Corning
GLWCorning has retired 45.3% of its shares since 2007, from 1,574,635,950 to 861,388,331.
45.3%retired since 2007
-0.9%last 5 years
-0.5%last 12 months
861Mshares today
Corning has retired 45.3% of its shares since 2007, from 1,574,635,950 to 861,388,331.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-02-02 | 827,444,718 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-02-07 | 928,087,136 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-02-07 | 944,919,754 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-02-05 | 1,198,688,205 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-04 | 1,347,878,949 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-10 | 1,409,786,061 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-01-31 | 1,545,982,974 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-07 | 1,569,697,474 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-01-31 | 1,574,635,950 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-01-30 | 1,555,025,555 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-01-29 | 1,558,884,218 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-01-31 | 1,565,707,084 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-01-31 | 1,518,270,483 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-01-31 | 1,472,398,789 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-01-31 | 1,392,124,762 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-30 | 1,271,340,532 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-01-31 | 1,112,837,205 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-01-31 | 928,093,508 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-01-31 | 857,453,098 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-31 | 786,761,073 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-10 | 763,628,266 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-01-31 | 768,367,889 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-01-31 | 845,849,498 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-01-31 | 846,563,422 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-01-31 | 853,474,317 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-01-31 | 856,564,001 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-01-30 | 857,948,109 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Corning 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 861,388,331 as of July 24, 2026. Over five years the share count is up 0.9%.
Net of every new share it issued, Corning has 713.2 million fewer shares than at its 2007 peak. That is 45.3% of the company.
861,388,331 shares, as of July 24, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2007 peak it had 1,574,635,950.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Corning stock in 2007 owns 1.8 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Corning ranks No. 88 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: BNY (45.4%), State Street (45.3%), Dollar Tree (45.3%), Union Pacific (45.1%).
Every answer is computed from Corning's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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