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