Buyback Radar

Signet Jewelers

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Signet Jewelers has retired 56.0% of its shares since 2012, from 87,182,055 to 38,317,243.

56.0%retired since 2012
27.8%last 5 years
6.4%last 12 months
38Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2010 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2017half gone 202487M shares, 201238M2010201520202025
2010, 85,500,0002026-09-04, 38,317,243
A share bought in 2010
2.2× more of Signet Jewelers today, without buying another share. It was one of 85,500,000 shares then. It is one of 38,317,243 now.
Every filing we read17 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20102010-01-3085,500,00010-K
20112011-03-1886,412,74810-K
20122012-03-1587,182,05510-K
20132013-03-2281,331,74110-K
20142014-03-2180,223,85110-K
20152015-03-1680,251,05910-K
20162016-03-1878,384,48110-K
20172017-03-1068,300,37510-K
20182018-03-2859,005,25210-K
20192019-03-2851,891,98510-K
20202020-03-2052,346,15710-K
20212021-03-1252,344,94110-K
20222022-03-1149,873,51110-K
20232023-03-1045,221,84010-K
20242024-03-1544,503,28610-K
20252025-03-1442,895,78710-K
20262026-03-1340,067,77410-K

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

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2013cash flow statement against share count
$3.7Bspent on buybacks
49Mfewer shares outstanding
$75spent per share that actually disappeared
$309Mpaid 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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