Tenet Healthcare has retired 34.5% of its shares since 2001, from 122,845,249 to 80,519,000.
At $267.25 a share, a market value of $21.5B. FCF yield 14.0%, P/E 6.8, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-07-31 | 116,752,926 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-07-31 | 118,065,540 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2001 | 2001-07-31 | 122,845,249 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2002 | 2002-07-31 | 122,034,840 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-27 | 116,363,420 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-28 | 117,080,497 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-28 | 117,576,898 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-01-31 | 117,901,272 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-01-31 | 118,598,688 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-01-31 | 119,351,541 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-01-29 | 120,287,098 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2011-01-31 | 121,486,617 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-01-31 | 102,498,398 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-01-31 | 104,285,643 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-01-31 | 96,989,632 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-30 | 98,494,212 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-01-29 | 98,529,352 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-01-31 | 99,813,435 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-01-31 | 101,107,955 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-31 | 102,667,337 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-01-31 | 104,288,796 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-01-31 | 106,196,295 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-01-31 | 107,416,704 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-01-31 | 102,274,102 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-01-31 | 99,995,000 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-01-31 | 95,121,000 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-01-30 | 86,963,000 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Tenet Healthcare on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Tenet Healthcare has 8.4% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 80,519,000 as of July 24, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 24.8%.
Net of every new share it issued, Tenet Healthcare has 42.3 million fewer shares than at its 2001 peak. That is 34.5% of the company.
80,519,000 shares, as of July 24, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2001 peak it had 122,845,249.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Tenet Healthcare stock in 2001 owns 1.5 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Tenet Healthcare ranks No. 222 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: DANA (34.7%), KLA (34.6%), Wolverine World Wide (34.4%), Nucor (34.3%).
Every answer is computed from Tenet Healthcare's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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