Associated British Foods annual shares outstanding
2023
2023
2024
2025
Associated British Foods Shares Outstanding History (ABF)
Associated British Foods reported 711.5M shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2025.
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| Fiscal year | Period ended | Shares outstanding | Change | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-08-31 | 711.5M | −28.2M | −3.81% |
| 2024 | 2024-08-31 | 739.7M | −29.0M | −3.77% |
| 2023 | 2023-09-30 | 767.6M | — | — |
| 2023 | 2023-08-31 | 768.7M | — | — |
Associated British Foods quarterly shares outstanding
Q2.25
Q4.25
Q2.26
| Fiscal quarter | Period ended | Shares outstanding | Change | YoY change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 2026-02-28 | 705.4M | −17.5M | −2.42% |
| Q4 2025 | 2025-08-31 | 711.5M | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 2025-02-28 | 722.9M | — | — |
Associated British Foods Share Buyback History
A share buyback, also called a stock repurchase, is when a company uses cash to buy its own shares. Associated British Foods share buyback history shows the reported cash used for repurchases. Buybacks can reduce shares outstanding, but issuance, stock-based compensation, acquisitions, and stock splits can change the share count separately.
Associated British Foods used £597.0M to repurchase common stock in fy 2025. Across the latest 5 reported fiscal years, total share repurchases were £2.87B.
| Fiscal year | Period ended | Share repurchases |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-09-13 | £597.0M |
| 2025 | 2025-08-31 | £629.0M |
| 2024 | 2024-09-14 | £568.0M |
| 2024 | 2024-08-31 | £582.0M |
| 2023 | 2023-09-30 | £494.0M |
| 2023 | 2023-09-16 | £448.0M |
| 2023 | 2023-08-31 | £494.0M |
TickerStat uses SEC-reported cash payments for common-stock repurchases. The amounts describe capital returned through buybacks; they are not a forecast or a measure of the number of shares retired.
Associated British Foods shares outstanding trends
Between the periods ended 2023-08-31 and 2025-08-31, Associated British Foods's shares outstanding moved from 768.7M to 711.5M, a change of −57.2M. The latest reported quarter, Q2 2026, shows 705.4M.
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What shares outstanding means
Shares outstanding is the number of common shares held by investors at a reporting-period end. The count can change because of stock issuance, repurchases, conversions, acquisitions, or stock splits.
Calculation and source
reported period-end shares
TickerStat displays period-end common shares from official filings and adjusts older values to the current share basis when a stock-split conversion ratio is reported directly or evidenced by a later filing’s restated historical share balance. After repeated reverse splits, an old period can represent less than one current-basis share; this is a split-adjusted equivalent, not a literal historical certificate count. Values remain as reported when no reliable split ratio is available. Fiscal periods can differ from calendar years, so exact period-end dates are included.
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