Huntsman (HUN) Stock Buybacks: 28.4% of Shares Retired Since 2014

Name: Huntsman (HUN) shares outstanding since 2004, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 2004 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2004, 204,354,0582026-07-22, 175,378,616

A share bought in 2004

1.2× more of Huntsman today, without buying another share. It was one of 204,354,058 shares then. It is one of 175,378,616 now.

Every filing we read22 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2004	2005-03-04	204,354,058	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-03-10	221,578,834	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-19	221,572,172	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-21	234,053,329	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-13	234,430,334	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-12-31	234,081,490	10-K
2010	2011-02-07	239,699,365	10-K
2011	2012-02-03	237,872,407	10-K
2012	2013-02-01	239,851,526	10-K
2013	2014-02-03	241,883,592	10-K
2014	2015-02-09	245,046,948	10-K
2015	2016-02-08	236,876,318	10-K
2016	2017-02-08	238,505,192	10-K
2017	2018-02-08	241,718,674	10-K
2018	2019-01-31	233,379,080	10-K
2019	2020-01-31	225,098,027	10-K
2020	2021-02-01	221,000,456	10-K
2021	2022-01-31	214,373,369	10-K
2022	2023-02-07	183,774,330	10-K
2023	2024-02-07	172,279,907	10-K
2024	2025-02-04	172,983,843	10-K
2025	2026-02-04	174,009,349	10-K

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

Huntsman buybacks, answered

Is Huntsman buying back its stock?

Not on a net basis. Huntsman has 0.9% more shares outstanding than twelve months ago. Whatever it bought back did not cover the new shares it issued. Over five years the share count is down 19.6%.

How many shares has Huntsman bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Huntsman has 69.7 million fewer shares than at its 2014 peak. That is 28.4% of the company.

How many shares does Huntsman have outstanding?

175,378,616 shares, as of July 22, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2014 peak it had 245,046,948.

What do Huntsman's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Huntsman stock in 2014 owns 1.4 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 Huntsman compare with other cannibal stocks?

Huntsman ranks No. 290 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Armstrong World Industries (28.4%), Autoliv (28.4%), Mondelez International (28.2%), Donnelley Financial Solutions (28.2%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

Huntsman Peter RDirector; Chairman, President & CEO2026-08-03, 100,000 shares at $9.81 $981K total

Lister Philip M.Exec VP & CFO2025-11-10, 29,762 shares at $8.15 $243K total

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