Sears Holdings lost around two-thirds of its value since 2011, but Lampert only bought back $183 million worth of stock, and over the past three years when shares were cheapest, he's made no buybacks at all. Squandered opportunity In reality that was a wise move since Sears no longer had any money to spare. Cash on the balance sheet went from $4.4 billion in 2005 to just $250 million at the end of last year. Data: Sears Holdings annual SEC filings.