Kforce

Name: Kforce (KFRC) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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KFRC

Kforce has retired 59.5% of its shares since 1999, from 44,195,845 to 17,909,000.

59.5%retired since 1999

16.4%last 5 years

1.3%last 12 months

18Mshares today

At $51.01 a share, a market value of $913.5M. P/E 25.0, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 44,195,8452026-07-22, 17,909,000

Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.

A share bought in 1999

2.5× more of Kforce today, without buying another share. It was one of 44,195,845 shares then. It is one of 17,909,000 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-20	44,195,845	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-03-23	32,529,640	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-03-27	31,818,848	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-03-27	30,588,130	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-03-10	30,656,588	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-03-14	39,665,570	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-03-02	39,246,775	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-03-02	41,008,298	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-26	40,080,386	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-03-06	38,203,442	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-03-03	39,332,247	10-K	cover page
2010	2010-12-31	39,480,000	10-K	fiscal-year average
2011	2012-03-06	38,140,274	10-K
2012	2013-02-18	34,865,296	10-K
2013	2014-02-24	33,888,957	10-K
2014	2015-02-24	29,515,188	10-K
2015	2016-02-23	28,356,369	10-K
2016	2017-02-22	26,744,518	10-K
2017	2018-02-21	26,213,133	10-K
2018	2019-02-20	25,848,178	10-K
2019	2020-02-19	22,712,952	10-K
2020	2020-12-31	22,087,029	10-K
2021	2022-02-23	21,371,829	10-K
2022	2023-02-22	20,321,574	10-K
2023	2024-02-20	19,518,000	10-K
2024	2025-02-14	19,111,000	10-K
2025	2026-02-13	18,278,000	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2010 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$830Mspent on buybacks

21Mfewer shares outstanding

5.6%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $51.01.

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Kforce buybacks, answered

Is Kforce buying back its stock?

Yes. Kforce has 1.3% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 17,909,000 as of July 22, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 16.4%.

How many shares has Kforce bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Kforce has 26.3 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 59.5% of the company.

How many shares does Kforce have outstanding?

17,909,000 shares, as of July 22, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 44,195,845.

What do Kforce's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Kforce stock in 1999 owns 2.5 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 Kforce compare with other cannibal stocks?

Kforce ranks No. 42 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Murphy USA (60.7%), Masco (59.6%), Alpha Pro Tech (59.4%), Wendy's (59.4%).

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