Advance Auto Parts
AAPAdvance Auto Parts has retired 45.5% of its shares since 2004, from 110,876,031 to 60,400,000.
45.5%retired since 2004
3.1%last 5 years
-0.6%last 12 months
60Mshares today
Advance Auto Parts has retired 45.5% of its shares since 2004, from 110,876,031 to 60,400,000.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2002-03-20 | 104,856,546 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-03-19 | 107,297,436 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2004-03-10 | 110,876,031 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2005-03-09 | 107,247,044 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-26 | 105,667,492 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-22 | 94,517,071 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-03-02 | 94,999,986 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2011-01-01 | 80,060,288 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-12-31 | 72,924,659 | 10-K | scale corrected |
| 2012 | 2012-12-29 | 73,383,000 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-02-22 | 73,655,224 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-02-20 | 72,926,574 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-02-26 | 73,140,749 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-02-25 | 73,322,495 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-02-23 | 73,761,599 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-02-16 | 73,978,120 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-02-15 | 71,670,134 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-02-14 | 69,238,141 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-02-17 | 65,524,420 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-02-12 | 61,097,579 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-02-24 | 59,273,781 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-03-05 | 59,551,042 | 10-K/A | |
| 2025 | 2025-02-19 | 59,792,946 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-02-09 | 60,100,000 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Advance Auto Parts on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Not on a net basis. Advance Auto Parts has 0.6% more shares outstanding than twelve months ago. Whatever it bought back did not cover the new shares it issued. Over five years the share count is down 3.1%.
Net of every new share it issued, Advance Auto Parts has 50.5 million fewer shares than at its 2004 peak. That is 45.5% of the company.
60,400,000 shares, as of August 17, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2004 peak it had 110,876,031.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Advance Auto Parts stock in 2004 owns 1.8 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Advance Auto Parts ranks No. 126 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Labcorp (45.7%), Deere & (45.6%), Norfolk Southern (45.5%), General Motors (45.5%).
Every answer is computed from Advance Auto Parts' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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