Minerals Technologies has retired 24.8% of its shares since 1999, from 41,371,188 to 31,128,762.
At $62.99 a share, a market value of $2.0B. FCF yield 6.1%, P/E n/m, trailing twelve months to July 2026.
Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-03-03 | 41,371,188 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-03-02 | 39,435,190 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-03-01 | 40,297,616 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-02-21 | 40,170,532 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-05 | 40,984,298 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-11 | 41,047,666 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-10 | 39,903,460 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-05 | 37,987,354 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-05 | 38,194,914 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-06 | 37,385,114 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 37,448,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2010 | 2011-02-04 | 36,526,384 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-10 | 35,459,668 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-08 | 35,071,669 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-10 | 34,429,055 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-04 | 34,702,345 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-05 | 34,865,006 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-03 | 35,037,439 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-07 | 35,434,555 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-04 | 35,230,318 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-05 | 34,473,835 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-03 | 33,847,751 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-04 | 33,142,654 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-03 | 32,540,148 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-05 | 32,362,702 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-05 | 31,897,554 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-06 | 31,048,585 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Minerals Technologies on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Read the full storyCash 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 $62.99.
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Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 31,128,762 as of July 22, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 6.5%.
Net of every new share it issued, Minerals Technologies has 10.2 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 24.8% of the company.
31,128,762 shares, as of July 22, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 41,371,188.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Minerals Technologies stock in 1999 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.
Minerals Technologies ranks No. 330 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Morningstar (25.2%), Werner Enterprises (24.9%), Hexcel (24.6%), Yext (24.6%).
Every answer is computed from Minerals Technologies' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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