Mattel (MAT) Stock Buybacks: 19.7% of Shares Retired Since 2022

Name: Mattel (MAT) shares outstanding since 2010, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 2010 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2010, 348,681,7412026-07-24, 285,700,000

A share bought in 2010

1.2× more of Mattel today, without buying another share. It was one of 348,681,741 shares then. It is one of 285,700,000 now.

Every filing we read16 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2010	2011-02-17	348,681,741	10-K
2011	2012-02-16	338,998,144	10-K
2012	2013-02-15	344,512,278	10-K
2013	2014-02-14	340,361,493	10-K
2014	2015-02-13	338,254,021	10-K
2015	2016-02-12	340,006,335	10-K
2016	2017-02-10	342,445,392	10-K
2017	2018-02-16	343,923,058	10-K
2018	2019-02-08	345,396,232	10-K/A
2019	2020-02-07	346,870,826	10-K/A
2020	2021-02-08	348,169,738	10-K
2021	2022-02-14	352,240,900	10-K
2022	2023-02-10	355,711,972	10-K
2023	2024-03-04	344,000,000	10-K
2024	2025-02-06	330,200,000	10-K
2025	2026-02-11	302,200,000	10-K

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

Mattel buybacks, answered

Is Mattel buying back its stock?

Yes. Mattel has 8.1% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 285,700,000 as of July 24, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 18.5%.

How many shares has Mattel bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Mattel has 70.0 million fewer shares than at its 2022 peak. That is 19.7% of the company.

How many shares does Mattel have outstanding?

285,700,000 shares, as of July 24, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2022 peak it had 355,711,972.

What do Mattel's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Mattel stock in 2022 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 Mattel compare with other cannibal stocks?

Mattel ranks No. 219 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Merck & (20.0%), Old Dominion Freight Line (19.8%), LKQ (19.6%), Monster Beverage (19.5%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

Kreiz YnonDirector; Chairman & CEO2026-02-12, 65,000 shares at $15.53 $1.0M total

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