Cisco
CSCOCisco has retired 46.2% of its shares since 2001, from 7,334,019,051 to 3,942,586,873.
46.2%retired since 2001
6.5%last 5 years
0.2%last 12 months
3.9Bshares today
Cisco has retired 46.2% of its shares since 2001, from 7,334,019,051 to 3,942,586,873.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-09-20 | 6,595,024,880 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-09-22 | 7,041,991,896 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2001-09-13 | 7,334,019,051 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2002-08-23 | 7,285,904,553 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2003-09-08 | 6,953,996,891 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2004-09-09 | 6,650,438,687 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2005-09-09 | 6,274,702,446 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2006-09-08 | 6,070,131,024 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2007-09-07 | 6,090,881,108 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2008-09-05 | 5,883,028,141 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-07-25 | 5,785,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2010-09-15 | 5,585,268,740 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-09-08 | 5,382,854,827 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-09-05 | 5,290,061,557 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-09-04 | 5,361,549,877 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-09-04 | 5,099,203,169 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-09-03 | 5,061,293,291 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-09-02 | 5,014,353,833 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-09-01 | 4,951,955,851 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-08-31 | 4,571,334,136 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-08-30 | 4,245,290,230 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-08-28 | 4,233,425,297 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-09-03 | 4,217,735,917 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-09-02 | 4,108,844,167 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-09-01 | 4,054,857,783 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-08-30 | 3,990,734,794 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-08-28 | 3,953,196,953 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-08-27 | 3,942,586,873 | 10-K | cover page |
Source: all 10-K filings of Cisco on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 3,942,586,873 as of August 27, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 6.5%.
Net of every new share it issued, Cisco has 3.39 billion fewer shares than at its 2001 peak. That is 46.2% of the company. Since fiscal 2008 alone it bought back about 3.61 billion shares, while the count fell by 1.94 billion. The difference went to employees and other new shares.
3,942,586,873 shares, as of August 27, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-K. At the 2001 peak it had 7,334,019,051.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Cisco stock in 2001 owns 1.9 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Cisco ranks No. 80 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Citi Trends (46.5%), Avnet (46.3%), Moody's (46.2%), RCM Technologies (46.0%).
Every answer is computed from Cisco's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-K on EDGAR.
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