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Allison Transmission

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Allison Transmission has retired 55.2% of its shares since 2013, from 184,500,000 to 82,578,038.

55.2%retired since 2013
20.8%last 5 years
0.8%last 12 months
83Mshares today

At $111.80 a share, a market value of $9.2B. FCF yield 8.0%, P/E 17.5, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 2012 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2017half gone 2021184M shares, 201383M201520202025
2012, 182,000,0002026-07-22, 82,578,038

Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.

A share bought in 2012
2.2× more of Allison Transmission today, without buying another share. It was one of 182,000,000 shares then. It is one of 82,578,038 now.
Every filing we read14 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20122012-12-31182,000,00010-Kfiscal-year average
20132013-12-31184,500,00010-Kfiscal-year average
20142015-02-05180,053,65010-K
20152016-02-05171,138,74210-K
20162017-02-08162,611,55210-K
20172018-02-02140,066,56710-K
20182019-02-11126,129,72710-K
20192020-02-10117,760,99610-K
20202021-02-04111,944,95510-K
20212022-02-0397,819,15410-K
20222023-02-0191,864,35610-K
20232024-02-0187,214,19710-K
20242025-01-3085,518,29810-K
20252026-01-3082,805,59210-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Allison Transmission on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

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What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2014 to 2025cash flow statement against share count
$4.6Bspent on buybacks
102Mfewer shares outstanding
3.6%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $111.80.

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Allison Transmission buybacks, answered

Is Allison Transmission buying back its stock?

Yes. Allison Transmission has 0.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 82,578,038 as of July 22, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 20.8%.

How many shares has Allison Transmission bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Allison Transmission has 101.9 million fewer shares than at its 2013 peak. That is 55.2% of the company.

How many shares does Allison Transmission have outstanding?

82,578,038 shares, as of July 22, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2013 peak it had 184,500,000.

What do Allison Transmission's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Allison Transmission stock in 2013 owns 2.2 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Allison Transmission compare with other cannibal stocks?

Allison Transmission ranks No. 61 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Service Corp International (56.0%), Flex (55.8%), Mettler Toledo International Inc/ (55.0%), Affiliated Managers Group (54.4%).

Every answer is computed from Allison Transmission's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Superinvestors who own it

Chuck RoyceRoyce & Associates72,796 shares, $8.2M, Q2 2026
Bill NygrenHarris Associates402,762 shares, $45.4M, Q2 2026
Tweedy BrowneTweedy, Browne21,791 shares, $2.5M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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