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Gilead Sciences shares outstanding GILD

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 1997.

Latest quarter, to Jun 30, 2026
1.2B
On a year earlier
−1.0%
fewer shares

Gilead Sciences had 1.2B diluted shares outstanding on average in Q2 FY26, the quarter to Jun 30, 2026.

That is 1.0% fewer than a year earlier, so each share owns a little more of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY20251.3B−0%
FY20241.3B+0%
FY20231.3B−1%
FY20221.3B+0%
FY20211.3B−0%
FY20201.3B−1%
FY20191.3B−1%
FY20181.3B−1%
FY20171.3B−1%
FY20161.3B−10%
FY20151.5B−8%
FY20141.6B−6%
FY20131.7B+5%
FY20121.6B+8%
FY20111.5B−9%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q2 FY261.2B−1%
Q1 FY261.3B−0%
Q4 FY251.3B−0%
Q3 FY251.3B+0%
Q2 FY251.3B+0%
Q1 FY251.3B+1%
Q4 FY241.3B+0%
Q3 FY241.3B−0%
Q2 FY241.3B−1%
Q1 FY241.2B−1%
Q4 FY231.3B−1%
Q3 FY231.3B−0%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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