Urban Outfitters (URBN) Stock Buybacks: 49.2% of Shares Retired Since 2010

Name: Urban Outfitters (URBN) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 139,020,3282026-09-03, 85,660,181

A share bought in 1999

1.6× more of Urban Outfitters today, without buying another share. It was one of 139,020,328 shares then. It is one of 85,660,181 now.

Every filing we read28 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	1999-04-10	139,020,328	10-K	cover page
2000	2000-04-10	138,865,488	10-K	cover page
2001	2001-04-11	138,027,888	10-K	cover page
2002	2002-03-20	139,064,688	10-K405	cover page
2003	2003-04-21	155,510,688	10-K	cover page
2004	2004-04-09	160,716,684	10-K	cover page
2005	2005-04-05	163,651,472	10-K	cover page
2006	2006-04-03	165,006,717	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-03-23	165,084,463	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-03-26	166,566,714	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-03-26	167,729,688	10-K	cover page
2010	2010-01-31	168,558,371	10-K
2011	2011-03-24	162,255,448	10-K
2012	2012-03-27	144,706,907	10-K
2013	2013-03-22	146,228,467	10-K
2014	2014-03-26	144,560,953	10-K
2015	2015-03-25	131,723,233	10-K
2016	2016-03-24	117,401,220	10-K
2017	2017-03-27	116,290,358	10-K
2018	2018-03-26	108,530,045	10-K
2019	2019-03-26	103,559,364	10-K
2020	2020-03-25	97,777,322	10-K
2021	2021-03-26	98,215,127	10-K
2022	2022-03-25	95,661,980	10-K
2023	2023-03-27	92,586,524	10-K
2024	2024-03-25	93,294,919	10-K
2025	2025-03-25	92,660,800	10-K
2026	2026-03-25	85,601,280	10-K

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

Urban Outfitters buybacks, answered

Is Urban Outfitters buying back its stock?

Yes. Urban Outfitters has 4.5% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 85,660,181 as of September 3, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 12.9%.

How many shares has Urban Outfitters bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Urban Outfitters has 82.9 million fewer shares than at its 2010 peak. That is 49.2% of the company.

How many shares does Urban Outfitters have outstanding?

85,660,181 shares, as of September 3, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2010 peak it had 168,558,371.

What do Urban Outfitters' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Urban Outfitters stock in 2010 owns 2.0 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 Urban Outfitters compare with other cannibal stocks?

Urban Outfitters ranks No. 99 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: American Express (49.6%), Lockheed Martin (49.4%), Sirius XM (48.6%), Amgen (48.4%).

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

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