Textron has retired 43.3% of its shares since 1999, from 303,197,582 to 171,986,917.
At $75.93 a share, a market value of $13.1B. FCF yield 5.8%, P/E 13.9, trailing twelve months to July 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-02-26 | 303,197,582 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-02-25 | 293,288,952 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-02-15 | 271,933,488 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2004-02-13 | 275,483,930 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-11 | 260,417,848 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-10 | 250,564,348 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-09 | 248,688,866 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-01-03 | 242,041,000 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2010-02-13 | 272,621,010 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-02-12 | 276,027,951 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-02-11 | 279,642,725 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-02-02 | 271,544,305 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-02-01 | 282,500,851 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-02-07 | 276,834,630 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-02-06 | 271,171,585 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-02-04 | 270,086,401 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-02-03 | 261,771,970 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-02-02 | 234,679,051 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-02-08 | 228,049,518 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-02-06 | 226,284,488 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-02-05 | 216,682,177 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-02-04 | 205,216,698 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-02-03 | 192,853,981 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-02-01 | 182,572,762 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-02-07 | 174,162,437 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Textron on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Textron has 2.4% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 171,986,917 as of July 17, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 22.0%.
Net of every new share it issued, Textron has 131.2 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 43.3% of the company.
171,986,917 shares, as of July 17, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 303,197,582.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Textron stock in 1999 owns 1.8 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Textron ranks No. 147 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Capri (43.6%), MetLife (43.4%), InterDigital (43.1%), Hilltop (42.9%).
Every answer is computed from Textron's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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