Pentair (PNR) Stock Buybacks: 22.6% of Shares Retired Since 2012

Name: Pentair (PNR) shares outstanding since 2012, split adjusted
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Shares outstanding, 2012 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2012, 206,137,4602026-06-30, 159,637,950

A share bought in 2012

1.3× more of Pentair today, without buying another share. It was one of 206,137,460 shares then. It is one of 159,637,950 now.

Every filing we read14 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2012	2012-12-31	206,137,460	10-K
2013	2013-12-31	197,356,157	10-K
2014	2014-12-31	182,442,197	10-K
2015	2015-12-31	180,455,693	10-K
2016	2016-12-31	181,765,451	10-K
2017	2017-12-31	181,765,451	10-K
2018	2018-12-31	171,363,615	10-K
2019	2019-12-31	168,293,375	10-K
2020	2020-12-31	166,063,551	10-K
2021	2021-12-31	165,098,847	10-K
2022	2022-12-31	164,542,943	10-K
2023	2023-12-31	165,334,513	10-K
2024	2024-12-31	164,817,183	10-K
2025	2025-12-31	163,235,706	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2013 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$3.6Bspent on buybacks

43Mfewer shares outstanding

2.6%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 $53.44.

Pentair buybacks, answered

Is Pentair buying back its stock?

Yes. Pentair has 2.4% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 159,637,950 as of June 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 3.5%.

How many shares has Pentair bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Pentair has 46.5 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 22.6% of the company.

How many shares does Pentair have outstanding?

159,637,950 shares, as of June 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 206,137,460.

What do Pentair's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Pentair stock in 2012 owns 1.3 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 Pentair compare with other cannibal stocks?

Pentair ranks No. 345 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Delta Air Lines (22.7%), Skyworks Solutions (22.6%), Jackson Financial (22.5%), BWX Technologies (22.5%).

Every answer is computed from Pentair's 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.

The story

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