Shares Outstanding Chart

Historical Shares Outstanding Data

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Date Value
March 31, 2003 68.88M
December 31, 2002 68.88M
September 30, 2002 68.88M
June 30, 2002 61.59M
March 31, 2002 61.59M
December 31, 2001 61.48M
September 30, 2001 60.86M
Date Value
June 30, 2001 59.72M
March 31, 2001 59.30M
December 31, 2000 57.67M
September 30, 2000 54.24M
June 30, 2000 52.20M
March 31, 2000 42.08M
December 31, 1999 41.40M

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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