Graham Holdings
GHCGraham Holdings has retired 58.1% of its shares since 1999, from 10,099,227 to 4,234,928.
58.1%retired since 1999
14.5%last 5 years
2.2%last 12 months
4.2Mshares today
Graham Holdings has retired 58.1% of its shares since 1999, from 10,099,227 to 4,234,928.
Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-02-26 | 10,099,227 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-02-28 | 9,460,870 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-02-28 | 9,500,503 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-02-28 | 9,526,650 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-27 | 9,555,024 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-21 | 9,602,131 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-23 | 9,545,453 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-22 | 9,516,541 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-20 | 9,399,847 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2010-02-25 | 9,252,779 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2011 | 2011-12-31 | 7,826,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2012 | 2012-12-31 | 7,360,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2013 | 2013-12-31 | 7,238,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2014 | 2014-12-31 | 6,470,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2015 | 2015-12-31 | 5,727,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2016 | 2016-12-31 | 5,559,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2017 | 2017-12-31 | 5,516,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2018 | 2018-12-31 | 5,333,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2019 | 2019-12-31 | 5,285,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2020 | 2020-12-31 | 5,124,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2021 | 2021-12-31 | 4,951,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2022 | 2022-12-31 | 4,823,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2023 | 2023-12-31 | 4,639,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2024 | 2024-12-31 | 4,372,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2025 | 2025-12-31 | 4,331,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
Source: all 10-K filings of Graham Holdings on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Graham Holdings has 2.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 4,234,928 as of July 24, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 14.5%.
Net of every new share it issued, Graham Holdings has 5.9 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 58.1% of the company.
4,234,928 shares, as of July 24, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 10,099,227.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Graham Holdings stock in 1999 owns 2.4 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Graham Holdings ranks No. 34 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Western Union (58.4%), Marathon Petroleum (58.3%), CF Industries (57.5%), Home Depot (57.5%).
Every answer is computed from Graham Holdings' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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