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TJX Companies

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TJX Companies has retired 57.3% of its shares since 1999, from 2,573,684,208 to 1,099,974,061.

57.3%retired since 1999
7.8%last 5 years
0.9%last 12 months
1.1Bshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2004half gone 20172.6B shares, 19991.1B200020052010201520202025
1999, 2,573,684,2082026-08-21, 1,099,974,061
A share bought in 1999
2.3× more of TJX Companies today, without buying another share. It was one of 2,573,684,208 shares then. It is one of 1,099,974,061 now.
Every filing we read28 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19991999-04-092,573,684,20810-K405cover page
20002000-03-312,379,636,58410-K405cover page
20012001-03-312,230,488,69610-K405cover page
20022002-03-302,160,189,21610-Kcover page
20032002-07-272,057,834,89210-Kcover page
20042003-07-261,996,726,55610-Kcover page
20052004-07-311,922,796,61610-Kcover page
20062005-07-311,843,868,24010-Kcover page
20072007-01-271,814,599,25210-Kcover page
20082008-01-261,711,798,13210-Kcover page
20092010-01-301,637,544,50410-K
20102011-01-291,558,629,36010-K
20112012-01-281,493,404,05610-K
20122012-01-281,493,404,05610-K
20132013-02-021,447,804,00210-K
20142014-03-011,407,366,54810-K
20152015-02-281,366,947,13410-K
20162016-02-271,325,182,40810-K
20172017-02-251,291,179,74410-K
20182018-03-031,254,144,75610-K
20192019-03-021,214,588,50010-K
20202020-02-291,197,698,18810-K
20212021-03-261,205,970,25510-K
20222022-03-281,175,228,11910-K
20232023-03-271,152,568,93810-K
20242024-03-221,132,973,87910-K
20252025-03-211,117,100,48710-K
20262026-03-201,106,810,65410-K

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

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TJX Companies buybacks, answered

Is TJX Companies buying back its stock?

Yes. TJX Companies has 0.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 1,099,974,061 as of August 21, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 7.8%.

How many shares has TJX Companies bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, TJX Companies has 1.47 billion fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 57.3% of the company. Since fiscal 2008 alone it bought back about 944.9 million shares, while the count fell by 611.8 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does TJX Companies have outstanding?

1,099,974,061 shares, as of August 21, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 2,573,684,208.

What do TJX Companies' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held TJX Companies stock in 1999 owns 2.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does TJX Companies compare with other cannibal stocks?

TJX Companies ranks No. 38 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Home Depot (57.5%), Best Buy (57.3%), Star Group (56.7%), Signet Jewelers (56.0%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Jensen InvestmentJensen Investment Management503,180 shares, $76.2M, Q2 2026
Terry SmithFundsmith2,272,592 shares, $344.3M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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