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IQVIA has retired 21.0% of its shares since 2017, from 208,251,468 to 164,600,000.

21.0%retired since 2017
13.8%last 5 years
3.3%last 12 months
165Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2017 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
208M shares, 2017165M20182020202220242026
2017, 208,251,4682026-07-21, 164,600,000
A share bought in 2017
1.3× more of IQVIA today, without buying another share. It was one of 208,251,468 shares then. It is one of 164,600,000 now.
Every filing we read9 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20172018-02-12208,251,46810-K
20182019-02-12197,599,86110-K
20192020-02-07192,339,09310-K
20202021-02-01191,281,28610-K
20212022-02-07190,485,26410-K
20222023-02-06185,722,62110-K
20232024-02-05181,500,00010-K
20242025-02-05176,100,00010-K
20252026-02-06169,700,00010-K

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

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IQVIA buybacks, answered

Is IQVIA buying back its stock?

Yes. IQVIA has 3.3% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 164,600,000 as of July 21, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 13.8%.

How many shares has IQVIA bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, IQVIA has 43.7 million fewer shares than at its 2017 peak. That is 21.0% of the company.

How many shares does IQVIA have outstanding?

164,600,000 shares, as of July 21, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2017 peak it had 208,251,468.

What do IQVIA's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held IQVIA stock in 2017 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 IQVIA compare with other cannibal stocks?

IQVIA ranks No. 213 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Bright Horizons Family Solutions (21.1%), Rave Restaurant Group (21.1%), Johnson & Johnson (20.9%), Morgan Stanley (20.6%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Bill NygrenHarris Associates12,183,830 shares, $2.4B, Q2 2026
Tom GaynerMarkel Group46,900 shares, $9.1M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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