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ADNT Adient plc

Last updated: Mar 16, 2026

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Execution Consistency

Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?

Bought back stock in 4/4 quarters. Q1 2026: $25M, Q3 2025: $75M, Q2 2025: $50M, Q1 2025: $100M

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Execution Acceleration

Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?

Latest quarter $25M vs trailing avg $75M (-67%)

Buyback vs FCF

What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.

Negative FCF ($-563M), cannot compute buyback ratio

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Buyback Intensity

How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.

Repurchased 573,437 shares = 2.9% of 78,329,803 outstanding (annualized)

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Insider Buying

Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?

No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months

Insider-Buyback Convergence

Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?

Need both buyback and insider purchase data

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Insider Net Direction

Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?

Insiders bought $0M, sold $8M (net selling)

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Red Flag

Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.

Company buying back stock while insiders sold 7885442.5x more than bought. 4 C-suite officers among sellers

  • Dorlack Jerome J. (President and CEO) sold 12,000 shares on 2025-08-07
  • Smith Gregory Scott (SVP & Chief Accounting Officer) sold 1,000 shares on 2024-05-15
  • Dorlack Jerome J. (EVP and CFO) sold 17,884 shares on 2023-12-15
  • DELGROSSO DOUGLAS G (President and CEO) sold 17,980 shares on 2023-03-06
  • Smith Gregory Scott (SVP & Chief Accounting Officer) sold 850 shares on 2023-02-17
  • DELGROSSO DOUGLAS G (President and CEO) sold 200 shares on 2023-02-08
  • DELGROSSO DOUGLAS G (President and CEO) sold 50,000 shares on 2023-01-09
  • Stafeil Jeffrey (EVP and CFO) sold 29,210 shares on 2022-11-07
  • Smith Gregory Scott (VP & Chief Accounting Officer) sold 750 shares on 2021-05-07