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

1999, 5,843,7312026-08-03, 2,386,721

A share bought in 1999

2.4× more of White Mountains today, without buying another share. It was one of 5,843,731 shares then. It is one of 2,386,721 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	1999-03-22	5,843,731	10-K	cover page
2000	2000-03-24	5,904,534	10-K	cover page
2001	2001-03-23	5,880,115	10-K	cover page
2002	2002-03-31	8,284,181	10-K	cover page
2003	2003-05-08	8,326,087	10-K/A	cover page
2004	2004-02-27	9,001,795	10-K	cover page
2005	2005-03-01	10,774,589	10-K	cover page
2006	2006-03-03	10,780,053	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-02-28	10,833,788	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-02-28	10,547,334	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-12-31	8,860,150	10-K
2010	2011-02-24	8,025,200	10-K
2011	2012-02-29	7,454,585	10-K
2012	2013-02-28	6,316,210	10-K
2013	2014-02-28	6,179,986	10-K
2014	2015-02-27	5,991,549	10-K
2015	2016-02-25	5,553,407	10-K
2016	2017-02-24	4,561,057	10-K
2017	2018-02-26	3,742,408	10-K
2018	2019-02-25	3,167,436	10-K
2019	2020-02-28	3,193,509	10-K/A
2020	2021-02-24	3,095,829	10-K/A
2021	2022-02-23	3,000,849	10-K
2022	2023-02-21	2,567,527	10-K
2023	2024-02-21	2,555,183	10-K
2024	2025-02-24	2,563,051	10-K
2025	2026-02-23	2,467,055	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2008cash flow statement against share count

$4.8Bspent on buybacks

8.4Mfewer shares outstanding

$573spent per share that actually disappeared

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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