Labcorp
LHLabcorp has retired 45.7% of its shares since 2004, from 149,270,059 to 81,100,000.
45.7%retired since 2004
15.3%last 5 years
2.2%last 12 months
81Mshares today
Labcorp has retired 45.7% of its shares since 2004, from 149,270,059 to 81,100,000.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2002-02-28 | 141,659,044 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-02-28 | 147,691,417 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2004-02-28 | 149,270,059 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2005-02-21 | 135,045,777 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-21 | 122,400,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2008-12-31 | 108,200,000 | 10-K | |
| 2009 | 2010-02-17 | 104,700,000 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-18 | 100,000,000 | 10-K/A | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-17 | 97,200,000 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-20 | 93,100,000 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-20 | 85,300,000 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-20 | 100,300,000 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-23 | 101,700,000 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-22 | 102,300,000 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-22 | 101,900,000 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-26 | 98,600,000 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-26 | 97,300,000 | 10-K/A | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-24 | 97,600,000 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-24 | 93,400,000 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-27 | 88,500,000 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-23 | 84,100,000 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-24 | 83,700,000 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-23 | 82,400,000 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Labcorp on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Labcorp has 2.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 81,100,000 as of August 4, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 15.3%.
Net of every new share it issued, Labcorp has 68.2 million fewer shares than at its 2004 peak. That is 45.7% of the company.
81,100,000 shares, as of August 4, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2004 peak it had 149,270,059.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Labcorp stock in 2004 owns 1.8 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Labcorp ranks No. 83 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Moody's (46.2%), RCM Technologies (46.0%), Deere & (45.6%), General Motors (45.5%).
Every answer is computed from Labcorp's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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