.15 per share , or $ 638 million during the year . in october 2018 , the company announced that its board of directors authorized a new $ 1 billion share repurchase program . as of december 31 , 2018 , the company had repurchased 10.3 million shares of common stock at an average price of $ 48.53 per share under the new program . in total , we utilized $ 1.1 billion to repurchase 21.3 million shares at an average price of $ 53.49 under these programs during the year ended december 31 , 2018