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Edwards Lifesciences

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Edwards Lifesciences has retired 16.4% of its shares since 2011, from 689,883,180 to 576,400,000.

16.4%retired since 2011
7.7%last 5 years
0.7%last 12 months
576Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2011 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
690M shares, 2011576M201520202025
2011, 689,883,1802026-07-31, 576,400,000
A share bought in 2011
1.2× more of Edwards Lifesciences today, without buying another share. It was one of 689,883,180 shares then. It is one of 576,400,000 now.
Every filing we read15 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20112012-01-31689,883,18010-K
20122013-01-31684,603,94810-K
20132014-01-31643,443,28210-K
20142015-01-31647,039,50810-K
20152016-01-31643,792,78210-K
20162017-01-31637,487,39410-K
20172018-01-31630,071,12410-K
20182019-01-31623,298,98710-K
20192020-01-31627,367,73410-K
20202021-01-31624,518,87310-K
20212022-01-31623,207,43710-K
20222023-01-31608,313,39610-K
20232024-01-31601,300,00010-K
20242025-01-31587,900,00010-K
20252026-01-31580,800,00010-K

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

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Edwards Lifesciences buybacks, answered

Is Edwards Lifesciences buying back its stock?

Yes. Edwards Lifesciences has 0.7% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 576,400,000 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 7.7%.

How many shares has Edwards Lifesciences bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Edwards Lifesciences has 113.5 million fewer shares than at its 2011 peak. That is 16.4% of the company.

How many shares does Edwards Lifesciences have outstanding?

576,400,000 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2011 peak it had 689,883,180.

What do Edwards Lifesciences' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Edwards Lifesciences stock in 2011 owns 1.2 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Edwards Lifesciences compare with other cannibal stocks?

Edwards Lifesciences ranks No. 231 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Church & Dwight (16.8%), NOV (16.8%), Molina Healthcare (16.4%), Fossil Group (16.3%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

David RolfeWedgewood Partners165,208 shares, $14.9M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

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

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