Genuine Parts (GPC) Stock Buybacks: 22.0% of Shares Retired Since 1999

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

1999, 176,801,2922026-07-17, 137,859,758

A share bought in 1999

1.3× more of Genuine Parts today, without buying another share. It was one of 176,801,292 shares then. It is one of 137,859,758 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-02-10	176,801,292	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-02-08	171,987,550	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-02-07	173,820,966	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-03-04	174,025,755	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-02-12	174,277,466	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-02-11	174,717,403	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-10	172,916,394	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-16	170,490,987	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-15	165,305,021	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-12-31	159,442,508	10-K
2009	2010-02-11	158,703,873	10-K
2010	2011-02-10	157,656,559	10-K
2011	2012-02-16	155,772,475	10-K
2012	2013-02-14	154,868,013	10-K
2013	2013-12-31	153,773,098	10-K
2014	2015-02-17	152,699,446	10-K
2015	2016-02-16	149,515,598	10-K
2016	2017-02-14	148,378,606	10-K
2017	2018-02-13	146,734,604	10-K
2018	2019-02-13	145,943,765	10-K
2019	2020-02-18	145,381,623	10-K
2020	2021-02-15	144,404,012	10-K
2021	2022-02-14	141,963,257	10-K
2022	2023-02-20	140,807,089	10-K
2023	2024-02-19	139,423,152	10-K
2024	2025-02-18	138,782,030	10-K
2025	2026-02-17	137,622,108	10-K

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

Genuine Parts buybacks, answered

Is Genuine Parts buying back its stock?

Yes. Genuine Parts has 0.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 137,859,758 as of July 17, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 3.2%.

How many shares has Genuine Parts bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Genuine Parts has 38.9 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 22.0% of the company.

How many shares does Genuine Parts have outstanding?

137,859,758 shares, as of July 17, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 176,801,292.

What do Genuine Parts' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Genuine Parts stock in 1999 owns 1.3 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 Genuine Parts compare with other cannibal stocks?

Genuine Parts ranks No. 208 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Skyworks Solutions (22.6%), Jackson Financial (22.5%), Upbound Group (21.8%), Ipg Photonics (21.3%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Bill NygrenHarris Associates3,653,725 shares, $431.1M, Q2 2026

Richard PzenaPzena Investment Management591,970 shares, $69.8M, Q2 2026

Jensen InvestmentJensen Investment Management2,674 shares, $315K, Q2 2026

Harry BurnSound Shore Management579,343 shares, $68.4M, Q2 2026

Seth KlarmanBaupost Group2,816,178 shares, $332K, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

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