,341

MALAFRONTE MICHAEL WDirector; Other2026-03-10, 15,305 sh, $1,543,734

MALAFRONTE MICHAEL WDirector; Other2026-03-10, 11,841 sh, $1,194,339

MALAFRONTE MICHAEL WDirector; Other2026-03-03, 1,200 sh, $117,564

Phelan Kenneth JDirector2025-11-05, 508 sh, $49,931

MALAFRONTE MICHAEL WDirector; Other2025-11-04, 1,000 sh, $91,850

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