Woodward has retired 14.3% of its shares since 2010, from 68,922,623 to 59,045,820.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-11-30 | 67,645,338 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-11-30 | 67,898,262 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2001-11-30 | 67,944,900 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2002 | 2002-11-19 | 68,004,876 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2003-11-21 | 66,847,278 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2004-11-29 | 67,943,730 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2005-11-16 | 68,649,426 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2006-11-20 | 68,285,924 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2007-11-20 | 67,744,794 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2008-11-17 | 67,789,021 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-11-18 | 68,358,776 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2010-11-15 | 68,922,623 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-11-11 | 68,902,457 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-11-12 | 68,424,649 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-11-12 | 68,090,550 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-11-10 | 65,587,860 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-11-06 | 63,209,585 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-11-14 | 61,625,138 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-11-09 | 61,238,422 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-11-07 | 61,781,668 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-11-22 | 61,965,458 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-11-18 | 62,792,228 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-11-17 | 63,069,870 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-11-17 | 59,763,750 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-11-17 | 60,032,056 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-11-25 | 59,130,924 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-11-24 | 59,868,975 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Woodward on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Woodward has 1.4% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 59,045,820 as of July 29, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 6.4%.
Net of every new share it issued, Woodward has 9.9 million fewer shares than at its 2010 peak. That is 14.3% of the company.
59,045,820 shares, as of July 29, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2010 peak it had 68,922,623.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Woodward stock in 2010 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.
Woodward ranks No. 241 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Cbre Group (14.7%), Generac (14.6%), Brown-Forman (14.1%), Marsh & Mclennan Companies (14.0%).
Every answer is computed from Woodward's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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