Name: AutoZone (AZO) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 138,935,6362026-06-05, 16,325,355

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

A share bought in 1999

8.5× more of AutoZone today, without buying another share. It was one of 138,935,636 shares then. It is one of 16,325,355 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	1999-10-12	138,935,636	10-K405/A	cover page
2000	2000-10-17	116,000,313	10-K/A	cover page
2001	2001-10-15	107,807,339	10-K/A	cover page
2002	2002-10-15	98,549,013	10-K	cover page
2003	2003-10-14	88,760,885	10-K	cover page
2004	2004-10-21	79,786,346	10-K	cover page
2005	2005-10-17	76,614,649	10-K	cover page
2006	2006-10-17	71,303,691	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-10-15	64,914,833	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-08-30	63,295,000	10-K	fiscal-year average
2009	2009-08-29	50,801,000	10-K
2010	2010-10-18	44,625,787	10-K
2011	2011-10-17	39,888,099	10-K
2012	2012-10-15	36,931,946	10-K
2013	2013-10-21	34,031,760	10-K
2014	2014-10-20	32,040,703	10-K
2015	2015-10-19	30,485,243	10-K
2016	2016-10-17	28,861,394	10-K
2017	2017-10-23	27,492,520	10-K
2018	2018-10-22	25,559,353	10-K
2019	2019-10-21	23,827,496	10-K
2020	2020-10-19	23,175,554	10-K
2021	2021-10-18	20,967,962	10-K
2022	2022-10-17	18,981,426	10-K
2023	2023-10-16	17,683,418	10-K
2024	2024-10-21	16,904,289	10-K
2025	2025-10-20	16,632,663	10-K

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

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2008cash flow statement against share count

$33.1Bspent on buybacks

49Mfewer shares outstanding

$681spent per share that actually disappeared

$895Mpaid in stock compensation over the same years

Part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. That part costs money and retires nothing, so the cost per share that disappeared is higher than the average price the company paid.

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Insider buying, last 12 months

Hannasch BrianDirector2026-05-29, 165 sh, $492,855

GEORGE MICHAEL ADirector2025-12-22, 145 sh, $492,729

Hannasch BrianDirector2025-12-18, 147 sh, $498,784

JACKSON JAMERECFO2025-12-10, 55 sh, $187,742

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