World Kinect has retired 29.2% of its shares since 2012, from 72,204,000 to 51,151,620.
At $36.07 a share, a market value of $1.8B. P/E n/m, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-05-19 | 48,751,108 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-05-19 | 43,492,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2001-06-07 | 41,612,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2002-06-05 | 41,600,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-03-02 | 43,976,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-03-24 | 45,734,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-03-10 | 54,752,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-26 | 57,018,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-26 | 57,168,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-20 | 58,694,000 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 59,385,000 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-15 | 69,599,000 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-15 | 71,153,000 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-13 | 72,204,000 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-05 | 71,883,000 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-05 | 72,091,000 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-04 | 70,800,000 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-03 | 69,933,455 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-07 | 67,644,036 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-08 | 67,171,776 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-14 | 65,406,419 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-19 | 63,124,580 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-12-31 | 63,443,635 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-17 | 62,042,282 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-16 | 59,847,807 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-21 | 56,749,400 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-13 | 51,278,990 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of World Kinect on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Read the full storyCash 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 $36.07.
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Yes. World Kinect has 7.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 51,151,620 as of July 17, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 19.0%.
Net of every new share it issued, World Kinect has 21.1 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 29.2% of the company.
51,151,620 shares, as of July 17, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 72,204,000.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held World Kinect stock in 2012 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.
World Kinect ranks No. 278 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Netgear (29.3%), Timken (29.2%), Corpay (29.1%), Cigna (29.0%).
Every answer is computed from World Kinect's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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