GATX (GATX) Stock Buybacks: 33.4% of Shares Retired Since 2006

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

1999, 48,199,0742026-06-30, 35,300,000

A share bought in 1999

1.4× more of GATX today, without buying another share. It was one of 48,199,074 shares then. It is one of 35,300,000 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-10	48,199,074	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-03-23	48,439,284	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-03-08	48,787,524	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-03-07	49,068,457	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-03-05	49,258,969	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-02-28	49,654,494	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-15	50,766,470	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-01-31	53,031,184	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-01-31	47,900,000	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-01-31	48,700,000	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-12-31	46,101,570	10-K
2010	2011-01-31	46,400,000	10-K
2011	2012-01-31	46,700,000	10-K/A
2012	2013-01-31	47,000,000	10-K/A
2013	2014-01-31	46,000,000	10-K
2014	2015-01-31	44,300,000	10-K
2015	2016-01-31	42,100,000	10-K
2016	2017-01-31	39,442,893	10-K
2017	2018-01-31	38,011,400	10-K
2018	2019-01-31	36,621,649	10-K
2019	2020-01-31	34,900,000	10-K/A
2020	2021-01-31	35,100,000	10-K/A
2021	2022-01-31	35,400,000	10-K/A
2022	2023-01-31	35,300,000	10-K
2023	2024-01-31	35,500,000	10-K
2024	2025-01-31	35,600,000	10-K
2025	2026-01-31	35,500,000	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2008 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$1.1Bspent on buybacks

12Mfewer shares outstanding

$67average price paid per share bought back

1.1%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $165.51.

GATX buybacks, answered

Is GATX buying back its stock?

Yes. GATX has 1.1% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 35,300,000 as of June 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 0.6%.

How many shares has GATX bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, GATX has 17.7 million fewer shares than at its 2006 peak. That is 33.4% of the company. Since fiscal 2008 alone it bought back about 16.2 million shares, while the count fell by 13.4 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does GATX have outstanding?

35,300,000 shares, as of June 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2006 peak it had 53,031,184.

What do GATX's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held GATX stock in 2006 owns 1.5 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 GATX compare with other cannibal stocks?

GATX ranks No. 236 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Mastercard (33.6%), Ulta Beauty (33.5%), Avery Dennison (33.4%), Gilead Sciences (33.3%).

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

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