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Olin

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Olin has retired 31.8% of its shares since 2017, from 167,165,736 to 113,982,490.

31.8%retired since 2017
28.5%last 5 years
0.1%last 12 months
114Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2016 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2022167M shares, 2017114M201620182020202220242026
2016, 165,430,3302026-06-30, 113,982,490
A share bought in 2016
1.5× more of Olin today, without buying another share. It was one of 165,430,330 shares then. It is one of 113,982,490 now.
Every filing we read10 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20162017-01-31165,430,33010-K
20172018-01-31167,165,73610-K
20182019-01-31164,877,48810-K
20192020-01-31157,722,25410-K
20202021-01-31158,368,17610-K
20212022-01-31156,083,82910-K
20222023-01-31131,616,64210-K
20232024-01-31120,200,96410-K
20242025-01-31115,423,86010-K
20252026-01-31113,636,79910-K

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

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Olin buybacks, answered

Is Olin buying back its stock?

Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 113,982,490 as of June 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 28.5%.

How many shares has Olin bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Olin has 53.2 million fewer shares than at its 2017 peak. That is 31.8% of the company.

How many shares does Olin have outstanding?

113,982,490 shares, as of June 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2017 peak it had 167,165,736.

What do Olin's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Olin stock in 2017 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 Olin compare with other cannibal stocks?

Olin ranks No. 161 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Brunswick (33.1%), C. H. Robinson Worldwide (32.6%), Microsoft (31.7%), Alpha Metallurgical (31.6%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Richard PzenaPzena Investment Management3,890,204 shares, $77.1M, Q2 2026
Donald YacktmanYacktman Asset Management4,209,403 shares, $83.4M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

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

The story

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