Signet Jewelers has retired 56.0% of its shares since 2012, from 87,182,055 to 38,317,243.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2010-01-30 | 85,500,000 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-03-18 | 86,412,748 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-03-15 | 87,182,055 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-03-22 | 81,331,741 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-03-21 | 80,223,851 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-03-16 | 80,251,059 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-03-18 | 78,384,481 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-03-10 | 68,300,375 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-03-28 | 59,005,252 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-03-28 | 51,891,985 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-03-20 | 52,346,157 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-03-12 | 52,344,941 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-03-11 | 49,873,511 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-03-10 | 45,221,840 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-03-15 | 44,503,286 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-03-14 | 42,895,787 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-03-13 | 40,067,774 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Signet Jewelers on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Signet Jewelers has 5.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 38,317,243 as of September 4, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 27.2%.
Net of every new share it issued, Signet Jewelers has 48.9 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 56.0% of the company.
38,317,243 shares, as of September 4, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 87,182,055.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Signet Jewelers stock in 2012 owns 2.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Signet Jewelers ranks No. 26 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Best Buy (57.3%), Star Group (56.7%), Unum Group (54.4%), Valero Energy (53.7%).
Every answer is computed from Signet Jewelers' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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