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Urban Outfitters has retired 49.2% of its shares since 2010, from 168,558,371 to 85,660,181.
At $86.57 a share, a market value of $7.4B. FCF yield 4.0%, P/E 13.0, trailing twelve months to July 2026.
| 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.
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Dillard's went up 23 times while everyone called department stores dead. Every week we dig for the next one.
Subscribe freeYes. 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%.
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.
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.
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.
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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