Buyback Radar
Company reports

Diodes

DIOD

Diodes has retired 11.0% of its shares since 2018, from 51,740,020 to 46,051,705.

11.0%retired since 2018
-2.3%last 5 years
0.7%last 12 months
46Mshares today

At $82.85 a share, a market value of $3.8B. FCF yield 3.7%, P/E 44.3, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 2005 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
52M shares, 201846M20052010201520202025
2005, 38,212,3702026-07-30, 46,051,705
A share bought in 2013
1.0× more of Diodes today, without buying another share. It was one of 46,700,123 shares then. It is one of 46,051,705 now.
Every filing we read21 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20052006-03-0838,212,37010-Kcover page
20062007-02-2639,054,45610-Kcover page
20072008-02-2641,241,39110-Kcover page
20082009-02-2341,394,96510-Kcover page
20092009-12-3143,729,00010-K
20102011-02-2244,797,31410-K
20112012-02-2245,458,46910-Kscale corrected
20122013-02-2246,018,71510-Kscale corrected
20132014-02-2446,700,12310-Kscale corrected
20142015-02-2447,644,24010-K
20152016-02-2348,296,61310-K
20162017-02-2348,302,44910-K
20172018-02-0949,140,13610-K
20182019-02-0951,740,02010-K
20192020-02-0451,206,96910-K
20202021-02-1644,283,33210-K
20212022-02-0245,021,65010-K
20222023-02-0645,486,74310-K
20232024-02-0245,939,80410-K
20242025-02-0346,333,93010-K
20252026-02-0345,877,45810-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2020 to 2025cash flow statement against share count
$331Mspent on buybacks
5.3Mfewer shares outstanding
0.9%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 $82.85.

The stock, long termall time, by TradingView

Loading the chart from TradingView…

All-time chart by TradingView. Open it on TradingView →

Diodes buybacks, answered

Is Diodes buying back its stock?

Yes. Diodes has 0.7% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 46,051,705 as of July 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is up 2.3%.

How many shares has Diodes bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Diodes has 5.7 million fewer shares than at its 2018 peak. That is 11.0% of the company.

How many shares does Diodes have outstanding?

46,051,705 shares, as of July 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2018 peak it had 51,740,020.

What do Diodes' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Diodes stock in 2018 owns 1.1 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 Diodes compare with other cannibal stocks?

Diodes ranks No. 458 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: AdvanSix (11.4%), RTX (11.3%), Corteva (11.0%), Stanley Black & Decker (10.9%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Lee AinslieMaverick Capital3,919 shares, $429K, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

The story

The numbers say what happened. The story says whether it can continue. We cover companies like Diodes in depth on Cannibal Stocks.

Read Cannibal Stocks