Apple
AAPLApple has retired 44.6% of its shares since 2012, from 26,339,376,000 to 14,594,180,000.
44.6%retired since 2012
11.0%last 5 years
1.2%last 12 months
14.6Bshares today
Apple has retired 44.6% of its shares since 2012, from 26,339,376,000 to 14,594,180,000.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-12-10 | 18,049,806,544 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-12-01 | 18,809,390,712 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2001-12-07 | 19,696,461,792 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2002 | 2002-12-06 | 20,111,592,704 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2003-12-05 | 20,593,157,760 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2004-11-19 | 22,515,239,936 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2005-11-18 | 23,597,502,544 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2006-12-13 | 24,059,665,196 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2007-11-02 | 24,515,127,672 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2008-09-27 | 24,873,127,244 | 10-K/A | |
| 2009 | 2009-10-16 | 25,218,997,244 | 10-K/A | |
| 2010 | 2010-10-15 | 25,684,598,772 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-10-14 | 26,023,452,000 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-10-19 | 26,339,376,000 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-10-18 | 25,192,664,000 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-10-10 | 23,459,360,000 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-10-09 | 22,301,324,000 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-10-14 | 21,329,252,000 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-10-20 | 20,537,248,000 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-10-26 | 18,981,592,000 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-10-18 | 17,773,060,000 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-10-16 | 17,001,802,000 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-10-15 | 16,406,397,000 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-10-14 | 15,908,118,000 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-10-20 | 15,552,752,000 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-10-18 | 15,115,823,000 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-10-17 | 14,776,353,000 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Apple on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Apple has 1.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 14,594,180,000 as of July 17, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 11.0%.
Net of every new share it issued, Apple has 11.75 billion fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 44.6% of the company.
14,594,180,000 shares, as of July 17, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 26,339,376,000.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Apple stock in 2012 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.
Apple ranks No. 97 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: MGIC Investment (44.7%), Goldman Sachs (44.7%), IDEXX Laboratories (44.4%), PVH (44.1%).
Every answer is computed from Apple's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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