WEX

Name: WEX (WEX) shares outstanding since 2005, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

WEX has retired 24.0% of its shares since 2021, from 44,830,224 to 34,081,611.

24.0%retired since 2021

24.0%last 5 years

0.6%last 12 months

34Mshares today

At $182.01 a share, a market value of $6.2B. P/E 17.7, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 2005 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2005, 40,288,6532026-07-17, 34,081,611

A share bought in 2005

1.2× more of WEX today, without buying another share. It was one of 40,288,653 shares then. It is one of 34,081,611 now.

Every filing we read21 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2005	2006-03-10	40,288,653	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-16	40,442,677	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-20	39,263,470	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-20	38,256,773	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-12-31	38,196,000	10-K
2010	2011-02-22	38,438,454	10-K
2011	2012-02-14	38,680,336	10-K
2012	2013-02-22	38,701,312	10-K
2013	2014-02-20	38,890,626	10-K
2014	2015-02-20	38,796,120	10-K
2015	2016-02-24	38,644,041	10-K
2016	2017-03-02	42,741,195	10-K
2017	2018-02-26	43,031,993	10-K
2018	2019-03-12	43,135,385	10-K
2019	2020-02-21	43,341,984	10-K
2020	2021-02-22	44,190,995	10-K
2021	2022-02-16	44,830,224	10-K
2022	2023-02-10	43,132,743	10-K
2023	2024-02-15	41,734,802	10-K
2024	2025-02-13	38,815,490	10-K
2025	2026-02-06	34,310,618	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2022 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$2Bspent on buybacks

11Mfewer shares outstanding

12.9%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $182.01.

WEX buybacks, answered

Is WEX buying back its stock?

Yes. WEX has 0.6% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 34,081,611 as of July 17, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 24.0%.

How many shares has WEX bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, WEX has 10.7 million fewer shares than at its 2021 peak. That is 24.0% of the company.

How many shares does WEX have outstanding?

34,081,611 shares, as of July 17, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2021 peak it had 44,830,224.

What do WEX's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held WEX stock in 2021 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 WEX compare with other cannibal stocks?

WEX ranks No. 337 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Everforth (24.1%), Graphic Packaging Holding (24.0%), Exelixis (23.5%), Curtiss Wright (23.1%).

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

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