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Mondelez International

MDLZ

Mondelez International has retired 28.2% of its shares since 2012, from 1,778,287,539 to 1,276,308,057.

28.2%retired since 2012
8.5%last 5 years
1.1%last 12 months
1.3Bshares today
Shares outstanding, 2001 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 20231.8B shares, 20121.3B20052010201520202025
2001, 1,735,000,0002026-07-24, 1,276,308,057
A share bought in 2001
1.4× more of Mondelez International today, without buying another share. It was one of 1,735,000,000 shares then. It is one of 1,276,308,057 now.
Every filing we read25 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20012002-02-281,735,000,00010-Kcover page
20022003-02-281,732,354,05610-Kcover page
20032004-02-271,723,877,13810-Kcover page
20042005-02-281,706,741,98810-Kcover page
20052006-02-281,668,625,53310-Kcover page
20062007-01-311,639,862,62810-Kcover page
20072008-01-311,533,315,47810-Kcover page
20082009-01-301,469,388,33010-Kcover page
20092010-01-291,479,371,19710-K
20102011-01-311,748,927,24810-K
20112012-01-311,768,235,02110-K
20122013-01-311,778,287,53910-K
20132014-01-311,700,976,28610-K
20142015-01-311,649,480,18810-K
20152016-02-121,568,858,26410-K
20162017-02-171,526,612,16910-K
20172018-02-021,487,328,46610-K
20182019-02-011,444,169,44910-K
20192020-01-311,432,943,00610-K
20202021-01-291,412,114,55910-K
20212022-01-281,388,328,04410-K
20222023-01-311,363,306,84910-K
20232024-01-301,346,477,41110-K
20242025-01-311,293,525,16710-K
20252026-01-301,281,845,66910-K

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

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Mondelez International buybacks, answered

Is Mondelez International buying back its stock?

Yes. Mondelez International has 1.1% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 1,276,308,057 as of July 24, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 8.5%.

How many shares has Mondelez International bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Mondelez International has 502.0 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 28.2% of the company.

How many shares does Mondelez International have outstanding?

1,276,308,057 shares, as of July 24, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 1,778,287,539.

What do Mondelez International's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Mondelez International stock in 2012 owns 1.4 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 Mondelez International compare with other cannibal stocks?

Mondelez International ranks No. 185 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Armstrong World Industries (28.4%), Autoliv (28.4%), Teradyne (28.2%), Valmont Industries (28.0%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Bill NygrenHarris Associates5,520,536 shares, $319.3M, Q2 2026
Lee AinslieMaverick Capital10,411 shares, $602K, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

The story

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