Skywest
SKYWSkywest has retired 39.7% of its shares since 2006, from 64,345,650 to 38,828,325.
39.7%retired since 2006
22.9%last 5 years
3.2%last 12 months
39Mshares today
Skywest has retired 39.7% of its shares since 2006, from 64,345,650 to 38,828,325.
Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-06-17 | 49,017,316 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-06-07 | 49,563,318 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-03-15 | 56,959,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-03-27 | 57,645,478 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-03-08 | 53,265,302 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-03-08 | 57,669,086 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-03-10 | 59,513,040 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-23 | 64,345,650 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-18 | 60,674,304 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-16 | 56,946,090 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-02-12 | 56,013,914 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2010-12-31 | 55,610,000 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2011 | 2012-02-10 | 50,975,156 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-08 | 51,805,588 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-03 | 51,375,679 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-06 | 51,337,574 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-16 | 51,127,542 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-17 | 51,845,731 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-16 | 51,784,012 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-12 | 51,635,965 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-12 | 50,474,289 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-16 | 50,344,080 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-14 | 50,519,758 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-10 | 50,441,238 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-09 | 40,229,334 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-07 | 40,330,017 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-10 | 40,406,672 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Skywest on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Skywest has 3.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 38,828,325 as of July 17, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 22.9%.
Net of every new share it issued, Skywest has 25.5 million fewer shares than at its 2006 peak. That is 39.7% of the company.
38,828,325 shares, as of July 17, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2006 peak it had 64,345,650.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Skywest stock in 2006 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.
Skywest ranks No. 175 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Garrett Motion (39.8%), MSCI (39.8%), Henry Schein (39.4%), The Hartford (39.3%).
Every answer is computed from Skywest's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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