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ETSY

ETSY has retired 27.7% of its shares since 2021, from 127,032,946 to 91,781,748.

27.7%retired since 2021
27.6%last 5 years
7.0%last 12 months
92Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2015 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2025127M shares, 202192M201620182020202220242026
2015, 112,699,7562026-07-31, 91,781,748
A share bought in 2015
1.2× more of ETSY today, without buying another share. It was one of 112,699,756 shares then. It is one of 91,781,748 now.
Every filing we read11 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20152016-02-26112,699,75610-K
20162017-02-24116,129,71910-K
20172018-02-23121,502,75410-K
20182019-02-21119,566,39310-K
20192020-02-21117,949,06810-K
20202021-02-19126,049,27610-K
20212022-02-18127,032,94610-K
20222023-02-17124,649,06210-K
20232024-02-16118,492,44110-K
20242025-02-14107,072,34810-K
20252026-02-1396,247,18010-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2022 to 2025cash flow statement against share count
$2.5Bspent on buybacks
31Mfewer shares outstanding
$67average price paid per share bought back
9.9%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 $85.14.

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ETSY buybacks, answered

Is ETSY buying back its stock?

Yes. ETSY has 7.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 91,781,748 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 27.6%.

How many shares has ETSY bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, ETSY has 35.3 million fewer shares than at its 2021 peak. That is 27.7% of the company. Since fiscal 2022 alone it bought back about 37.4 million shares, while the count fell by 32.9 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does ETSY have outstanding?

91,781,748 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2021 peak it had 127,032,946.

What do ETSY's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held ETSY stock in 2021 owns 1.4 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 ETSY compare with other cannibal stocks?

ETSY ranks No. 300 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Fortune Brands Innovations (27.9%), Altria Group (27.9%), Criteo S.A. (27.6%), GoDaddy (27.5%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Chuck RoyceRoyce & Associates6,191 shares, $466K, Q2 2026
Polen CapitalPolen Capital Management2,968 shares, $224K, 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

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