Thermo Fisher has retired 11.7% of its shares since 2007, from 418,600,105 to 369,747,286.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2008-02-01 | 418,600,105 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-01-31 | 418,164,910 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-02-05 | 409,461,414 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-05 | 390,607,016 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-04 | 365,853,610 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-02 | 357,625,034 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-01 | 391,792,194 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-31 | 396,782,757 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-06 | 396,261,928 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-04 | 390,391,061 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-03 | 401,784,066 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-02 | 399,003,681 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-01 | 398,828,389 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-06 | 393,793,362 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-05 | 391,191,770 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-04 | 385,430,077 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-03 | 381,312,268 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-01 | 377,261,182 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-01-31 | 371,484,244 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Thermo Fisher on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Thermo Fisher has 1.6% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 369,747,286 as of June 27, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 6.2%.
Net of every new share it issued, Thermo Fisher has 48.9 million fewer shares than at its 2007 peak. That is 11.7% of the company.
369,747,286 shares, as of June 27, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2007 peak it had 418,600,105.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Thermo Fisher stock in 2007 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.
Thermo Fisher ranks No. 250 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: TripAdvisor (12.2%), Vail Resorts (12.0%), RTX (11.3%).
Every answer is computed from Thermo Fisher's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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