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Eagle Materials

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Eagle Materials has retired 39.1% of its shares since 2006, from 50,406,400 to 30,675,325.

39.1%retired since 2006
24.6%last 5 years
4.3%last 12 months
31Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2006 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 202250M shares, 200631M2010201520202025
2006, 50,406,4002026-07-27, 30,675,325
A share bought in 2006
1.6× more of Eagle Materials today, without buying another share. It was one of 50,406,400 shares then. It is one of 30,675,325 now.
Every filing we read21 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20062006-05-3150,406,40010-Kcover page
20072007-05-2347,980,09710-Kcover page
20082008-05-2343,440,40810-Kcover page
20092009-05-2243,614,70410-Kcover page
20102010-03-3143,830,79410-K
20112011-05-2344,491,93810-K
20122012-05-2445,280,88610-K
20132013-05-2149,503,69610-K
20142014-05-2050,046,85010-K
20152015-05-1850,232,76710-K
20162016-05-1948,282,06510-K
20172017-05-2248,537,74110-K
20182018-05-2147,973,13810-K
20192019-05-2144,117,94610-K
20202020-05-1841,616,95910-K
20212021-05-1842,380,30910-K
20222022-05-1838,199,43810-K
20232023-05-1735,385,44210-K
20242024-05-1733,915,34510-K
20252025-05-1632,704,32810-K
20262026-05-1530,948,14710-K

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

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Eagle Materials buybacks, answered

Is Eagle Materials buying back its stock?

Yes. Eagle Materials has 4.3% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 30,675,325 as of July 27, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 24.6%.

How many shares has Eagle Materials bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Eagle Materials has 19.7 million fewer shares than at its 2006 peak. That is 39.1% of the company. Since fiscal 2016 alone it bought back about 22.1 million shares, while the count fell by 17.6 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Eagle Materials have outstanding?

30,675,325 shares, as of July 27, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2006 peak it had 50,406,400.

What do Eagle Materials' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Eagle Materials stock in 2006 owns 1.6 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 Eagle Materials compare with other cannibal stocks?

Eagle Materials ranks No. 123 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: The Hartford (39.3%), Southwest Airlines (39.2%), Carlisle Companies (38.9%), Radian Group (38.8%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Tom GaynerMarkel Group14,750 shares, $3.3M, Q2 2026
Seth KlarmanBaupost Group530,763 shares, $119K, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

Rush David EDirector2025-11-05, 1,000 shares at $208.08 $208K total

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