Baxter International
BAXBaxter International has retired 20.4% of its shares since 2006, from 649,813,287 to 516,995,999.
20.4%retired since 2006
-3.3%last 5 years
-0.6%last 12 months
517Mshares today
Baxter International has retired 20.4% of its shares since 2006, from 649,813,287 to 516,995,999.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-02-29 | 581,059,186 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-02-28 | 590,526,428 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-02-28 | 599,868,645 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-02-28 | 596,996,864 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-03-01 | 612,327,565 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-03-04 | 619,703,972 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-01-31 | 648,483,996 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-01-31 | 649,813,287 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-01-31 | 634,425,140 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-01-31 | 613,849,295 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-01-31 | 602,667,572 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-01-31 | 579,426,016 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-01-31 | 560,346,203 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-01-31 | 545,928,648 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-01-31 | 543,187,695 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-31 | 542,581,466 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-01-31 | 547,871,849 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-01-31 | 540,082,230 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-01-31 | 540,138,815 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-31 | 512,538,202 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-29 | 507,263,731 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-01-29 | 505,103,894 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-01-31 | 502,293,624 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-01-31 | 504,672,166 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-01-31 | 507,827,437 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-13 | 511,624,996 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-05 | 514,490,045 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Baxter International on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Not on a net basis. Baxter International has 0.6% 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 up 3.3%.
Net of every new share it issued, Baxter International has 132.8 million fewer shares than at its 2006 peak. That is 20.4% of the company.
516,995,999 shares, as of July 23, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2006 peak it had 649,813,287.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Baxter International stock in 2006 owns 1.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Baxter International ranks No. 216 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Johnson & Johnson (20.9%), Morgan Stanley (20.6%), Merck & (20.0%), Old Dominion Freight Line (19.8%).
Every answer is computed from Baxter International's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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