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Northrop Grumman

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Northrop Grumman has retired 40.1% of its shares since 2012, from 237,126,501 to 142,063,026.

40.1%retired since 2012
10.4%last 5 years
0.5%last 12 months
142Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2012 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2015237M shares, 2012142M201520202025
2012, 237,126,5012026-07-16, 142,063,026
A share bought in 2012
1.7× more of Northrop Grumman today, without buying another share. It was one of 237,126,501 shares then. It is one of 142,063,026 now.
Every filing we read14 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20122013-01-31237,126,50110-K
20132014-01-30216,737,24810-K
20142015-01-29198,405,79910-K
20152016-01-28180,943,22010-K
20162017-01-26174,599,40610-K
20172018-01-25174,087,58510-K
20182019-01-28169,737,50710-K
20192020-01-27167,637,13010-K
20202021-01-25166,718,38410-K
20212022-01-24156,101,93410-K
20222023-01-23153,053,37110-K
20232024-01-22150,035,70510-K
20242025-01-27144,755,65910-K
20252026-01-22141,921,62110-K

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

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Northrop Grumman buybacks, answered

Is Northrop Grumman buying back its stock?

Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 142,063,026 as of July 16, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 10.4%.

How many shares has Northrop Grumman bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Northrop Grumman has 95.1 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 40.1% of the company. Since fiscal 2013 alone it bought back about 111.0 million shares, while the count fell by 74.7 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Northrop Grumman have outstanding?

142,063,026 shares, as of July 16, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 237,126,501.

What do Northrop Grumman's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Northrop Grumman stock in 2012 owns 1.7 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 Northrop Grumman compare with other cannibal stocks?

Northrop Grumman ranks No. 116 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Walmart (40.8%), Build-A-Bear Workshop (40.4%), Owens Corning (40.0%), Garrett Motion (39.8%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Donald YacktmanYacktman Asset Management197,521 shares, $100.6M, 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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