Exponent (EXPO) Stock Buybacks: 27.3% of Shares Retired Since 2005

Name: Exponent (EXPO) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 55,752,7362026-07-31, 47,546,084

Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.

A share bought in 1999

1.2× more of Exponent today, without buying another share. It was one of 55,752,736 shares then. It is one of 47,546,084 now.

Every filing we read26 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	1999-03-19	55,752,736	10-K405	cover page
2000	2001-03-16	51,704,360	10-K405	cover page
2001	2002-03-15	52,541,728	10-K405	cover page
2003	2003-03-21	57,193,440	10-K	cover page
2004	2004-03-05	58,842,072	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-24	65,430,744	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-23	59,145,696	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-22	58,328,784	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-02-20	54,800,456	10-K	cover page
2010	2010-02-19	54,675,224	10-K	cover page
2011	2011-12-30	56,724,000	10-K	fiscal-year average
2012	2012-02-17	53,291,848	10-K
2013	2013-02-15	52,522,868	10-K
2014	2014-02-21	52,252,864	10-K
2015	2015-02-20	51,483,896	10-K
2016	2016-02-19	51,441,196	10-K
2017	2017-02-17	51,194,076	10-K
2018	2018-02-16	51,538,226	10-K
2019	2019-02-15	51,498,369	10-K
2020	2020-02-21	51,817,981	10-K
2021	2021-02-19	51,803,884	10-K
2022	2022-02-18	52,116,161	10-K
2023	2023-02-17	50,642,422	10-K
2024	2024-02-16	50,563,193	10-K/A
2025	2025-02-21	50,818,234	10-K/A
2026	2026-02-20	49,254,339	10-K

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

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Exponent buybacks, answered

Is Exponent buying back its stock?

Yes. Exponent has 4.7% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 47,546,084 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 8.8%.

How many shares has Exponent bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Exponent has 17.9 million fewer shares than at its 2005 peak. That is 27.3% of the company.

How many shares does Exponent have outstanding?

47,546,084 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2005 peak it had 65,430,744.

What do Exponent's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Exponent stock in 2005 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 Exponent compare with other cannibal stocks?

Exponent ranks No. 191 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Fortune Brands Innovations (27.9%), CDW (27.4%), Marriott International (27.0%), ConocoPhillips (26.9%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

Souri Shukri JeriesGroup Vice President2026-09-18, 184 shares at $68.45 $13K total

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