Arrow Electronics (ARW) Stock Buybacks: 58.6% of Shares Retired Since 2007

Name: Arrow Electronics (ARW) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 96,066,6652026-07-30, 50,905,423

A share bought in 1999

1.9× more of Arrow Electronics today, without buying another share. It was one of 96,066,665 shares then. It is one of 50,905,423 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-02-25	96,066,665	10-K405	cover page
2000	2001-03-02	98,450,032	10-K405	cover page
2001	2002-03-01	100,117,047	10-K405	cover page
2002	2003-02-28	100,831,609	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-02-27	115,045,505	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-03-08	116,790,264	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-10	120,635,812	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-16	122,901,974	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-01	122,965,945	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-12-31	119,308,000	10-K
2009	2009-12-31	119,828,000	10-K
2010	2011-01-28	114,812,930	10-K
2011	2012-01-27	111,897,822	10-K
2012	2013-02-04	106,013,578	10-K
2013	2014-01-31	99,961,811	10-K
2014	2015-01-30	95,643,137	10-K
2015	2016-02-01	95,643,137	10-K
2016	2017-02-01	95,643,137	10-K
2017	2018-02-02	87,709,565	10-K
2018	2019-02-01	84,917,353	10-K
2019	2020-02-06	80,641,737	10-K
2020	2021-02-04	74,603,233	10-K
2021	2022-02-03	67,693,074	10-K
2022	2023-02-02	58,284,281	10-K
2023	2024-02-06	53,813,931	10-K
2024	2025-02-04	52,172,303	10-K
2025	2026-02-03	51,086,165	10-K

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

Arrow Electronics buybacks, answered

Is Arrow Electronics buying back its stock?

Yes. Arrow Electronics has 1.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 50,905,423 as of July 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 26.9%.

How many shares has Arrow Electronics bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Arrow Electronics has 72.1 million fewer shares than at its 2007 peak. That is 58.6% of the company.

How many shares does Arrow Electronics have outstanding?

50,905,423 shares, as of July 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2007 peak it had 122,965,945.

What do Arrow Electronics' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Arrow Electronics stock in 2007 owns 2.4 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Arrow Electronics compare with other cannibal stocks?

Arrow Electronics ranks No. 20 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Alpha Pro Tech (59.4%), Abercrombie & Fitch (58.9%), Western Union (58.4%), Marathon Petroleum (58.3%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

Austen William F.Director; Interim President and CEO2026-02-19, 3,960 shares at $151.87 $601K total

The story

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