General Motors has retired 45.5% of its shares since 2014, from 1,610,365,961 to 877,451,541.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2010-12-31 | 1,500,136,998 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-15 | 1,565,761,986 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-08 | 1,366,443,296 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-01-30 | 1,589,788,282 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-28 | 1,610,365,961 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-01-27 | 1,544,492,608 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-01-31 | 1,497,964,557 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-01-30 | 1,402,630,363 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-25 | 1,409,478,926 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-01-24 | 1,429,002,063 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-01-29 | 1,440,912,820 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-01-18 | 1,453,021,337 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-01-17 | 1,394,637,226 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-01-16 | 1,154,433,287 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-01-16 | 995,001,891 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-01-15 | 903,967,853 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of General Motors on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. General Motors has 5.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 877,451,541 as of July 10, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 39.6%.
Net of every new share it issued, General Motors has 732.9 million fewer shares than at its 2014 peak. That is 45.5% of the company.
877,451,541 shares, as of July 10, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2014 peak it had 1,610,365,961.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held General Motors stock in 2014 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.
General Motors ranks No. 85 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Labcorp (45.7%), Deere & (45.6%), BNY (45.4%), State Street (45.3%).
Every answer is computed from General Motors' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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