Newmarket has retired 46.8% of its shares since 2006, from 17,293,860 to 9,196,406.
At $876.01 a share, a market value of $8.1B. FCF yield 5.9%, P/E 18.6, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2005-02-28 | 16,981,759 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-01-31 | 17,099,559 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-01-31 | 17,293,860 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-01-31 | 15,442,370 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-01-31 | 15,203,207 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 15,209,989 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-01-31 | 13,887,090 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-01-31 | 13,404,831 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-01-31 | 13,417,877 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-01-31 | 13,004,241 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-31 | 12,443,651 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-01-31 | 11,849,579 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-01-31 | 11,852,697 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-01-31 | 11,779,143 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-31 | 11,182,082 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-01-31 | 11,188,173 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-01-31 | 10,921,342 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-01-31 | 10,347,339 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-01-31 | 9,685,851 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-01-31 | 9,590,048 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-01-31 | 9,524,789 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-01-31 | 9,397,364 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Newmarket 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 $876.01.
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Yes. Newmarket has 2.1% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 9,196,406 as of June 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 13.5%.
Net of every new share it issued, Newmarket has 8.1 million fewer shares than at its 2006 peak. That is 46.8% of the company.
9,196,406 shares, as of June 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2006 peak it had 17,293,860.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Newmarket stock in 2006 owns 1.9 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Newmarket ranks No. 113 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Texas Instruments (47.4%), Pathward Financial (47.3%), Somnigroup International (46.6%), Marriott International (46.6%).
Every answer is computed from Newmarket's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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