Shares Outstanding Chart

Historical Shares Outstanding Data

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Date Value
December 31, 2012 4.709B
March 26, 2012 3.672M
June 23, 2006 1.790M
October 13, 2005 1.42M
August 11, 2005 1.385M
May 20, 2005 1.132M
March 18, 2005 1.132M
January 10, 2005 1.132M
December 31, 2004 1.132M
December 31, 2003 0.9353M
September 30, 2003 0.8078M
June 30, 2003 0.5644M
May 29, 2003 0.5394M
Date Value
December 31, 2002 0.5219M
November 12, 2002 0.125M
September 13, 2002 0.125M
April 24, 2002 0.0982M
March 31, 2002 0.1251M
September 30, 2001 0.0097M
June 30, 2001 0.0082M
March 31, 2001 0.0009M
December 31, 2000 0.0009M
October 31, 2000 0.0009M
June 30, 2000 0.0009M
December 31, 1999 0.0182M

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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