PulteGroup has retired 51.5% of its shares since 2012, from 386,598,562 to 187,452,540.
The 2012 peak comes after shares issued to buy Centex in 2009. In 2008 the count was 258,583,872, so the retirement is measured from after that issuance.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-01-31 | 172,895,120 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-02-28 | 167,558,480 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-02-28 | 241,370,576 | 10-K | cover page, review share change, capital issuance |
| 2002 | 2003-02-28 | 244,636,336 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-01-31 | 250,853,288 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-28 | 257,578,724 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-28 | 257,778,034 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-21 | 256,014,973 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-20 | 257,522,674 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-23 | 258,583,872 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 380,690,487 | 10-K | review share change, capital issuance |
| 2010 | 2011-02-01 | 382,005,253 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-01 | 382,607,543 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-01 | 386,598,562 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-01 | 381,299,600 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-01 | 368,198,659 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-01 | 349,148,351 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-01-26 | 317,833,859 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-01 | 286,465,036 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-24 | 277,142,007 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-01-23 | 269,975,049 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-01-21 | 265,894,240 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-01-20 | 248,650,958 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-01-18 | 225,596,780 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-01-24 | 212,112,455 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-01-23 | 202,457,952 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-01-22 | 192,327,885 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of PulteGroup on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. PulteGroup has 3.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 187,452,540 as of July 15, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 26.0%.
Net of every new share it issued, PulteGroup has 199.1 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 51.5% of the company.
187,452,540 shares, as of July 15, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 386,598,562.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held PulteGroup stock in 2012 owns 2.1 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
PulteGroup ranks No. 36 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Universal Health Services (51.9%), Louisiana-Pacific (51.8%), Group 1 Automotive (51.3%), Flexsteel (48.3%).
Every answer is computed from PulteGroup's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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