Stanley Black & Decker has retired 10.9% of its shares since 2012, from 169,548,947 to 151,016,641.
At $92.48 a share, a market value of $14.0B. P/E 22.5, trailing twelve months to July 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2011-02-15 | 167,207,462 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-01-31 | 169,548,947 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-01-25 | 160,250,620 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-01-24 | 155,604,921 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-02-04 | 157,405,928 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-02-01 | 152,335,308 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-02-01 | 152,584,499 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-02-22 | 154,111,483 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-02-15 | 151,356,989 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-02-17 | 154,025,464 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-02-15 | 160,893,004 | 10-K/A | |
| 2022 | 2022-02-16 | 163,352,135 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-02-13 | 153,023,886 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-02-20 | 153,802,067 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-02-11 | 154,413,950 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-02-16 | 155,079,468 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Stanley Black & Decker on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Stanley Black & Decker has 2.5% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 151,016,641 as of July 24, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 7.4%.
Net of every new share it issued, Stanley Black & Decker has 18.5 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 10.9% of the company.
151,016,641 shares, as of July 24, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 169,548,947.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Stanley Black & Decker stock in 2012 owns 1.1 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Stanley Black & Decker ranks No. 460 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Diodes (11.0%), Corteva (11.0%), Ufp Industries (10.9%), EPAM Systems (10.8%).
Every answer is computed from Stanley Black & Decker's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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