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Polaris

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Polaris has retired 41.0% of its shares since 1999, from 96,462,664 to 56,903,524.

41.0%retired since 1999
6.2%last 5 years
-1.2%last 12 months
57Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 200596M shares, 199957M200020052010201520202025
1999, 96,462,6642026-07-21, 56,903,524
A share bought in 1999
1.7× more of Polaris today, without buying another share. It was one of 96,462,664 shares then. It is one of 56,903,524 now.
Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19992000-03-1096,462,66410-Kcover page
20002001-03-0194,308,26410-Kcover page
20012002-03-0192,126,29610-Kcover page
20022003-02-2788,605,36810-Kcover page
20032004-03-0186,187,82410-Kcover page
20042005-02-2286,040,09010-Kcover page
20052006-02-2183,109,74410-Kcover page
20062007-02-2171,042,27410-Kcover page
20072008-02-2167,244,38010-Kcover page
20082009-02-1764,517,52410-Kcover page
20092009-12-3165,296,00010-K
20102011-02-1668,195,73010-K
20112012-02-1668,457,25510-K
20122013-02-1568,440,46210-K
20132014-02-1465,721,03510-K
20142015-02-1366,317,12710-K
20152016-02-1264,956,30810-K
20162017-02-1062,936,40310-K
20172018-02-0963,058,54410-K
20182019-02-0760,960,67210-K
20192020-02-0661,562,96710-K
20202021-02-0961,970,28610-K
20212022-02-0860,049,05410-K
20222023-02-1057,076,37210-K
20232024-02-0956,400,31010-K
20242025-02-1156,099,88110-K
20252026-02-0656,690,66910-K

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

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Polaris buybacks, answered

Is Polaris buying back its stock?

Not on a net basis. Polaris has 1.2% more shares outstanding than twelve months ago. Whatever it bought back did not cover the new shares it issued. Over five years the share count is down 6.2%.

How many shares has Polaris bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Polaris has 39.6 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 41.0% of the company. Since fiscal 2008 alone it bought back about 31.5 million shares, while the count fell by 7.6 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Polaris have outstanding?

56,903,524 shares, as of July 21, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 96,462,664.

What do Polaris' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Polaris stock in 1999 owns 1.7 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 Polaris compare with other cannibal stocks?

Polaris ranks No. 163 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: TE Connectivity (41.4%), Steel Dynamics (41.1%), Ryder System (40.9%), Insight Enterprises (40.9%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

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

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