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Avnet

AVT

Avnet has retired 46.3% of its shares since 2011, from 152,807,450 to 82,072,979.

46.3%retired since 2011
17.3%last 5 years
-0.9%last 12 months
82Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2001 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2018153M shares, 201182M20052010201520202025
2001, 117,863,2102026-08-07, 82,072,979
A share bought in 2001
1.4× more of Avnet today, without buying another share. It was one of 117,863,210 shares then. It is one of 82,072,979 now.
Every filing we read26 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20012001-08-31117,863,21010-K405cover page
20022002-09-09119,418,71710-Kcover page
20032003-09-08119,618,87310-Kcover page
20042004-08-28120,480,05310-Kcover page
20052005-08-26145,433,97810-Kcover page
20062006-07-28146,661,71910-Kcover page
20072007-07-27149,874,68910-Kcover page
20082008-07-26150,408,46210-Kcover page
20092009-07-31151,082,83910-Kcover page
20102010-07-31151,847,47010-K
20112011-07-29152,807,45010-K/A
20122012-07-27141,339,79110-K
20132013-07-26137,153,36210-K
20142014-07-25138,259,00410-K
20152015-07-24134,457,85310-K
20162016-07-29127,365,72110-K
20172017-07-28123,063,58710-K
20182018-07-27115,761,36110-K
20192019-07-26103,619,87110-K
20202020-07-2598,777,97410-K
20212021-07-3099,503,64310-K
20222022-07-2994,667,63610-K
20232023-08-1191,491,18810-K
20242024-08-0288,112,46610-K
20252025-08-0783,462,74310-K
20262026-08-0782,072,97910-Kcover page

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

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Avnet buybacks, answered

Is Avnet buying back its stock?

Not on a net basis. Avnet has 0.9% 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 17.3%.

How many shares has Avnet bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Avnet has 70.7 million fewer shares than at its 2011 peak. That is 46.3% of the company. Since fiscal 2012 alone it bought back about 86.4 million shares, while the count fell by 59.3 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Avnet have outstanding?

82,072,979 shares, as of August 7, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-K. At the 2011 peak it had 152,807,450.

What do Avnet's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Avnet stock in 2011 owns 1.9 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 Avnet compare with other cannibal stocks?

Avnet ranks No. 79 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Asbury Automotive Group (46.5%), Citi Trends (46.5%), Cisco (46.2%), Moody's (46.2%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Richard PzenaPzena Investment Management3,120,395 shares, $277.2M, Q2 2026
Lee AinslieMaverick Capital5,771 shares, $513K, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

JACOBSON KENNETH AChief Financial Officer2025-11-07, 2,139 shares at $46.75 $100K total

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