Henry Schein (HSIC) Stock Buybacks: 39.4% of Shares Retired Since 2010

Name: Henry Schein (HSIC) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 163,168,1242026-07-27, 111,446,542

A share bought in 1999

1.5× more of Henry Schein today, without buying another share. It was one of 163,168,124 shares then. It is one of 111,446,542 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-20	163,168,124	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-03-23	168,865,020	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-03-15	171,670,432	10-K	cover page
2002	2002-06-28	175,093,804	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-03-02	174,571,628	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-03-01	173,181,508	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-27	174,662,456	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-16	175,908,256	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-15	179,257,400	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-13	178,717,198	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-12-26	181,261,778	10-K
2010	2011-02-11	183,794,208	10-K
2011	2012-02-06	179,550,818	10-K
2012	2013-02-04	175,146,644	10-K
2013	2014-02-03	170,880,054	10-K
2014	2015-02-02	167,603,720	10-K
2015	2016-02-05	163,884,160	10-K
2016	2017-02-16	158,393,394	10-K
2017	2018-02-15	153,694,200	10-K
2018	2019-02-12	151,403,703	10-K
2019	2020-02-14	143,390,505	10-K
2020	2021-02-08	142,464,090	10-K
2021	2022-02-07	137,172,800	10-K
2022	2023-02-07	131,283,515	10-K
2023	2024-02-20	128,505,719	10-K
2024	2025-02-18	124,176,781	10-K
2025	2026-02-17	114,704,121	10-K

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

Henry Schein buybacks, answered

Is Henry Schein buying back its stock?

Yes. Henry Schein has 5.3% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 111,446,542 as of July 27, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 19.6%.

How many shares has Henry Schein bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Henry Schein has 72.3 million fewer shares than at its 2010 peak. That is 39.4% of the company.

How many shares does Henry Schein have outstanding?

111,446,542 shares, as of July 27, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2010 peak it had 183,794,208.

What do Henry Schein's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Henry Schein stock in 2010 owns 1.6 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 Henry Schein compare with other cannibal stocks?

Henry Schein ranks No. 120 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Garrett Motion (39.8%), MSCI (39.8%), The Hartford (39.3%), Southwest Airlines (39.2%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Richard PzenaPzena Investment Management860,733 shares, $71.9M, Q2 2026

David EinhornDME Capital Management718,550 shares, $60.0M, Q2 2026

Mason HawkinsSoutheastern Asset Management17,038 shares, $1.4M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

DANIEL WILLIAM KDirector2026-05-11, 10,000 shares at $69.19 $692K total

The story

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