Upbound Group (UPBD) Stock Buybacks: 21.8% of Shares Retired Since 2004

Name: Upbound Group (UPBD) shares outstanding since 2004, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 2004 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2004, 74,591,0202026-07-23, 58,299,405

A share bought in 2004

1.3× more of Upbound Group today, without buying another share. It was one of 74,591,020 shares then. It is one of 58,299,405 now.

Every filing we read22 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2004	2005-03-08	74,591,020	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-03-08	69,243,331	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-23	70,317,340	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-22	66,711,277	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-20	65,986,784	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-02-19	65,714,715	10-K	cover page
2010	2011-02-18	63,518,982	10-K
2011	2012-02-17	59,299,369	10-K/A
2012	2013-02-18	58,210,812	10-K
2013	2014-02-21	52,775,592	10-K
2014	2015-02-23	53,025,180	10-K
2015	2016-02-22	53,091,850	10-K
2016	2017-02-21	53,196,843	10-K
2017	2018-02-21	53,413,636	10-K
2018	2019-02-19	53,978,616	10-K
2019	2020-02-21	55,230,574	10-K
2020	2021-02-19	54,413,717	10-K
2021	2022-02-21	59,028,739	10-K
2022	2023-02-20	55,729,109	10-K
2023	2024-02-20	54,415,829	10-K
2024	2025-02-18	57,423,571	10-K
2025	2026-02-13	58,117,605	10-K

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

Upbound Group buybacks, answered

Is Upbound Group buying back its stock?

Not on a net basis. Upbound Group has 0.7% more shares outstanding than twelve months ago. Whatever it bought back did not cover the new shares it issued. Over five years the share count is down 11.9%.

How many shares has Upbound Group bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Upbound Group has 16.3 million fewer shares than at its 2004 peak. That is 21.8% of the company.

How many shares does Upbound Group have outstanding?

58,299,405 shares, as of July 23, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2004 peak it had 74,591,020.

What do Upbound Group's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Upbound Group stock in 2004 owns 1.3 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 Upbound Group compare with other cannibal stocks?

Upbound Group ranks No. 209 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Jackson Financial (22.5%), Genuine Parts (22.0%), Ipg Photonics (21.3%), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (21.1%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

BROWN JEFFREY JDirector2026-07-07, 2,295 shares at $20.09 $46K total

BROWN JEFFREY JDirector2026-04-28, 2,329 shares at $19.41 $45K total

BROWN JEFFREY JDirector2026-01-06, 2,502 shares at $17.68 $44K total

BROWN JEFFREY JDirector2025-10-21, 1,951 shares at $22.27 $43K total

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