Church & Dwight has retired 16.8% of its shares since 2010, from 285,203,980 to 237,203,907.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-03-17 | 230,034,024 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-02-28 | 231,534,612 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-03-18 | 235,993,992 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-03-21 | 240,054,204 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-03-10 | 245,771,142 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-03-08 | 253,514,668 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-03-06 | 257,935,472 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-22 | 262,408,444 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-22 | 265,480,812 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-20 | 280,565,888 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-02-19 | 282,574,880 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2011-02-18 | 285,203,980 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-20 | 284,793,486 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-18 | 275,992,682 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-18 | 274,383,456 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-18 | 261,133,004 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-17 | 259,450,440 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-21 | 254,632,798 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-20 | 243,942,435 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-19 | 245,901,066 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-13 | 245,659,577 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-15 | 245,073,576 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-15 | 242,691,649 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-13 | 244,040,705 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-12 | 243,776,939 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-10 | 245,969,881 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-09 | 236,694,241 | 10-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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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%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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