Fossil Group (FOSL) Stock Buybacks: 16.3% of Shares Retired Since 1999

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

1999, 70,664,3322026-08-05, 59,138,052

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

A share bought in 1999

1.2× more of Fossil Group today, without buying another share. It was one of 70,664,332 shares then. It is one of 59,138,052 now.

Every filing we read26 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	1999-03-30	70,664,332	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-03-27	67,906,832	10-K	cover page
2002	2002-03-29	68,436,369	10-K	cover page
2003	2003-03-28	69,675,266	10-K	cover page
2004	2004-03-15	70,151,037	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-03-06	67,721,546	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-07-26	68,241,027	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-02-25	68,855,671	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-02-27	66,545,890	10-K	cover page
2010	2011-02-25	67,923,151	10-K
2011	2012-02-23	61,788,744	10-K
2012	2013-02-21	59,343,769	10-K
2013	2014-02-20	54,012,283	10-K
2014	2015-02-16	50,379,206	10-K
2015	2016-02-23	48,128,240	10-K
2016	2017-02-20	48,270,134	10-K
2017	2018-02-20	48,645,361	10-K
2018	2019-02-14	49,607,772	10-K
2019	2020-02-12	50,574,345	10-K
2020	2021-03-05	51,525,632	10-K/A
2021	2022-03-04	52,145,738	10-K
2022	2023-03-03	51,841,146	10-K
2023	2024-03-01	52,491,710	10-K
2024	2025-03-03	53,258,663	10-K
2025	2026-03-06	58,355,464	10-K
2026	2026-01-03	54,087,000	10-K	fiscal-year average

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

Fossil Group buybacks, answered

Is Fossil Group buying back its stock?

Not on a net basis. Fossil Group has 8.2% more shares outstanding than twelve months ago. Whatever it bought back did not cover the new shares it issued. Over five years the share count is up 13.4%.

How many shares has Fossil Group bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Fossil Group has 11.5 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 16.3% of the company.

How many shares does Fossil Group have outstanding?

59,138,052 shares, as of August 5, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 70,664,332.

What do Fossil Group's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Fossil Group stock in 1999 owns 1.2 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 Fossil Group compare with other cannibal stocks?

Fossil Group ranks No. 233 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Edwards Lifesciences (16.4%), Molina Healthcare (16.4%), Fortinet (16.3%), Element Solutions (15.4%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

Edwards Pamela JDirector2026-08-20, 7,208 shares at $5.58 $40K total

Schoppert Wendy LeeDirector2026-05-18, 24,331 shares at $4.14 $101K total

Schoppert Wendy LeeDirector2026-03-16, 21,929 shares at $4.68 $103K total

Coulter Suzanne MDirector2025-12-03, 28,170 shares at $3.62 $102K total

Greben Randy JCFO2025-11-24, 20,980 shares at $2.38 $50K total

Edwards Pamela JDirector2025-11-21, 10,000 shares at $2.37 $24K total

Tifford Gail BDirector2025-11-20, 33,000 shares at $2.40 $79K total

Schoppert Wendy LeeDirector2025-11-20, 41,322 shares at $2.47 $102K total

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