Alpha Pro Tech
APTAlpha Pro Tech has retired 59.4% of its shares since 2007, from 25,164,653 to 10,206,218.
59.4%retired since 2007
22.9%last 5 years
1.5%last 12 months
10Mshares today
Alpha Pro Tech has retired 59.4% of its shares since 2007, from 25,164,653 to 10,206,218.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-02-16 | 24,079,949 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-02-16 | 23,933,007 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-02-28 | 23,546,809 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-03-05 | 22,477,807 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-25 | 23,129,907 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-03-04 | 23,688,953 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-03-20 | 24,090,953 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-03-06 | 25,020,953 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-03-17 | 25,164,653 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-03-05 | 23,850,853 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-03-03 | 22,424,283 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2010-12-31 | 22,424,285 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-28 | 21,087,188 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-28 | 20,079,456 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-28 | 18,908,107 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-27 | 18,348,554 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-26 | 17,850,454 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-03-01 | 15,411,554 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-03-02 | 14,290,747 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-03-01 | 13,516,016 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-26 | 12,983,564 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-03-02 | 13,596,757 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-03-04 | 13,139,391 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-03-01 | 12,263,956 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-03-01 | 11,462,034 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-28 | 10,873,415 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-03-01 | 10,185,427 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Alpha Pro Tech on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Alpha Pro Tech has 1.5% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 10,206,218 as of August 3, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 22.9%.
Net of every new share it issued, Alpha Pro Tech has 15.0 million fewer shares than at its 2007 peak. That is 59.4% of the company. Since fiscal 2011 alone it bought back about 15.7 million shares, while the count fell by 10.9 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.
10,206,218 shares, as of August 3, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2007 peak it had 25,164,653.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Alpha Pro Tech stock in 2007 owns 2.5 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Alpha Pro Tech ranks No. 18 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Synchrony Financial (61.0%), Masco (59.6%), Abercrombie & Fitch (58.9%), Arrow Electronics (58.6%).
Every answer is computed from Alpha Pro Tech's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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