CDW
CDWCDW has retired 27.4% of its shares since 2014, from 172,275,656 to 125,017,426.
27.4%retired since 2014
7.9%last 5 years
4.0%last 12 months
125Mshares today
CDW has retired 27.4% of its shares since 2014, from 172,275,656 to 125,017,426.
Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2010-12-31 | 144,400,000 | 10-K/A | fiscal-year average |
| 2011 | 2011-12-31 | 144,800,000 | 10-K/A | |
| 2012 | 2012-12-31 | 145,100,000 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-28 | 171,954,277 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-20 | 172,275,656 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-19 | 167,740,043 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-24 | 159,367,089 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-23 | 152,423,423 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-22 | 147,059,195 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-25 | 142,771,539 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-23 | 140,991,095 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-24 | 134,944,328 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-21 | 135,591,556 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-20 | 134,215,119 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-18 | 132,492,273 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-17 | 128,993,588 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of CDW on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. CDW has 4.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 125,017,426 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 7.9%.
Net of every new share it issued, CDW has 47.3 million fewer shares than at its 2014 peak. That is 27.4% of the company.
125,017,426 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2014 peak it had 172,275,656.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held CDW stock in 2014 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.
CDW ranks No. 190 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: AGCO (27.9%), Fortune Brands Innovations (27.9%), Exponent (27.3%), Marriott International (27.0%).
Every answer is computed from CDW's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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