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Leidos

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Leidos has retired 17.1% of its shares since 2018, from 151,459,401 to 125,492,209.

17.1%retired since 2018
10.6%last 5 years
1.8%last 12 months
125Mshares today

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.

Shares outstanding, 2017 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
151M shares, 2018125M20182020202220242026
2017, 150,352,2512026-07-28, 125,492,209
A share bought in 2017
1.2× more of Leidos today, without buying another share. It was one of 150,352,251 shares then. It is one of 125,492,209 now.
Every filing we read10 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20172017-02-14150,352,25110-K
20182018-02-13151,459,40110-K
20192019-02-11146,160,88910-K
20202020-02-10141,402,26910-K
20212021-02-15141,894,75310-K
20222022-02-08140,505,45410-K
20232023-02-07136,937,67310-K
20242024-02-06135,779,30110-K
20252025-02-04131,167,37210-K
20262026-02-10126,392,68410-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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Leidos buybacks, answered

Is Leidos buying back its stock?

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%.

How many shares has Leidos bought back?

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.

How many shares does Leidos have outstanding?

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.

What do Leidos' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

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.

How does Leidos compare with other cannibal stocks?

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.

Superinvestors who own it

Richard PzenaPzena Investment Management247,849 shares, $25.5M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

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

The story

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