AORT ARTIVION, INC.
Last updated: Mar 16, 2026
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. Q3 2015: $3M, Q3 2014: $0M, Q2 2014: $0M, Q1 2014: $1M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $3M vs trailing avg $1M (+408%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Negative FCF ($-10M), cannot compute buyback ratio
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 2,008,000 shares = 4.8% of 41,830,000 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
2 open-market purchases by 1 insiders
- SEMEDO ANTHONY B. () bought 1,500 shares at $25.33 on 2025-03-05
- SEMEDO ANTHONY B. () bought 600 shares at $25.25 on 2025-03-05
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?
Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 0 of 4 quarters
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $37M (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 687.7x more than bought. 5 C-suite officers among sellers
- Horton Amy (VP, Chief Accounting Officer) sold 901 shares on 2026-03-03
- Davis John E (Chief Commercial Officer) sold 4,573 shares on 2026-03-03
- Berry Lance A (EVP, COO, CFO & Treasurer) sold 6,316 shares on 2026-03-03
- Mackin James P (President & CEO) sold 17,887 shares on 2026-03-03
- Horton Amy (VP, Chief Accounting Officer) sold 641 shares on 2026-03-02
- Mackin James P (President & CEO) sold 14,911 shares on 2026-03-02
- Berry Lance A (EVP, COO, CFO & Treasurer) sold 5,178 shares on 2026-03-02
- Davis John E (Chief Commercial Officer) sold 2,784 shares on 2026-03-02
- Horton Amy (VP, Chief Accounting Officer) sold 1,731 shares on 2026-02-23
- Horton Amy (VP, Chief Accounting Officer) sold 830 shares on 2026-02-24