C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) Stock Buybacks: 32.6% of Shares Retired Since 2005

Name: C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 169,107,7162026-07-29, 116,851,258

A share bought in 1999

1.4× more of C. H. Robinson Worldwide today, without buying another share. It was one of 169,107,716 shares then. It is one of 116,851,258 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-10	169,107,716	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-03-16	169,142,808	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-03-08	169,008,938	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-03-07	169,143,674	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-03-05	170,795,686	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-03-04	171,086,428	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-03-06	173,354,127	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-26	173,096,332	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-25	171,351,435	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-12-31	170,437,000	10-K
2009	2010-02-22	166,567,389	10-K
2010	2011-02-22	166,057,428	10-K
2011	2012-02-22	163,345,536	10-K
2012	2013-02-22	161,053,942	10-K
2013	2014-02-24	148,457,275	10-K
2014	2015-02-24	146,328,737	10-K
2015	2016-02-24	143,242,681	10-K
2016	2017-02-24	141,359,579	10-K
2017	2018-02-22	139,748,794	10-K
2018	2019-02-20	136,853,710	10-K
2019	2020-02-14	134,892,810	10-K
2020	2021-02-17	133,815,455	10-K
2021	2022-02-16	128,798,559	10-K
2022	2023-02-15	116,510,428	10-K
2023	2024-02-14	116,890,760	10-K
2024	2025-02-12	118,705,622	10-K
2025	2026-02-11	118,620,833	10-K

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

C. H. Robinson Worldwide buybacks, answered

Is C. H. Robinson Worldwide buying back its stock?

Yes. C. H. Robinson Worldwide has 1.1% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 116,851,258 as of July 29, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 10.1%.

How many shares has C. H. Robinson Worldwide bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, C. H. Robinson Worldwide has 56.5 million fewer shares than at its 2005 peak. That is 32.6% of the company.

How many shares does C. H. Robinson Worldwide have outstanding?

116,851,258 shares, as of July 29, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2005 peak it had 173,354,127.

What do C. H. Robinson Worldwide's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held C. H. Robinson Worldwide stock in 2005 owns 1.5 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 C. H. Robinson Worldwide compare with other cannibal stocks?

C. H. Robinson Worldwide ranks No. 160 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: JPMorgan Chase (33.3%), Brunswick (33.1%), Olin (31.8%), Microsoft (31.7%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

RAJAN ARUNChief Strat & Innov Officer2026-02-12, 605 shares at $167.11 $101K total

Lee Damon J.Chief Financial Officer2026-02-12, 620 shares at $162.52 $101K total

Castagnetto Michael D.Pres, NAST2026-02-12, 594 shares at $168.24 $100K total

Bozeman David PDirector; President & CEO2026-02-12, 1,223 shares at $163.34 $200K total

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