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Medpace

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Medpace has retired 31.5% of its shares since 2016, from 40,728,022 to 27,911,655.

31.5%retired since 2016
22.3%last 5 years
0.9%last 12 months
28Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2016 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 202341M shares, 201628M201620182020202220242026
2016, 40,728,0222026-07-17, 27,911,655
A share bought in 2016
1.5× more of Medpace today, without buying another share. It was one of 40,728,022 shares then. It is one of 27,911,655 now.
Every filing we read10 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20162017-02-2440,728,02210-K
20172018-02-2335,484,92410-K
20182019-02-2235,688,78410-K
20192020-02-2136,092,49710-K
20202021-02-1235,734,29110-K
20212022-02-1135,228,72210-K
20222023-02-1031,050,16010-K
20232024-02-0930,759,28110-K
20242025-02-0730,466,80610-K
20252026-02-0628,381,28310-K

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

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Medpace buybacks, answered

Is Medpace buying back its stock?

Yes. Medpace has 0.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 27,911,655 as of July 17, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 22.3%.

How many shares has Medpace bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Medpace has 12.8 million fewer shares than at its 2016 peak. That is 31.5% of the company.

How many shares does Medpace have outstanding?

27,911,655 shares, as of July 17, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2016 peak it had 40,728,022.

What do Medpace's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Medpace stock in 2016 owns 1.5 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 Medpace compare with other cannibal stocks?

Medpace ranks No. 165 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Alpha Metallurgical (31.6%), Willis Towers Watson (31.5%), Vistra (31.2%), Corebridge Financial (31.2%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Terry SmithFundsmith52,372 shares, $27.7M, Q2 2026
Francois RochonGiverny Capital253,931 shares, $134.5M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

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

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