LKQ
LKQLKQ has retired 19.6% of its shares since 2018, from 314,775,176 to 253,002,086.
19.6%retired since 2018
13.2%last 5 years
1.2%last 12 months
253Mshares today
LKQ has retired 19.6% of its shares since 2018, from 314,775,176 to 253,002,086.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2008-06-30 | 254,360,908 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 284,009,594 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-18 | 291,640,622 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-17 | 294,531,918 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-22 | 298,370,916 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-21 | 301,383,141 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-20 | 304,083,043 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-19 | 306,204,125 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-17 | 308,000,350 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-16 | 309,574,741 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-22 | 314,775,176 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-21 | 307,148,085 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-21 | 303,312,439 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-18 | 285,014,137 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-17 | 267,065,154 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-16 | 266,606,602 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-14 | 259,154,784 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-13 | 255,132,267 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of LKQ on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. LKQ has 1.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 253,002,086 as of July 23, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 13.2%.
Net of every new share it issued, LKQ has 61.8 million fewer shares than at its 2018 peak. That is 19.6% of the company.
253,002,086 shares, as of July 23, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2018 peak it had 314,775,176.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held LKQ 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.
LKQ ranks No. 220 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Old Dominion Freight Line (19.8%), Mattel (19.7%), Monster Beverage (19.5%), Eli Lilly (18.9%).
Every answer is computed from LKQ's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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