Netgear
NTGRNetgear has retired 29.3% of its shares since 2012, from 38,441,068 to 27,179,021.
29.3%retired since 2012
7.1%last 5 years
4.3%last 12 months
27Mshares today
Netgear has retired 29.3% of its shares since 2012, from 38,441,068 to 27,179,021.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2004-02-20 | 29,654,777 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-25 | 31,681,541 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-28 | 33,053,883 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-16 | 34,323,928 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-15 | 35,327,066 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-17 | 34,376,650 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-02-16 | 34,881,827 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2010-12-31 | 36,173,406 | 10-K/A | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-21 | 37,803,236 | 10-K/A | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-19 | 38,441,068 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-18 | 36,459,944 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-13 | 34,714,780 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-12 | 32,418,414 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-17 | 32,931,706 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-09 | 31,381,182 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-15 | 31,505,702 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-11 | 29,453,998 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-09 | 30,600,746 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-11 | 29,360,520 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-10 | 28,912,199 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-09 | 29,661,351 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-07 | 28,868,940 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-06 | 28,113,151 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Netgear 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 $22.05.
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Yes. Netgear has 4.3% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 27,179,021 as of July 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 7.1%.
Net of every new share it issued, Netgear has 11.3 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 29.3% of the company. Since fiscal 2013 alone it bought back about 20.0 million shares, while the count fell by 9.3 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.
27,179,021 shares, as of July 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 38,441,068.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Netgear 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.
Netgear ranks No. 276 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Pfizer (29.4%), Academy Sports (29.3%), Timken (29.2%), World Kinect (29.2%).
Every answer is computed from Netgear's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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