04-29-2015, 12:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-29-2015, 12:42 PM by Roadmap2Retire.)
(04-29-2015, 09:48 AM)rapidacid Wrote: What's the story with their share count? Have they been making acquisitions + issuing more shares? Or is it unlocked executive options? If a company is going to buyback shares I want the share count moving in exactly one direction.
I havent completed my research yet. Looks like the sharecount increased until 2011 and then started reducing after.
From Morningstar (# of shares in Mil)
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 TTM
357 345 355 356 372 379 380 370 367 364 380
I'll need to read up more to see why those sharecounts increased and are higher for TTM.