TE Connectivity (TEL) Stock Buybacks: 41.4% of Shares Retired Since 2007

Name: TE Connectivity (TEL) shares outstanding since 2007, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 2007 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2007, 494,220,9682026-07-20, 289,513,228

A share bought in 2007

1.7× more of TE Connectivity today, without buying another share. It was one of 494,220,968 shares then. It is one of 289,513,228 now.

Every filing we read19 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2007	2007-12-11	494,220,968	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-11-17	457,626,280	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-11-13	458,868,901	10-K
2010	2010-11-05	443,687,034	10-K
2011	2011-11-10	424,451,247	10-K
2012	2012-11-09	422,572,640	10-K
2013	2013-11-11	410,374,147	10-K
2014	2014-11-07	406,675,898	10-K
2015	2015-11-05	386,305,893	10-K
2016	2016-11-10	355,343,021	10-K
2017	2017-11-09	351,637,204	10-K
2018	2018-11-08	343,034,000	10-K
2019	2019-11-07	334,474,632	10-K
2020	2020-11-06	330,742,574	10-K
2021	2021-11-04	326,313,355	10-K
2022	2022-11-11	317,230,563	10-K
2023	2023-11-09	310,779,275	10-K
2024	2024-11-07	299,162,134	10-K
2025	2025-11-06	294,189,246	10-K

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

TE Connectivity buybacks, answered

Is TE Connectivity buying back its stock?

Yes. TE Connectivity has 1.6% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 289,513,228 as of July 20, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 11.3%.

How many shares has TE Connectivity bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, TE Connectivity has 204.7 million fewer shares than at its 2007 peak. That is 41.4% of the company.

How many shares does TE Connectivity have outstanding?

289,513,228 shares, as of July 20, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2007 peak it had 494,220,968.

What do TE Connectivity's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held TE Connectivity stock in 2007 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.

How does TE Connectivity compare with other cannibal stocks?

TE Connectivity ranks No. 113 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Deckers Outdoor (42.1%), Rockwell Automation (41.6%), Walmart (40.8%), Build-A-Bear Workshop (40.4%).

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