Federated Hermes (FHI) Stock Buybacks: 38.4% of Shares Retired Since 1999

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

1999, 121,117,5522026-07-24, 74,660,281

A share bought in 1999

1.6× more of Federated Hermes today, without buying another share. It was one of 121,117,552 shares then. It is one of 74,660,281 now.

Every filing we read20 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-22	121,117,552	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-03-19	116,466,611	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-03-15	114,700,871	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-02-16	102,969,137	10-K	cover page
2010	2011-02-16	104,046,459	10-K	cover page
2011	2012-02-16	103,752,090	10-K	cover page
2012	2013-02-19	104,428,704	10-K	cover page
2013	2014-02-18	104,735,483	10-K	cover page
2014	2015-02-17	104,804,024	10-K	cover page
2015	2016-02-15	103,860,327	10-K	cover page
2016	2017-02-16	101,706,183	10-K	cover page
2017	2018-02-16	100,993,808	10-K	cover page
2018	2019-02-15	100,801,549	10-K	cover page
2019	2020-02-14	101,126,928	10-K	cover page
2020	2021-02-19	99,060,443	10-K	cover page
2021	2022-02-18	92,015,568	10-K	cover page
2022	2023-02-17	89,284,935	10-K	cover page
2023	2024-02-16	84,445,590	10-K	cover page
2024	2025-02-21	81,311,971	10-K	cover page
2025	2026-02-20	75,974,666	10-K	cover page

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

Federated Hermes buybacks, answered

Is Federated Hermes buying back its stock?

Yes. Federated Hermes has 3.7% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 74,660,281 as of July 24, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 22.9%.

How many shares has Federated Hermes bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Federated Hermes has 46.5 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 38.4% of the company.

How many shares does Federated Hermes have outstanding?

74,660,281 shares, as of July 24, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 121,117,552.

What do Federated Hermes' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Federated Hermes stock in 1999 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 Federated Hermes compare with other cannibal stocks?

Federated Hermes ranks No. 52 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Carlisle Companies (38.9%), Radian Group (38.8%), Innoviva (38.1%), Jefferies (37.4%).

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

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