Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Stock Buybacks: 51.2% of Shares Retired Since 1999

Name: Sherwin-Williams (SHW) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 497,157,6332026-06-30, 242,758,151

A share bought in 1999

2.0× more of Sherwin-Williams today, without buying another share. It was one of 497,157,633 shares then. It is one of 242,758,151 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-01-31	497,157,633	10-K405	cover page
2000	2001-01-31	479,330,469	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-01-31	457,735,851	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-01-31	439,399,875	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-01-31	429,652,812	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-01-31	421,385,703	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-01-31	405,748,179	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-01-31	403,358,859	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-12-31	368,442,723	10-K
2008	2008-12-31	351,105,351	10-K
2009	2010-01-31	328,697,184	10-K
2010	2011-01-31	321,727,317	10-K
2011	2012-01-31	312,506,331	10-K
2012	2013-01-31	310,206,279	10-K
2013	2014-01-31	300,890,211	10-K
2014	2015-01-31	284,684,067	10-K
2015	2016-01-31	276,811,266	10-K
2016	2017-01-31	279,921,690	10-K
2017	2018-01-31	281,981,373	10-K
2018	2019-01-31	278,154,810	10-K
2019	2020-01-31	276,683,112	10-K
2020	2021-01-31	268,805,607	10-K
2021	2022-01-31	260,373,774	10-K
2022	2023-01-31	258,442,281	10-K
2023	2024-01-31	254,464,522	10-K
2024	2025-01-31	251,364,135	10-K
2025	2026-01-31	247,774,767	10-K

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

Sherwin-Williams buybacks, answered

Is Sherwin-Williams buying back its stock?

Yes. Sherwin-Williams has 2.1% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 242,758,151 as of June 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 7.4%.

How many shares has Sherwin-Williams bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Sherwin-Williams has 254.4 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 51.2% of the company.

How many shares does Sherwin-Williams have outstanding?

242,758,151 shares, as of June 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 497,157,633.

What do Sherwin-Williams' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Sherwin-Williams stock in 1999 owns 2.0 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 Sherwin-Williams compare with other cannibal stocks?

Sherwin-Williams ranks No. 59 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Group 1 Automotive (51.3%), HCA Healthcare (51.2%), Lear (50.9%), Target (50.2%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Tom GaynerMarkel Group94,172 shares, $32.4M, Q2 2026

Jensen InvestmentJensen Investment Management539,035 shares, $185.6M, Q2 2026

Lee AinslieMaverick Capital575,013 shares, $198.0M, Q2 2026

Andreas HalvorsenViking Global Investors3,875,879 shares, $1.3B, Q2 2026

Chase ColemanTiger Global Management257,083 shares, $88.5M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

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