Avery Dennison

Name: Avery Dennison (AVY) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

AVY

Avery Dennison has retired 33.4% of its shares since 1999, from 113,813,785 to 75,788,142.

33.4%retired since 1999

8.5%last 5 years

1.9%last 12 months

76Mshares today

At $175.31 a share, a market value of $13.3B. FCF yield 8.0%, P/E 18.8, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 113,813,7852026-08-01, 75,788,142

A share bought in 1999

1.5× more of Avery Dennison today, without buying another share. It was one of 113,813,785 shares then. It is one of 75,788,142 now.

Every filing we read25 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	1999-03-01	113,813,785	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-02-26	110,245,091	10-K405	cover page
2001	2002-02-25	109,864,032	10-K405	cover page
2002	2003-02-24	110,465,810	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-02-23	110,462,042	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-27	109,763,770	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-01-26	106,549,314	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-01-25	106,480,795	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-01-23	106,285,574	10-K	cover page
2010	2011-01-29	106,874,924	10-K
2011	2012-01-28	106,411,913	10-K
2012	2013-02-23	100,106,378	10-K
2013	2014-02-22	95,999,669	10-K
2014	2015-01-31	90,494,421	10-K
2015	2016-01-30	89,430,815	10-K
2016	2017-01-28	88,123,603	10-K
2017	2018-01-27	87,927,816	10-K
2018	2019-02-23	83,980,757	10-K
2019	2020-02-22	83,297,552	10-K
2020	2021-01-30	83,044,019	10-K
2021	2022-01-29	82,461,259	10-K
2022	2023-01-28	80,824,942	10-K
2023	2024-01-27	80,508,663	10-K
2024	2025-02-22	78,994,622	10-K
2025	2026-01-31	76,877,940	10-K

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

Avery Dennison buybacks, answered

Is Avery Dennison buying back its stock?

Yes. Avery Dennison has 1.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 75,788,142 as of August 1, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 8.5%.

How many shares has Avery Dennison bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Avery Dennison has 38.0 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 33.4% of the company.

How many shares does Avery Dennison have outstanding?

75,788,142 shares, as of August 1, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 113,813,785.

What do Avery Dennison's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Avery Dennison stock in 1999 owns 1.5 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Avery Dennison compare with other cannibal stocks?

Avery Dennison ranks No. 237 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Ulta Beauty (33.5%), GATX (33.4%), Gilead Sciences (33.3%), JPMorgan Chase (33.3%).

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