Archer-Daniels-Midland
ADMArcher-Daniels-Midland has retired 28.7% of its shares since 2010, from 675,797,974 to 481,959,583.
28.7%retired since 2010
13.8%last 5 years
-0.3%last 12 months
482Mshares today
Archer-Daniels-Midland has retired 28.7% of its shares since 2010, from 675,797,974 to 481,959,583.
Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-08-23 | 580,565,821 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-08-28 | 601,601,595 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2001-09-07 | 631,272,693 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2002-08-30 | 647,409,796 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2003-07-31 | 644,805,839 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2003-12-31 | 650,935,640 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2004-12-31 | 650,526,778 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2005-12-31 | 655,717,116 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2006-12-31 | 643,585,128 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2007-12-31 | 644,267,509 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-07-31 | 639,324,639 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-07-29 | 675,797,974 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-07-31 | 658,614,509 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-12-31 | 660,000,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2013 | 2014-01-31 | 658,371,076 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-30 | 634,287,854 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-01-29 | 593,898,294 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-10 | 571,080,171 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-15 | 558,839,277 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-14 | 560,088,795 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-14 | 557,887,494 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-17 | 558,414,074 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-16 | 562,166,572 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-13 | 548,008,680 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-03-08 | 509,849,153 | 10-K/A | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-14 | 479,707,071 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-10 | 481,201,844 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Archer-Daniels-Midland on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 481,959,583 as of July 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 13.8%.
Net of every new share it issued, Archer-Daniels-Midland has 193.8 million fewer shares than at its 2010 peak. That is 28.7% of the company.
481,959,583 shares, as of July 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2010 peak it had 675,797,974.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Archer-Daniels-Midland stock in 2010 owns 1.4 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Archer-Daniels-Midland ranks No. 182 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: LPL Financial (28.9%), Sysco (28.7%), Armstrong World Industries (28.4%), Autoliv (28.4%).
Every answer is computed from Archer-Daniels-Midland's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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