lululemon athletica has retired 20.1% of its shares since 2015, from 132,131,605 to 105,594,064.
At $97.10 a share, a market value of $10.3B. FCF yield 13.2%, P/E 7.2, trailing twelve months to August 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2010-01-31 | 102,252,000 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-03-14 | 107,126,234 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-03-19 | 111,054,699 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-03-18 | 112,401,614 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-03-24 | 115,411,223 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-03-23 | 132,131,605 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-03-24 | 127,494,121 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-03-23 | 127,272,795 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-03-21 | 125,679,588 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-03-21 | 123,280,140 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-03-20 | 124,115,144 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-03-24 | 125,164,616 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-03-23 | 122,710,357 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-03-22 | 122,048,680 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-03-15 | 120,892,132 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-03-21 | 115,521,231 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-03-11 | 110,482,671 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of lululemon athletica 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 $97.10.
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Yes. lululemon athletica has 5.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 105,594,064 as of August 28, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 14.9%.
Net of every new share it issued, lululemon athletica has 26.5 million fewer shares than at its 2015 peak. That is 20.1% of the company. Since fiscal 2016 alone it bought back about 29.0 million shares, while the count fell by 21.9 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.
105,594,064 shares, as of August 28, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2015 peak it had 132,131,605.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held lululemon athletica stock in 2015 owns 1.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
lululemon athletica ranks No. 373 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Pediatrix Medical Group (20.3%), Republic Services (20.3%), HomeTrust Bancshares (19.8%), Vontier (19.8%).
Every answer is computed from lululemon athletica's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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