Armstrong World Industries
AWIArmstrong World Industries has retired 28.4% of its shares since 2012, from 59,062,661 to 42,262,826.
28.4%retired since 2012
11.0%last 5 years
2.0%last 12 months
42Mshares today
Armstrong World Industries has retired 28.4% of its shares since 2012, from 59,062,661 to 42,262,826.
Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2007-02-21 | 56,870,880 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-19 | 57,039,580 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-02-18 | 57,446,003 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2010-12-31 | 57,700,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2011 | 2012-02-21 | 58,436,007 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-19 | 59,062,661 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-18 | 54,681,907 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-17 | 55,130,109 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-16 | 55,396,836 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-21 | 53,839,882 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-21 | 53,105,216 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-19 | 48,502,391 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-18 | 47,987,627 | 10-K/A | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-17 | 47,788,314 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-16 | 47,084,127 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-15 | 45,438,268 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-14 | 43,808,333 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-19 | 43,464,252 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-18 | 42,834,049 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Armstrong World Industries on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Armstrong World Industries has 2.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 42,262,826 as of July 23, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 11.0%.
Net of every new share it issued, Armstrong World Industries has 16.8 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 28.4% of the company.
42,262,826 shares, as of July 23, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 59,062,661.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Armstrong World Industries stock in 2012 owns 1.4 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Armstrong World Industries ranks No. 183 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Sysco (28.7%), Archer-Daniels-Midland (28.7%), Autoliv (28.4%), Mondelez International (28.2%).
Every answer is computed from Armstrong World Industries' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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