Exelixis has retired 23.5% of its shares since 2023, from 324,087,337 to 247,781,692.
At $62.23 a share, a market value of $15.4B. FCF yield 7.6%, P/E 17.9, trailing twelve months to July 2026.
Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2001-03-12 | 46,745,069 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-01-31 | 56,152,284 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-02-28 | 59,649,585 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2003-12-31 | 71,295,105 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-03-04 | 76,150,092 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-28 | 83,767,584 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-20 | 96,603,127 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-20 | 105,073,846 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-02-27 | 106,382,566 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2010-12-31 | 109,287,160 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-12-31 | 126,018,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2012 | 2012-02-15 | 148,420,470 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-02-14 | 183,718,371 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-02-18 | 194,614,305 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-02-26 | 195,895,769 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-02-19 | 228,191,131 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-02-16 | 290,866,613 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-02-12 | 296,307,278 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-02-12 | 300,129,630 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-02-18 | 305,393,240 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-02-01 | 311,989,661 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-02-07 | 319,448,174 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-01-30 | 324,087,337 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-01-29 | 303,194,259 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-02-03 | 279,881,450 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-02-02 | 259,708,689 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Exelixis on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Read the full storyCash 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 $62.23.
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Yes. Exelixis has 7.6% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 247,781,692 as of July 27, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 21.7%.
Net of every new share it issued, Exelixis has 76.3 million fewer shares than at its 2023 peak. That is 23.5% of the company.
247,781,692 shares, as of July 27, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2023 peak it had 324,087,337.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Exelixis stock in 2023 owns 1.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Exelixis ranks No. 338 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Graphic Packaging Holding (24.0%), WEX (24.0%), Curtiss Wright (23.1%), Zimmer Biomet (23.1%).
Every answer is computed from Exelixis' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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