Alector (ALEC) Shares Outstanding (2018 - 2026)
Alector (ALEC) reported Shares Outstanding of 111.22 million for Q2 2026, up 10.8% from 100.37 million a year earlier and up 0.6% from the prior quarter.
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Alector (ALEC) Shares Outstanding (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Alector posted Shares Outstanding of 103 million, up 6.6% from FY2024.
- Shares Outstanding has increased for eight consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Shares Outstanding came in at 96.59 million in FY2024 (+15.4%), 83.73 million in FY2023 (+1.5%), 82.47 million in FY2022 (+2.6%) and 80.42 million in FY2021 (+3.4%).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Shares Outstanding in data going back to Q1 2018.
- Year over year, Shares Outstanding has now increased in each of the last 30 quarters, with growth averaging 9.4% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Shares Outstanding ran from 1.2% in Q1 2023 to 16.2% in Q3 2024.
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 110.59 million (Q1 2026), 103 million (Q4 2025) and 102.6 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Shares Outstanding (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson & Johnson | 638.12 Bn | 556.64 Bn | 17.26 Bn | 2.41 Bn |
| 2 | AbbVie | 462.60 Bn | 435.75 Bn | 12.70 Bn | 1.77 Bn |
| 3 | Merck | 358.70 Bn | 313.13 Bn | 12.21 Bn | 2.47 Bn |
| 4 | Novartis Ag | 272.16 Bn | 228.03 Bn | 11.24 Bn | 1.94 Bn |
| 5 | Astrazeneca | 250.36 Bn | 223.92 Bn | 12.86 Bn | 1.55 Bn |
| 6 | Amgen | 227.87 Bn | 183.27 Bn | 7.24 Bn | 540.00 Mn |
| 7 | Gilead Sciences | 184.97 Bn | 159.08 Bn | 6.22 Bn | 1.24 Bn |
| 8 | Pfizer | 162.61 Bn | 109.56 Bn | 10.94 Bn | 5.70 Bn |
| 9 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | 132.45 Bn | 104.46 Bn | 2.84 Bn | 253.70 Mn |
| 10 | Alector | 206.57 Mn | -719.88 Mn | - | 111.22 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 111.22 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 110.59 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 103.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 102.60 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 100.37 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 99.40 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 96.59 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 97.52 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 96.67 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 93.81 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 83.73 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 83.93 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 83.50 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 83.10 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 82.47 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 82.60 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 82.39 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 82.10 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 80.42 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 80.96 Mn |
API Access
Alector Shares Outstanding API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=shares-outstanding&ticker=ALEC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-outstanding", "ticker": "ALEC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=shares-outstanding&ticker=ALEC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();