Eli Lilly (LLY) Stock Buybacks: 18.9% of Shares Retired Since 2011

Name: Eli Lilly (LLY) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 1,092,565,5912026-08-03, 941,357,065

A share bought in 1999

1.2× more of Eli Lilly today, without buying another share. It was one of 1,092,565,591 shares then. It is one of 941,357,065 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-02-15	1,092,565,591	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-02-15	1,125,533,066	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-02-15	1,124,012,174	10-K405	cover page
2002	2003-02-18	1,122,675,834	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-02-27	1,128,884,423	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-02-15	1,132,720,819	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-15	1,129,982,580	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-15	1,134,034,234	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-15	1,136,985,018	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-13	1,149,015,882	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-02-12	1,153,145,432	10-K
2010	2011-02-15	1,157,664,779	10-K
2011	2012-02-15	1,160,406,840	10-K
2012	2013-02-15	1,134,411,762	10-K
2013	2014-02-14	1,119,713,084	10-K
2014	2015-02-13	1,111,103,942	10-K
2015	2016-02-12	1,106,093,485	10-K
2016	2017-02-13	1,103,352,450	10-K
2017	2018-02-14	1,095,597,580	10-K
2018	2019-02-13	1,035,418,562	10-K
2019	2020-02-13	956,382,203	10-K
2020	2021-02-12	958,425,693	10-K
2021	2022-02-18	952,347,126	10-K
2022	2023-02-17	950,296,118	10-K
2023	2024-02-16	950,164,452	10-K
2024	2025-02-14	948,169,999	10-K
2025	2026-02-09	943,357,420	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Eli Lilly on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

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Eli Lilly buybacks, answered

Is Eli Lilly buying back its stock?

Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 941,357,065 as of August 3, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 1.6%.

How many shares has Eli Lilly bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Eli Lilly has 219.0 million fewer shares than at its 2011 peak. That is 18.9% of the company.

How many shares does Eli Lilly have outstanding?

941,357,065 shares, as of August 3, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2011 peak it had 1,160,406,840.

What do Eli Lilly's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Eli Lilly stock in 2011 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 Eli Lilly compare with other cannibal stocks?

Eli Lilly ranks No. 222 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: LKQ (19.6%), Monster Beverage (19.5%), Dorman Products (18.7%), Ingevity (18.4%).

Every answer is computed from Eli Lilly's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.