Pitney Bowes

Name: Pitney Bowes (PBI) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

PBI

Pitney Bowes has retired 47.7% of its shares since 1999, from 262,192,195 to 137,090,212.

47.7%retired since 1999

22.1%last 5 years

14.8%last 12 months

137Mshares today

At $17.04 a share, a market value of $2.3B. FCF yield 17.8%, P/E 12.5, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 262,192,1952026-07-21, 137,090,212

A share bought in 1999

1.9× more of Pitney Bowes today, without buying another share. It was one of 262,192,195 shares then. It is one of 137,090,212 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-10	262,192,195	10-K405	cover page
2000	2001-03-16	247,562,695	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-02-28	241,924,200	10-K405	cover page
2002	2003-02-28	234,522,527	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-02-20	232,536,114	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-02-18	230,838,230	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-10	226,982,727	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-26	220,296,320	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-12-31	214,514,959	10-K
2008	2008-12-31	206,181,193	10-K
2009	2009-12-31	207,450,919	10-K
2010	2011-02-15	199,787,708	10-K
2011	2011-12-31	199,751,070	10-K
2012	2013-02-14	201,346,302	10-K
2013	2014-02-14	202,535,480	10-K
2014	2015-02-12	201,622,001	10-K
2015	2016-02-18	191,560,676	10-K
2016	2017-02-17	186,399,332	10-K
2017	2018-01-31	186,779,761	10-K
2018	2019-01-31	188,243,432	10-K
2019	2020-01-31	171,147,940	10-K
2020	2021-01-29	173,274,463	10-K
2021	2022-01-31	174,855,086	10-K
2022	2023-01-31	174,184,551	10-K
2023	2024-01-31	176,528,703	10-K
2024	2025-01-31	182,786,974	10-K
2025	2026-01-31	149,942,698	10-K/A

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2007 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$1.8Bspent on buybacks

70Mfewer shares outstanding

16.2%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

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 $17.04.

Pitney Bowes buybacks, answered

Is Pitney Bowes buying back its stock?

Yes. Pitney Bowes has 14.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 137,090,212 as of July 21, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 22.1%.

How many shares has Pitney Bowes bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Pitney Bowes has 125.1 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 47.7% of the company.

How many shares does Pitney Bowes have outstanding?

137,090,212 shares, as of July 21, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 262,192,195.

What do Pitney Bowes' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Pitney Bowes stock in 1999 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.

How does Pitney Bowes compare with other cannibal stocks?

Pitney Bowes ranks No. 105 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Teradata (48.2%), Toll Brothers (48.0%), Equitable (47.6%), McDonald's (47.6%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

Rosenthal Brent DDirector2026-03-13, 4,000 shares at $10.22 $41K total

Brimm Peter CDirector2026-02-27, 4,000 shares at $10.79 $43K total

Rosenthal Brent DDirector2025-11-25, 2,000 shares at $10.00 $20K total

Brimm Peter CDirector2025-10-31, 12,500 shares at $10.16 $127K total