KBR (KBR) Stock Buybacks: 25.7% of Shares Retired Since 2007

Name: KBR (KBR) shares outstanding since 2006, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 2006 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2006, 167,643,0002026-07-22, 126,067,755

A share bought in 2006

1.3× more of KBR today, without buying another share. It was one of 167,643,000 shares then. It is one of 126,067,755 now.

Every filing we read21 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2006	2006-02-22	167,643,000	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-21	169,736,998	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-12-31	161,725,715	10-K
2009	2009-12-31	160,363,830	10-K
2010	2010-02-19	160,466,526	10-K
2011	2011-02-11	151,258,471	10-K
2012	2012-01-31	148,026,670	10-K
2013	2013-01-31	147,615,219	10-K
2014	2014-01-31	148,152,414	10-K/A
2015	2015-01-31	144,821,140	10-K/A
2016	2016-01-29	142,177,753	10-K
2017	2017-01-31	142,878,363	10-K
2018	2018-01-31	140,268,352	10-K
2019	2019-01-31	141,010,856	10-K
2020	2020-02-10	141,938,809	10-K
2021	2021-02-10	140,843,764	10-K
2022	2022-02-10	139,500,619	10-K
2023	2023-01-31	136,571,889	10-K
2024	2024-01-26	135,071,541	10-K
2025	2025-01-30	132,441,673	10-K
2026	2026-01-30	126,466,139	10-K

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

KBR buybacks, answered

Is KBR buying back its stock?

Yes. KBR has 0.7% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 126,067,755 as of July 22, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 10.1%.

How many shares has KBR bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, KBR has 43.7 million fewer shares than at its 2007 peak. That is 25.7% of the company.

How many shares does KBR have outstanding?

126,067,755 shares, as of July 22, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2007 peak it had 169,736,998.

What do KBR's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held KBR stock in 2007 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 KBR compare with other cannibal stocks?

KBR ranks No. 319 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Bright Horizons Family Solutions (26.0%), Del Monte (25.8%), D.R. Horton (25.7%), Genworth Financial (25.5%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

MOORE JACK BDirector2026-05-20, 4,000 shares at $31.44 $126K total

Sabater Carlos A.Director2026-05-19, 14,500 shares at $32.47 $471K total

Von Thaer LewisDirector2026-05-14, 3,000 shares at $30.77 $92K total

Evans Shad E.EVP & Chief Financial Officer2026-05-13, 8,375 shares at $30.60 $256K total

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