eBay
EBAYeBay has retired 68.4% of its shares since 2005, from 1,406,718,316 to 445,000,000.
68.4%retired since 2005
28.9%last 5 years
1.5%last 12 months
445Mshares today
eBay has retired 68.4% of its shares since 2005, from 1,406,718,316 to 445,000,000.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-03-01 | 1,041,463,240 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-03-01 | 1,077,243,784 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-03-01 | 1,117,867,080 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-03-01 | 1,258,223,864 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-03-01 | 1,307,996,384 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-18 | 1,344,806,283 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-17 | 1,406,718,316 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-16 | 1,368,973,770 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2007-12-31 | 1,350,219,000 | 10-K | |
| 2008 | 2008-12-31 | 1,282,025,000 | 10-K | |
| 2009 | 2010-02-12 | 1,299,006,884 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-01-27 | 1,298,369,992 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-01-23 | 1,286,914,976 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-01-28 | 1,296,512,321 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-01-24 | 1,294,654,966 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-02 | 1,210,046,829 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-01-27 | 1,178,705,177 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-01-30 | 1,087,042,601 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-01-29 | 1,012,079,673 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-25 | 914,880,451 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-01-27 | 796,080,826 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-01 | 680,445,767 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-21 | 587,528,915 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-21 | 536,880,282 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-23 | 518,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-21 | 466,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-13 | 448,000,000 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of eBay on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. eBay has 1.5% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 445,000,000 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 28.9%.
Net of every new share it issued, eBay has 961.7 million fewer shares than at its 2005 peak. That is 68.4% of the company.
445,000,000 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2005 peak it had 1,406,718,316.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held eBay stock in 2005 owns 3.2 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
eBay ranks No. 12 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Travelers Companies (70.6%), H&R Block (68.4%), Allstate (67.4%), Elevance Health (67.0%).
Every answer is computed from eBay's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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