GATX has retired 33.4% of its shares since 2006, from 53,031,184 to 35,300,000.
At $165.51 a share, a market value of $5.8B. P/E 15.9, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| 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.
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.
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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%.
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.
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.
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.
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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