Salesforce has retired 17.7% of its shares since 2023, from 1,000,000,000 to 823,000,000.
At $240.70 a share, a market value of $198.1B. FCF yield 7.6%, P/E 20.5, trailing twelve months to July 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2005-02-28 | 422,000,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2006-02-28 | 443,200,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2007-02-28 | 460,000,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2008-01-31 | 477,200,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-01-31 | 491,400,248 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2010-01-31 | 508,800,000 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-01-31 | 531,600,000 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-01-31 | 548,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-01-31 | 585,600,000 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-01-31 | 610,100,000 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-01-31 | 650,600,000 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-01-31 | 670,900,000 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-01-31 | 707,500,000 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-02-28 | 731,500,000 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-02-28 | 771,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-02-29 | 895,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-03-15 | 921,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-03-01 | 990,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-03-07 | 1,000,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-02-29 | 970,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-02-28 | 961,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-02-25 | 923,000,000 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Salesforce on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Read the full storyCash 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 $240.70.
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Yes. Salesforce has 12.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 823,000,000 as of August 20, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 16.4%.
Net of every new share it issued, Salesforce has 177.0 million fewer shares than at its 2023 peak. That is 17.7% of the company.
823,000,000 shares, as of August 20, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2023 peak it had 1,000,000,000.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Salesforce stock in 2023 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.
Salesforce ranks No. 397 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Howmet Aerospace (17.8%), Cathay General Bancorp (17.8%), Zoetis (17.5%), Belden (17.3%).
Every answer is computed from Salesforce's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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