KLA
KLACKLA has retired 34.6% of its shares since 2006, from 1,997,259,570 to 1,306,546,783.
34.6%retired since 2006
13.8%last 5 years
0.6%last 12 months
1.3Bshares today
KLA has retired 34.6% of its shares since 2006, from 1,997,259,570 to 1,306,546,783.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-09-20 | 1,791,127,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-09-20 | 1,874,363,760 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2001-09-14 | 1,881,750,830 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2002-09-16 | 1,891,137,800 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2003-09-10 | 1,939,032,310 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2004-08-19 | 1,963,659,070 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2005-08-29 | 1,975,858,230 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2006-12-31 | 1,997,259,570 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2007-07-31 | 1,931,537,110 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2008-07-22 | 1,732,228,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-07-23 | 1,706,680,730 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2010-06-30 | 1,680,430,000 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-07-21 | 1,670,002,170 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-07-19 | 1,665,163,160 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-07-18 | 1,657,319,110 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-07-17 | 1,653,681,520 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-07-17 | 1,575,308,780 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-07-15 | 1,559,950,030 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-07-14 | 1,568,404,200 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-07-13 | 1,561,265,080 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-07-19 | 1,592,559,500 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-07-20 | 1,554,614,440 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-07-19 | 1,527,371,570 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-07-18 | 1,418,037,760 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-07-17 | 1,367,200,740 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-07-22 | 1,344,250,220 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-07-21 | 1,319,613,700 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-08-03 | 1,306,546,783 | 10-K | cover page |
Source: all 10-K filings of KLA on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. KLA has 0.6% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 1,306,546,783 as of August 3, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 13.8%.
Net of every new share it issued, KLA has 690.7 million fewer shares than at its 2006 peak. That is 34.6% of the company.
1,306,546,783 shares, as of August 3, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-K. At the 2006 peak it had 1,997,259,570.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held KLA stock in 2006 owns 1.5 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
KLA ranks No. 148 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Johnson Controls International (35.3%), Caterpillar (35.0%), Nucor (34.3%), Reliance (34.2%).
Every answer is computed from KLA's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-K on EDGAR.
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