ALRM Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.
Last updated: Aug 16, 2026
Execution Consistency
Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?
Bought back stock in 3/4 quarters. Q2 2026: $5M, Q1 2026: $5M, Q3 2025: $0M, Q2 2025: $75M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $5M vs trailing avg $27M (-81%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.
Buyback $85M / FCF $214M = 40% of FCF
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 174,400 shares = 0.4% of 49,630,714 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
4 open-market purchases by 1 insiders
- Trundle Stephen (Chief Executive Officer) bought 9,900 shares at $48.06 on 2025-11-20
- Trundle Stephen (Chief Executive Officer) bought 100 shares at $48.66 on 2025-11-20
- Trundle Stephen (Chief Executive Officer) bought 12,469 shares at $48.53 on 2025-11-19
- Trundle Stephen (Chief Executive Officer) bought 3,531 shares at $48.57 on 2025-11-18
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are both company buybacks and insider buying independently active? Bull when the company is buying back stock in 2+ quarters and insiders have made 2+ open-market purchases.
Company buybacks in 3 quarters and 4 insider purchases by 1 insiders (no calendar overlap, but both independently active)
Insider Net Direction
Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $2M in the last 90 days (net selling)
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 5.0x more than bought. 2 C-suite officers among sellers
- Bradley Kevin Christopher (Chief Financial Officer) sold 5,400 shares on 2026-08-12
- Bradley Kevin Christopher (Chief Financial Officer) sold 724 shares on 2026-07-02
- Bradley Kevin Christopher (Chief Financial Officer) sold 2,200 shares on 2026-06-10
- Trundle Stephen (Chief Executive Officer) sold 6,073 shares on 2026-05-26
- Trundle Stephen (Chief Executive Officer) sold 2,944 shares on 2026-05-18
- Bradley Kevin Christopher (Chief Financial Officer) sold 1,510 shares on 2026-03-18