Shares Outstanding Chart

Historical Shares Outstanding Data

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Date Value
December 31, 2007 102.79M
December 12, 2007 98.99M
August 10, 2007 45.62M
May 10, 2007 27.28M
February 09, 2007 19.48M
December 12, 2006 14.23M
August 10, 2006 6.164M
May 10, 2006 4.419M
February 10, 2006 4.413M
January 20, 2006 4.322M
August 05, 2005 3.582M
May 10, 2005 3.131M
February 11, 2005 3.020M
December 20, 2004 2.783M
August 10, 2004 2.410M
May 12, 2004 2.184M
February 12, 2004 2.035M
December 23, 2003 2.035M
August 12, 2003 1.709M
Date Value
May 09, 2003 1.442M
February 12, 2003 1.306M
December 23, 2002 1.257M
August 09, 2002 0.8935M
May 10, 2002 0.8921M
December 24, 2001 0.8024M
August 10, 2001 0.7257M
March 31, 2001 0.6642M
February 09, 2001 0.6409M
February 08, 2001 0.8419M
December 31, 2000 0.6271M
August 11, 2000 0.5867M
May 12, 2000 0.5753M
December 31, 1999 0.5059M
February 11, 1999 0.521M
December 31, 1998 0.3506M
December 31, 1997 0.3113M
December 30, 1996 0.1632M

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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