Snap-on has retired 21.1% of its shares since 1999, from 65,591,328 to 51,727,124.
At $367.25 a share, a market value of $19.0B. FCF yield 5.8%, P/E 18.4, trailing twelve months to July 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-02-23 | 65,591,328 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-02-28 | 58,551,912 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-02-25 | 58,037,218 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-02-24 | 58,142,484 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-27 | 58,154,389 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2005-01-28 | 57,779,014 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-15 | 58,900,490 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-15 | 57,690,539 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-02-13 | 57,460,513 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2010-02-12 | 57,761,069 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2011 | 2011-02-11 | 58,284,971 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-02-10 | 58,394,314 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-02-08 | 58,271,454 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-02-07 | 58,122,647 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-02-06 | 58,124,176 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-02-05 | 58,092,025 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-02-03 | 57,970,318 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-02-09 | 56,721,048 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-02-08 | 55,616,137 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-02-07 | 54,659,446 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-02-05 | 54,203,094 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-02-04 | 53,438,639 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-02-03 | 53,114,455 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-02-09 | 52,713,542 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-02-07 | 52,393,235 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-02-06 | 51,913,121 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Snap-on on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Snap-on has 0.5% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 51,727,124 as of July 17, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 3.7%.
Net of every new share it issued, Snap-on has 13.9 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 21.1% of the company.
51,727,124 shares, as of July 17, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 65,591,328.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Snap-on stock in 1999 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.
Snap-on ranks No. 358 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Ipg Photonics (21.3%), IMAX (21.3%), Iridium Communications (21.1%), Rave Restaurant Group (21.1%).
Every answer is computed from Snap-on's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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