Chemed

Name: Chemed (CHE) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

CHE

Chemed has retired 50.9% of its shares since 2006, from 26,641,020 to 13,069,961.

50.9%retired since 2006

15.1%last 5 years

7.7%last 12 months

13Mshares today

At $512.38 a share, a market value of $6.7B. FCF yield 4.8%, P/E 24.4, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 20,472,5542026-06-30, 13,069,961

A share bought in 1999

1.6× more of Chemed today, without buying another share. It was one of 20,472,554 shares then. It is one of 13,069,961 now.

Every filing we read25 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-17	20,472,554	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-03-22	19,710,504	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-03-21	19,802,358	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-03-08	25,280,698	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-03-08	26,236,872	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-15	26,641,020	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-15	24,149,296	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-16	22,530,217	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-02-15	22,736,818	10-K	cover page
2010	2011-02-15	21,124,973	10-K
2011	2012-02-15	19,148,645	10-K
2012	2013-02-15	19,162,469	10-K
2013	2014-02-14	17,727,672	10-K
2014	2015-02-13	16,999,406	10-K
2015	2016-02-16	16,985,970	10-K
2016	2017-02-15	16,313,155	10-K
2017	2018-02-15	16,161,250	10-K
2018	2019-02-15	15,967,469	10-K
2019	2020-02-14	16,055,361	10-K
2020	2021-02-12	16,032,904	10-K
2021	2022-02-11	14,988,567	10-K
2022	2023-02-10	14,948,234	10-K
2023	2024-02-09	15,117,093	10-K
2024	2025-02-10	14,636,695	10-K/A
2025	2026-02-10	13,765,136	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2008 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$2.8Bspent on buybacks

10Mfewer shares outstanding

$204average price paid per share bought back

6.4%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 $512.38.

Chemed buybacks, answered

Is Chemed buying back its stock?

Yes. Chemed has 7.7% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 13,069,961 as of June 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 15.1%.

How many shares has Chemed bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Chemed has 13.6 million fewer shares than at its 2006 peak. That is 50.9% of the company. Since fiscal 2008 alone it bought back about 13.8 million shares, while the count fell by 9.5 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Chemed have outstanding?

13,069,961 shares, as of June 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2006 peak it had 26,641,020.

What do Chemed's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Chemed stock in 2006 owns 2.0 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 Chemed compare with other cannibal stocks?

Chemed ranks No. 92 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: HCA Healthcare (51.2%), Sherwin-Williams (51.2%), Lear (50.9%), Bank of Hawaii (50.5%).

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