IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX) Stock Buybacks: 44.4% of Shares Retired Since 1999

Name: IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 141,703,4362026-07-31, 78,781,116

A share bought in 1999

1.8× more of IDEXX Laboratories today, without buying another share. It was one of 141,703,436 shares then. It is one of 78,781,116 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-23	141,703,436	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-03-26	131,217,216	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-03-20	135,775,856	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-03-17	136,094,864	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-01-30	138,813,356	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-02-28	131,635,696	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-22	127,408,808	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-16	124,554,040	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-15	121,908,610	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-12	118,257,818	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-02-12	116,122,638	10-K	cover page
2010	2011-02-11	114,670,678	10-K
2011	2012-02-10	110,108,090	10-K
2012	2013-02-08	109,158,688	10-K
2013	2014-02-07	103,199,726	10-K
2014	2015-02-06	94,251,202	10-K
2015	2016-02-05	89,638,022	10-K
2016	2017-02-06	88,005,221	10-K
2017	2018-02-06	87,122,794	10-K
2018	2019-02-12	86,006,526	10-K
2019	2020-02-10	85,329,642	10-K
2020	2021-02-09	85,426,080	10-K
2021	2022-02-02	84,249,085	10-K
2022	2023-02-10	82,903,371	10-K
2023	2024-02-12	83,089,381	10-K
2024	2025-02-12	81,328,233	10-K
2025	2026-02-13	79,624,034	10-K

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

IDEXX Laboratories buybacks, answered

Is IDEXX Laboratories buying back its stock?

Yes. IDEXX Laboratories has 1.3% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 78,781,116 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 7.1%.

How many shares has IDEXX Laboratories bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, IDEXX Laboratories has 62.9 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 44.4% of the company. Since fiscal 2008 alone it bought back about 58.6 million shares, while the count fell by 39.5 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does IDEXX Laboratories have outstanding?

78,781,116 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 141,703,436.

What do IDEXX Laboratories' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held IDEXX Laboratories stock in 1999 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.

How does IDEXX Laboratories compare with other cannibal stocks?

IDEXX Laboratories ranks No. 98 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Goldman Sachs (44.7%), Apple (44.6%), PVH (44.1%), Capri (43.6%).

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