Flex
FLEXFlex has retired 55.8% of its shares since 2008, from 836,359,916 to 369,402,978.
55.8%retired since 2008
21.5%last 5 years
0.1%last 12 months
369Mshares today
Flex has retired 55.8% of its shares since 2008, from 836,359,916 to 369,402,978.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2008-05-19 | 836,359,916 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-03-31 | 809,633,217 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2010-05-14 | 814,611,688 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-05-13 | 757,990,826 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-05-16 | 675,246,882 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-05-16 | 625,659,713 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-05-14 | 585,456,950 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-05-14 | 563,994,126 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-05-11 | 542,802,845 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-05-10 | 529,913,600 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-06-08 | 528,282,247 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-05-13 | 514,029,702 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-05-20 | 497,611,169 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-05-14 | 490,742,161 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-05-16 | 457,642,860 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-05-12 | 444,493,546 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-05-10 | 401,640,807 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-05-15 | 373,315,616 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-05-14 | 366,377,923 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Flex on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 369,402,978 as of July 24, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 21.5%.
Net of every new share it issued, Flex has 467.0 million fewer shares than at its 2008 peak. That is 55.8% of the company.
369,402,978 shares, as of July 24, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2008 peak it had 836,359,916.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Flex stock in 2008 owns 2.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Flex ranks No. 41 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Star Group (56.7%), Signet Jewelers (56.0%), Unum Group (54.4%), Valero Energy (53.7%).
Every answer is computed from Flex's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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