Lear
LEALear has retired 50.9% of its shares since 2011, from 100,450,454 to 49,324,764.
50.9%retired since 2011
17.3%last 5 years
4.9%last 12 months
49Mshares today
Lear has retired 50.9% of its shares since 2011, from 100,450,454 to 49,324,764.
Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2010-12-31 | 94,814,044 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2011 | 2012-02-15 | 100,450,454 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-08 | 95,704,487 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-05 | 80,764,280 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-06 | 78,027,411 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-05 | 74,467,389 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-03 | 69,431,643 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-02 | 66,920,130 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-01 | 62,515,419 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-01-31 | 60,472,179 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-08 | 60,115,014 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-07 | 59,703,016 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-06 | 59,130,153 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-05 | 57,033,998 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-12 | 53,637,383 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-10 | 50,727,454 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Lear on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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 $120.01.
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Yes. Lear has 4.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 49,324,764 as of July 28, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 17.3%.
Net of every new share it issued, Lear has 51.1 million fewer shares than at its 2011 peak. That is 50.9% of the company. Since fiscal 2012 alone it bought back about 56.0 million shares, while the count fell by 46.4 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.
49,324,764 shares, as of July 28, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2011 peak it had 100,450,454.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Lear stock in 2011 owns 2.0 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Lear ranks No. 60 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: HCA Healthcare (51.2%), Sherwin-Williams (51.2%), Target (50.2%), American Express (49.6%).
Every answer is computed from Lear's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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