Align Technology
ALGNAlign Technology has retired 13.1% of its shares since 2012, from 81,758,299 to 71,039,852.
13.1%retired since 2012
9.9%last 5 years
1.0%last 12 months
71Mshares today
Align Technology has retired 13.1% of its shares since 2012, from 81,758,299 to 71,039,852.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2007-03-06 | 65,837,621 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-20 | 69,155,844 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-18 | 66,055,143 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 74,568,000 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-18 | 76,878,090 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-22 | 79,368,864 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-22 | 81,758,299 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-21 | 81,480,919 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-20 | 80,720,243 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-19 | 79,625,640 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-21 | 80,276,127 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-23 | 80,135,229 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-22 | 79,989,347 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-21 | 78,753,161 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-22 | 79,132,723 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-21 | 78,795,494 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-20 | 76,610,319 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-22 | 75,104,132 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-20 | 73,597,648 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-20 | 71,282,132 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Align Technology on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Align Technology has 1.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 71,039,852 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 9.9%.
Net of every new share it issued, Align Technology has 10.7 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 13.1% of the company.
71,039,852 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 81,758,299.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Align Technology stock in 2012 owns 1.2 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Align Technology ranks No. 244 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Brown-Forman (14.1%), Marsh & Mclennan Companies (14.0%), Axalta Coating Systems (12.7%), Newell Brands (12.2%).
Every answer is computed from Align Technology's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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