Whirlpool

Name: Whirlpool (WHR) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

WHR

Whirlpool has retired 17.2% of its shares since 2006, from 78,697,787 to 65,199,378.

17.2%retired since 2006

-7.3%last 5 years

-16.1%last 12 months

65Mshares today

At $27.89 a share, a market value of $1.8B. P/E 9.7, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 73,243,7372026-07-31, 65,199,378

A share bought in 1999

1.1× more of Whirlpool today, without buying another share. It was one of 73,243,737 shares then. It is one of 65,199,378 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-03-01	73,243,737	10-K405	cover page
2000	2001-03-02	66,578,475	10-K405	cover page
2001	2002-02-25	66,654,106	10-K405	cover page
2002	2003-02-24	68,257,062	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-02-23	68,588,956	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-02-22	66,855,693	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-22	68,035,716	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-22	78,697,787	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-15	75,830,968	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-13	73,550,839	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-12-31	75,000,000	10-K
2010	2011-02-07	76,041,915	10-K
2011	2012-02-08	76,609,609	10-K
2012	2013-02-08	78,542,864	10-K
2013	2014-02-10	77,460,942	10-K
2014	2015-02-20	78,102,669	10-K
2015	2016-02-12	77,233,402	10-K
2016	2017-02-03	74,467,790	10-K
2017	2018-02-09	70,688,134	10-K
2018	2019-02-08	63,569,688	10-K
2019	2020-02-07	62,780,513	10-K
2020	2021-02-05	62,979,525	10-K
2021	2022-02-04	58,611,212	10-K
2022	2023-02-03	54,502,497	10-K
2023	2024-02-09	54,643,756	10-K
2024	2025-02-07	55,382,815	10-K
2025	2026-02-06	56,518,699	10-K

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

Whirlpool buybacks, answered

Is Whirlpool buying back its stock?

Not on a net basis. Whirlpool has 16.1% 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 up 7.3%.

How many shares has Whirlpool bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Whirlpool has 13.5 million fewer shares than at its 2006 peak. That is 17.2% of the company.

How many shares does Whirlpool have outstanding?

65,199,378 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2006 peak it had 78,697,787.

What do Whirlpool's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Whirlpool stock in 2006 owns 1.2 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 Whirlpool compare with other cannibal stocks?

Whirlpool ranks No. 401 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Belden (17.3%), Chubb (17.2%), Leidos (17.1%), Kemper (17.0%).

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

Insider buying, last 12 months

Creed GregDirector2026-03-03, 3,305 shares at $60.16 $199K total

The story

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