Group 1 Automotive
GPIGroup 1 Automotive has retired 51.3% of its shares since 2009, from 24,497,257 to 11,922,225.
51.3%retired since 2009
34.1%last 5 years
5.6%last 12 months
12Mshares today
Group 1 Automotive has retired 51.3% of its shares since 2009, from 24,497,257 to 11,922,225.
Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-03-21 | 22,369,129 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-02-28 | 19,681,065 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-02-28 | 22,800,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-02-28 | 22,400,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-03-01 | 22,600,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-28 | 23,499,805 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-01-31 | 24,041,433 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-23 | 24,264,600 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2007-02-26 | 23,111,827 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-24 | 23,991,099 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-02-09 | 24,497,257 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2010-12-31 | 22,767,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2011 | 2012-02-06 | 22,712,734 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-14 | 22,730,588 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-25 | 24,244,452 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-20 | 24,243,510 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-12 | 23,420,863 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-10 | 21,383,593 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-12 | 20,911,543 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-01 | 18,340,482 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-10 | 18,374,353 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-12 | 18,095,702 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-18 | 17,040,503 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-10 | 14,207,379 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-05 | 13,685,854 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-07 | 13,244,315 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-06 | 11,925,199 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Group 1 Automotive on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Group 1 Automotive has 5.6% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 11,922,225 as of July 24, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 34.1%.
Net of every new share it issued, Group 1 Automotive has 12.6 million fewer shares than at its 2009 peak. That is 51.3% of the company.
11,922,225 shares, as of July 24, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2009 peak it had 24,497,257.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Group 1 Automotive stock in 2009 owns 2.1 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Group 1 Automotive ranks No. 37 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Louisiana-Pacific (51.8%), PulteGroup (51.5%), Flexsteel (48.3%), Toll Brothers (48.0%).
Every answer is computed from Group 1 Automotive's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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