Robert Half
RHIRobert Half has retired 42.2% of its shares since 1999, from 177,125,066 to 102,361,828.
42.2%retired since 1999
8.1%last 5 years
-1.2%last 12 months
102Mshares today
Robert Half has retired 42.2% of its shares since 1999, from 177,125,066 to 102,361,828.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-02-29 | 177,125,066 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-02-28 | 176,201,160 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-02-28 | 175,048,126 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-02-28 | 170,820,995 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-29 | 171,871,239 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-01-31 | 173,094,174 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-28 | 171,495,944 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-01-31 | 167,972,497 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-01-31 | 158,829,515 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-01-31 | 151,358,681 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 148,645,335 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-01-31 | 146,300,797 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-01-31 | 142,142,847 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-01-31 | 139,550,711 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-01-31 | 137,476,173 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-31 | 135,140,537 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-01-31 | 131,156,828 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-01-31 | 127,796,557 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-01-31 | 124,261,548 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-31 | 119,078,490 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-01-31 | 115,120,403 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-01-31 | 113,124,854 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-01-31 | 110,685,988 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-01-31 | 107,698,497 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-01-31 | 105,208,519 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-01-31 | 102,199,469 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-01-31 | 101,143,596 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Robert Half on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Not on a net basis. Robert Half 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 8.1%.
Net of every new share it issued, Robert Half has 74.8 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 42.2% of the company.
102,361,828 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 177,125,066.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Robert Half 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.
Robert Half ranks No. 109 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Seneca Foods (42.3%), Oracle (42.3%), Cintas (42.1%), Deckers Outdoor (42.1%).
Every answer is computed from Robert Half's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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