Leidos has retired 17.1% of its shares since 2018, from 151,459,401 to 125,492,209.
At $124.85 a share, a market value of $15.7B. FCF yield 13.8%, P/E 11.4, trailing twelve months to July 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2017-02-14 | 150,352,251 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-02-13 | 151,459,401 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-02-11 | 146,160,889 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-02-10 | 141,402,269 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-02-15 | 141,894,753 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-02-08 | 140,505,454 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-02-07 | 136,937,673 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-02-06 | 135,779,301 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-02-04 | 131,167,372 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-02-10 | 126,392,684 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Leidos on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Leidos has 1.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 125,492,209 as of July 28, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 10.6%.
Net of every new share it issued, Leidos has 26.0 million fewer shares than at its 2018 peak. That is 17.1% of the company.
125,492,209 shares, as of July 28, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2018 peak it had 151,459,401.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Leidos stock in 2018 owns 1.2 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Leidos ranks No. 402 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Chubb (17.2%), Whirlpool (17.2%), Kemper (17.0%), Church & Dwight (16.8%).
Every answer is computed from Leidos' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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