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AdvanSix

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AdvanSix has retired 11.4% of its shares since 2016, from 30,482,966 to 27,001,186.

11.4%retired since 2016
4.0%last 5 years
-0.5%last 12 months
27Mshares today

At $16.37 a share, a market value of $442.0M. P/E n/m, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 2016 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
30M shares, 201627M201620182020202220242026
2016, 30,482,9662026-07-31, 27,001,186
A share bought in 2016
1.1× more of AdvanSix today, without buying another share. It was one of 30,482,966 shares then. It is one of 27,001,186 now.
Every filing we read10 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20162017-02-0130,482,96610-K
20172018-02-0130,482,96610-K
20182019-02-0129,026,46510-K
20192020-02-0327,914,77710-K
20202021-02-0128,033,93510-K
20212022-02-0428,141,20310-K
20222023-02-0327,433,81010-K
20232024-02-0226,700,02410-K
20242025-01-3126,744,10110-K
20252026-01-3026,872,91210-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2017 to 2025cash flow statement against share count
$194Mspent on buybacks
3.6Mfewer shares outstanding
$33average price paid per share bought back
0.4%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 $16.37.

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AdvanSix buybacks, answered

Is AdvanSix buying back its stock?

Not on a net basis. AdvanSix has 0.5% more shares outstanding than twelve months ago. Whatever it bought back did not cover the new shares it issued. Over five years the share count is down 4.0%.

How many shares has AdvanSix bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, AdvanSix has 3.5 million fewer shares than at its 2016 peak. That is 11.4% of the company. Since fiscal 2017 alone it bought back about 5.9 million shares, while the count fell by 3.5 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does AdvanSix have outstanding?

27,001,186 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2016 peak it had 30,482,966.

What do AdvanSix's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held AdvanSix stock in 2016 owns 1.1 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 AdvanSix compare with other cannibal stocks?

AdvanSix ranks No. 456 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Allegion (11.5%), Eagle Bancorp (11.4%), RTX (11.3%), Diodes (11.0%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

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

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