Shares Outstanding Chart

Historical Shares Outstanding Data

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Date Value
March 31, 2010 187.87M
Date Value
December 31, 2009 130.30M

Shares Outstanding Definition

The volume of stock shares issued by the company and in the hands of the public. This number entails how much is being traded in the open market. A decreasing shares outstanding over time may be the result of company buybacks. Companies frequently make stock buybacks and retire those buybacks as treasury stock.

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