Shares Outstanding (Quarterly) Chart

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Historical Shares Outstanding (Quarterly) Data

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Date Value
June 30, 2026 3.346B
March 31, 2026 3.369B
December 31, 2025 3.369B
September 30, 2025 3.368B
June 30, 2025 3.366B
March 31, 2025 3.366B
December 31, 2024 3.366B
September 30, 2024 3.338B
June 30, 2024 3.338B
March 31, 2024 3.383B
December 31, 2023 3.383B
September 30, 2023 3.375B
June 30, 2023 3.375B
March 31, 2023 3.425B
December 31, 2022 3.425B
September 30, 2022 3.412B
June 30, 2022 3.423B
March 31, 2022 3.484B
December 31, 2021 3.484B
September 30, 2021 3.470B
June 30, 2021 3.470B
March 31, 2021 3.551B
December 31, 2020 3.551B
September 30, 2020 3.53B
June 30, 2020 3.53B
Date Value
March 31, 2020 3.63B
December 31, 2019 3.63B
September 30, 2019 3.613B
June 30, 2019 3.613B
March 31, 2019 3.714B
December 31, 2018 3.714B
September 30, 2018 3.713B
June 30, 2018 3.713B
March 31, 2018 3.813B
December 31, 2017 3.813B
September 30, 2017 3.834B
June 30, 2017 3.834B
March 31, 2017 3.935B
December 31, 2016 3.935B
September 30, 2016 4.025B
June 30, 2016 4.025B
March 31, 2016 4.126B
December 31, 2015 4.022B
September 30, 2015 4.125B
June 30, 2015 4.125B
March 31, 2015 4.225B
December 31, 2014 4.112B
September 30, 2014 4.225B
June 30, 2014 4.225B
March 31, 2014 4.425B

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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Shares Outstanding (Quarterly) Range, Past 5 Years

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Shares Outstanding (Quarterly) Benchmarks

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AstraZeneca PLC 3.102B
Johnson & Johnson 2.408B
Eli Lilly & Co. 941.50M
Merck & Co., Inc. 2.469B
Novartis AG 1.831B