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Church & Dwight

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Church & Dwight has retired 16.8% of its shares since 2010, from 285,203,980 to 237,203,907.

16.8%retired since 2010
2.8%last 5 years
1.2%last 12 months
237Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
285M shares, 2010237M200020052010201520202025
1999, 230,034,0242026-07-29, 237,203,907
A share bought in 2002
1.0× more of Church & Dwight today, without buying another share. It was one of 240,054,204 shares then. It is one of 237,203,907 now.
Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19992000-03-17230,034,02410-Kcover page
20002001-02-28231,534,61210-Kcover page
20012002-03-18235,993,99210-Kcover page
20022003-03-21240,054,20410-Kcover page
20032004-03-10245,771,14210-Kcover page
20042005-03-08253,514,66810-Kcover page
20052006-03-06257,935,47210-Kcover page
20062007-02-22262,408,44410-Kcover page
20072008-02-22265,480,81210-Kcover page
20082009-02-20280,565,88810-Kcover page
20092010-02-19282,574,88010-Kcover page
20102011-02-18285,203,98010-K
20112012-02-20284,793,48610-K
20122013-02-18275,992,68210-K
20132014-02-18274,383,45610-K
20142015-02-18261,133,00410-K
20152016-02-17259,450,44010-K
20162017-02-21254,632,79810-K
20172018-02-20243,942,43510-K
20182019-02-19245,901,06610-K
20192020-02-13245,659,57710-K
20202021-02-15245,073,57610-K
20212022-02-15242,691,64910-K
20222023-02-13244,040,70510-K
20232024-02-12243,776,93910-K
20242025-02-10245,969,88110-K
20252026-02-09236,694,24110-K

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

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Church & Dwight buybacks, answered

Is Church & Dwight buying back its stock?

Yes. Church & Dwight has 1.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 237,203,907 as of July 29, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 2.8%.

How many shares has Church & Dwight bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Church & Dwight has 48.0 million fewer shares than at its 2010 peak. That is 16.8% of the company.

How many shares does Church & Dwight have outstanding?

237,203,907 shares, as of July 29, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2010 peak it had 285,203,980.

What do Church & Dwight's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Church & Dwight stock in 2010 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 Church & Dwight compare with other cannibal stocks?

Church & Dwight ranks No. 229 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Howmet Aerospace (17.8%), Zoetis (17.5%), NOV (16.8%), Edwards Lifesciences (16.4%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Terry SmithFundsmith6,456,634 shares, $625.5M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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