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Valmont Industries

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Valmont Industries has retired 28.0% of its shares since 2013, from 26,829,691 to 19,304,858.

28.0%retired since 2013
9.0%last 5 years
2.0%last 12 months
19Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 202327M shares, 201319M200020052010201520202025
1999, 23,316,2982026-07-24, 19,304,858

Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.

A share bought in 1999
1.2× more of Valmont Industries today, without buying another share. It was one of 23,316,298 shares then. It is one of 19,304,858 now.
Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19992000-03-0323,316,29810-K405cover page
20002001-03-0223,336,73110-K405cover page
20012002-03-1124,032,86010-K405cover page
20022003-03-0323,885,27310-Kcover page
20032004-03-0123,846,80410-Kcover page
20042005-03-0124,210,95710-Kcover page
20052006-03-0124,814,39910-Kcover page
20062007-02-0925,663,32110-Kcover page
20072008-02-0825,952,87810-Kcover page
20082009-02-0926,225,72910-Kcover page
20092010-02-0826,284,78910-Kcover page
20102011-02-1026,320,67110-K
20112012-02-1726,486,63310-K
20122013-02-1926,685,39510-K
20132014-02-1926,829,69110-K
20142015-02-1823,994,77610-K
20152016-02-1722,786,99610-K
20162017-02-2122,693,41610-K
20172017-12-3022,520,00010-Kfiscal-year average
20182019-02-2121,941,62210-K
20192020-02-2021,544,58210-K
20202021-02-1821,215,19810-K
20212022-02-1721,279,85810-K
20222023-02-2321,350,00510-K
20232024-02-2320,216,38510-K
20242025-02-2120,045,50910-K
20252026-02-2019,535,26210-K

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

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Valmont Industries buybacks, answered

Is Valmont Industries buying back its stock?

Yes. Valmont Industries has 2.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 19,304,858 as of July 24, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 9.0%.

How many shares has Valmont Industries bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Valmont Industries has 7.5 million fewer shares than at its 2013 peak. That is 28.0% of the company. Since fiscal 2014 alone it bought back about 8.8 million shares, while the count fell by 4.7 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Valmont Industries have outstanding?

19,304,858 shares, as of July 24, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2013 peak it had 26,829,691.

What do Valmont Industries' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Valmont Industries stock in 2013 owns 1.4 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 Valmont Industries compare with other cannibal stocks?

Valmont Industries ranks No. 187 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Mondelez International (28.2%), Teradyne (28.2%), AGCO (27.9%), Fortune Brands Innovations (27.9%).

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

Superinvestors who own it

Chuck RoyceRoyce & Associates109,656 shares, $63.3M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

Schwietz John LExecutive VP and CFO2026-07-23, 208 shares at $486.15 $101K total

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