Capital Stock Repurchase Plan Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Capital Stock Repurchase Plan Transactions [Abstract]

Capital Stock Repurchase Plan Transactions

15.    Capital Stock Repurchase Plan Transactions

We repurchased the following capital stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018:

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Total cost of repurchased shares (in thousands)	$	-	$	37,672	$	71,926	$	121,976
Shares repurchased		-		120,622		219,009		430,622
Weighted average price per share	$	-	$	312.31	$	328.41	$	283.26

In February 2019, the Board of Directors authorized an additional $150.0 million for stock repurchase under Chemed’s existing share repurchase program. We currently have $124.7 million of authorization remaining under this share repurchase plan.