Pfizer
PFEPfizer has retired 29.4% of its shares since 2009, from 8,070,372,772 to 5,699,673,589.
29.4%retired since 2009
-1.5%last 5 years
-0.2%last 12 months
5.7Bshares today
Pfizer has retired 29.4% of its shares since 2009, from 8,070,372,772 to 5,699,673,589.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2002-03-06 | 6,265,230,721 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-03-10 | 6,158,347,682 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-27 | 7,625,056,017 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-22 | 7,458,873,726 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-21 | 7,357,943,810 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-20 | 7,086,916,026 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-15 | 6,760,988,882 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-13 | 6,745,269,668 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-02-18 | 8,070,372,772 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-22 | 7,995,220,402 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-21 | 7,538,520,276 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-21 | 7,189,061,853 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-21 | 6,382,925,343 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-20 | 6,128,855,392 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-25 | 6,184,139,991 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-21 | 5,951,872,174 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-20 | 5,952,864,751 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-26 | 5,551,804,790 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-25 | 5,547,639,005 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-23 | 5,577,629,491 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-22 | 5,623,346,471 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-21 | 5,619,074,621 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-15 | 5,646,778,425 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-20 | 5,667,340,414 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-19 | 5,686,267,431 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Pfizer on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 5,699,673,589 as of July 29, 2026. Over five years the share count is up 1.5%.
Net of every new share it issued, Pfizer has 2.37 billion fewer shares than at its 2009 peak. That is 29.4% of the company.
5,699,673,589 shares, as of July 29, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2009 peak it had 8,070,372,772.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Pfizer stock in 2009 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.
Pfizer ranks No. 176 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: NCR Voyix (29.6%), Humana (29.5%), Academy Sports (29.3%), Corpay (29.1%).
Every answer is computed from Pfizer's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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