Deere & (DE) Stock Buybacks: 45.6% of Shares Retired Since 2004

Name: Deere & (DE) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 467,873,1242026-08-02, 269,625,412

A share bought in 1999

1.7× more of Deere & today, without buying another share. It was one of 467,873,124 shares then. It is one of 269,625,412 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	1999-12-31	467,873,124	10-K405	cover page
2000	2000-12-31	469,312,520	10-K405	cover page
2001	2001-11-30	474,762,680	10-K405	cover page
2002	2002-11-30	478,519,022	10-K	cover page
2003	2003-11-30	488,626,206	10-K	cover page
2004	2004-11-30	495,704,656	10-K	cover page
2005	2005-11-30	472,696,308	10-K	cover page
2006	2006-11-30	455,064,334	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-11-30	438,054,326	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-11-30	422,307,701	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-11-30	422,637,808	10-K
2010	2010-11-30	422,711,150	10-K
2011	2011-11-30	404,125,788	10-K
2012	2012-11-30	387,870,270	10-K
2013	2013-11-30	372,484,322	10-K
2014	2014-11-30	344,295,604	10-K
2015	2015-11-30	316,700,104	10-K/A
2016	2016-11-30	316,872,632	10-K
2017	2017-11-30	322,595,010	10-K
2018	2018-11-30	318,570,788	10-K
2019	2019-11-30	313,275,755	10-K
2020	2020-11-30	313,361,302	10-K
2021	2021-11-30	307,407,282	10-K
2022	2022-11-30	298,237,257	10-K
2023	2023-11-30	280,255,442	10-K
2024	2024-11-29	271,575,282	10-K
2025	2025-11-28	270,445,437	10-K

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

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Deere & buybacks, answered

Is Deere & buying back its stock?

Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 269,625,412 as of August 2, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 12.3%.

How many shares has Deere & bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Deere & has 226.1 million fewer shares than at its 2004 peak. That is 45.6% of the company.

How many shares does Deere & have outstanding?

269,625,412 shares, as of August 2, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2004 peak it had 495,704,656.

What do Deere &'s buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Deere & stock in 2004 owns 1.8 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 Deere & compare with other cannibal stocks?

Deere & ranks No. 84 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: RCM Technologies (46.0%), Labcorp (45.7%), General Motors (45.5%), BNY (45.4%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Bill NygrenHarris Associates313,034 shares, $198.6M, Q2 2026

First EagleFirst Eagle Investment Management1,073,758 shares, $681.1M, Q2 2026

Tom GaynerMarkel Group877,900 shares, $556.9M, Q2 2026

Gates FoundationGates Foundation Trust3,557,378 shares, $2.3B, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

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