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Borgwarner

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Borgwarner has retired 15.1% of its shares since 2021, from 239,971,469 to 203,666,354.

15.1%retired since 2021
15.1%last 5 years
4.8%last 12 months
204Mshares today

At $58.13 a share, a market value of $11.8B. P/E 28.5, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
240M shares, 2021204M200020052010201520202025
1999, 213,485,8642026-07-31, 203,666,354
A share bought in 1999
1.0× more of Borgwarner today, without buying another share. It was one of 213,485,864 shares then. It is one of 203,666,354 now.
Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19992000-03-15213,485,86410-K405cover page
20002001-03-08210,073,75210-K405cover page
20012002-03-08211,625,04810-Kcover page
20022003-03-07213,656,50410-Kcover page
20032004-03-05222,720,22410-Kcover page
20042005-03-04225,896,10010-Kcover page
20052006-02-10228,782,01210-Kcover page
20062007-02-16231,891,49610-Kcover page
20072008-02-14232,793,75810-Kcover page
20082008-12-31231,064,74410-K
20092010-02-05233,830,67810-K
20102011-02-04223,477,11410-K
20112012-02-08218,289,08810-K
20122013-02-08231,279,71210-K
20132014-02-07227,944,74710-K
20142015-02-06226,436,07910-K
20152016-02-05218,638,59110-K
20162017-02-03212,690,96710-K
20172018-02-02210,550,10610-K/A
20182019-02-08207,700,72110-K
20192020-02-07206,409,58610-K
20202021-02-16239,021,05610-K
20212022-02-11239,971,46910-K
20222023-02-03234,130,80210-K
20232024-02-02229,780,05310-K
20242025-01-31218,684,02810-K
20252026-01-30207,048,76810-K

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

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What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2022 to 2025cash flow statement against share count
$1.3Bspent on buybacks
33Mfewer shares outstanding
4.3%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 $58.13.

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Borgwarner buybacks, answered

Is Borgwarner buying back its stock?

Yes. Borgwarner has 4.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 203,666,354 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 15.1%.

How many shares has Borgwarner bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Borgwarner has 36.3 million fewer shares than at its 2021 peak. That is 15.1% of the company.

How many shares does Borgwarner have outstanding?

203,666,354 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2021 peak it had 239,971,469.

What do Borgwarner's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Borgwarner stock in 2021 owns 1.2 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 Borgwarner compare with other cannibal stocks?

Borgwarner ranks No. 424 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Aci Worldwide (15.2%), PagerDuty (15.2%), Blackbaud (15.1%), Lazard (14.8%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Chuck RoyceRoyce & Associates7,602 shares, $505K, Q2 2026
Bill NygrenHarris Associates193,743 shares, $12.9M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

Kalathur RajeshDirector2026-08-19, 7,407 shares at $67.59 $501K total

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