Buyback Radar

Masco

MAS

Masco has retired 58.7% of its shares since 2003, from 488,273,000 to 201,734,437.

58.7%retired since 2003
20.5%last 5 years
4.4%last 12 months
202Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 1999half gone 2020488M shares, 2003202M200020052010201520202025
1999, 339,232,0002026-03-31, 201,734,437
A share bought in 1999
1.7× more of Masco today, without buying another share. It was one of 339,232,000 shares then. It is one of 201,734,437 now.
Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19991999-03-15339,232,00010-Kcover page
20002000-03-15447,382,00010-K/Acover page
20012001-03-15459,140,00010-Kcover page
20022002-03-15459,751,00010-K405cover page
20032003-01-31488,273,00010-Kcover page
20042004-01-31452,460,00010-Kcover page
20052005-01-31445,200,00010-Kcover page
20062006-01-31416,300,00010-Kcover page
20072007-01-31391,600,00010-Kcover page
20082008-12-31351,400,00010-K
20092009-12-31358,778,00010-K
20102011-01-31358,113,00010-K
20112012-01-31357,294,30010-K
20122013-01-31356,567,30010-K
20132014-01-31356,404,20010-K
20142015-01-31349,544,60010-K
20152016-01-31333,931,60010-K
20162017-01-31320,320,30010-K
20172018-01-31313,391,50010-K
20182019-01-31294,492,50010-K
20192020-01-31277,735,10010-K
20202021-01-31257,142,34810-K
20212022-01-31239,926,25710-K
20222023-01-31225,203,11910-K
20232024-01-31219,764,93510-K
20242025-01-31211,983,49310-K
20252026-01-31203,607,08510-K

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

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2007cash flow statement against share count
$8.4Bspent on buybacks
215Mfewer shares outstanding
$39spent per share that actually disappeared
$947Mpaid 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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