Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. Chubb's shares outstanding for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was 75.69 Mil.
Chubb's quarterly shares outstanding
increased
from Jun. 2015 (75.66 Mil) to Sep. 2015 (75.69 Mil).
It means Chubbissued new shares from Jun. 2015 to Sep. 2015 .
Chubb's annual shares outstanding
declined
from Dec. 2013 (82.77 Mil) to Dec. 2014 (77.48 Mil).
It means Chubbbought back shares from Dec. 2013 to Dec. 2014 .
Chubb Shares Outstanding (EOP) Historical Data
The historical data trend for Chubb's Shares Outstanding (EOP) can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Chubb's Shares Outstanding (EOP)
For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Chubb's Shares Outstanding (EOP), along with its competitors' market caps and Shares Outstanding (EOP) data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Chubb's Shares Outstanding (EOP) Distribution in the Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Chubb's Shares Outstanding (EOP) distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Chubb's Shares Outstanding (EOP) falls into.
Chubb Shares Outstanding (EOP) Calculation
Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. They have voting rights and represent ownership in the corporation by the person that holds the shares. They should be distinguished from treasury shares, which are shares held by the corporation itself, having no exercisable rights.
Shares outstanding can be calculated as either basic or fully diluted. The fully diluted shares outstanding count includes diluting securities, such as options, warrants or convertibles.
A company may buy back shares or issue shares in any fiscal period. If a company buys back shares, we should observe that the total number of shares decline. If the company issues new shares, the number of shares outstanding increases.
Usually the presence of treasury shares and a history of buyback are good indicators that company has competitive advantage. But studies have shown that companies usually buy back at wrong time. Buying back shares below its intrinsic value increases value for remaining shareholders. Buying back overvalued shares destroys value for existing shareholders.
Be Aware
Warren Buffett looks for consistency and upward long term trend. Because of share repurchase it is possible for net earnings trend to differ from EPS trend. He preferred net income over EPS. The companies with durable competitive advantage companies report higher % net earnings to total revenues.
Important: If a company is showing net earnings history greater than 20% on total revenues, it is probably benefiting from a long term competitive advantage.
If net earnings is less than 10%, likely to be in a highly competitive business.
Chubb Shares Outstanding (EOP) Related Terms
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Chubb Corp was incorporated as a business corporation under the laws of the State of New Jersey in June 1967. It is a holding company for several, separately organized, property and casualty insurance companies referred to informally as the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies (the P&C Group). Since 1882, insurance companies or predecessor companies included in the P&C Group have provided property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals around the world. The P&C Group consists of subsidiaries domiciled both in and outside the United States. The P&C Group operates through three strategic business units: Chubb Personal Insurance, Chubb Commercial Insurance and Chubb Specialty Insurance. Chubb Personal Insurance offers personal insurance products for homes and valuable articles (such as art and jewelry), for high net worth individuals. Chubb Commercial Insurance offers commercial insurance products. Its underwriting focuses on specific industry segments and niches. Much of its commercial customer base is comprised of mid-sized commercial entities. Its insurance offerings include multiple peril, primary liability, excess and umbrella liability, automobile, workers' compensation and property and marine. The market for Chubb Commercial Insurance products is the United States. The markets for its commercial products outside the United States are Europe, Canada and Australia. Chubb Specialty Insurance offers specialized professional liability products for privately held and publicly traded companies, financial institutions, professional firms, healthcare and not-for-profit organizations. Chubb Specialty Insurance products include directors and officers liability insurance, errors and omissions liability insurance, employment practices liability insurance, fiduciary liability insurance and commercial and financial fidelity insurance. The market for these products is the United States. Outside the United States, the markets for these products are Europe, Canada and Australia. Chubb Specialty Insurance also offers surety products, in the United States and Latin America. The Company competes not only with other stock companies but also with mutual companies, other underwriting organizations and alternative risk sharing mechanisms.
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