| > And down ~10% total since their share count peak in 2017 That seems compatible with what I said (flat 2018-2020, down 4% in 2021 and 5% in 2022). > Looks like you're referencing ... https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2020/ar... As of December 31, 2020, there were 2,406 million shares of Class A common stock and 443 million shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding.
https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/annual_... As of December 31, 2021, there were 2,328 million shares of Class A common stock and 413 million shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding.
2021: 2849 -> 2741We don't have the end of year figures yet but from the Q3 report: https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001326801/d3f3edd... 2,248,672,204 shares outstanding as of October 21, 2022
402,876,470 shares outstanding as of October 21, 2022
Class A shares [...] 2,262 million [...] outstanding, as of September 30, 2022
Class B shares [...] 403 million [...] outstanding, as of September 30, 2022
and from yesterday's earnings release: Weighted-average shares used to compute earnings per share attributable to Class A and Class B common stockholders (Three Months Ended December 31, 2022): Basic 2,638
While we wait for the filing we can take a guess: Sep 30: 2665
Oct 21: 2652
Q4 average: 2638
Dec 31: ~2615 ?
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2614. Not bad!
8.2% fewer outstanding shares than two years ago. If that’s “mostly flat” so be it.