Shares Outstanding (Quarterly) Chart

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Historical Shares Outstanding (Quarterly) Data

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Date Value
June 30, 2026 1.831B
March 31, 2026 1.908B
December 31, 2025 1.908B
September 30, 2025 1.919B
June 30, 2025 1.936B
March 31, 2025 1.959B
December 31, 2024 1.975B
September 30, 2024 1.999B
June 30, 2024 2.025B
March 31, 2024 2.040B
December 31, 2023 2.044B
September 30, 2023 2.055B
June 30, 2023 2.068B
March 31, 2023 2.097B
December 31, 2022 2.120B
September 30, 2022 2.151B
June 30, 2022 2.183B
March 31, 2022 2.213B
December 31, 2021 2.235B
September 30, 2021 2.237B
June 30, 2021 2.237B
March 31, 2021 2.245B
December 31, 2020 2.257B
September 30, 2020 2.275B
June 30, 2020 2.289B
Date Value
March 31, 2020 2.289B
December 31, 2019 2.265B
September 30, 2019 2.265B
June 30, 2019 2.292B
March 31, 2019 2.323B
December 31, 2018 2.311B
September 30, 2018 2.310B
June 30, 2018 2.322B
March 31, 2018 2.331B
December 31, 2017 2.317B
September 30, 2017 2.327B
June 30, 2017 2.090B
March 31, 2017 2.366B
December 31, 2016 2.374B
September 30, 2016 2.376B
June 30, 2016 2.381B
March 31, 2016 2.381B
December 31, 2015 2.374B
September 30, 2015 2.088B
June 30, 2015 2.108B
March 31, 2015 2.113B
December 31, 2014 2.399B
September 30, 2014 2.419B
June 30, 2014 2.426B
March 31, 2014 2.447B

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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Roche Holding AG --
AstraZeneca PLC 3.102B
Johnson & Johnson 2.408B
Eli Lilly & Co. 941.50M
Merck & Co., Inc. 2.469B