AVNS AVANOS MEDICAL, INC.

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: $2M, Q3 2025: $0M, Q2 2025: $4M, Q1 2025: $9M

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

Latest quarter $2M vs trailing avg $4M (-48%)

What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.

Negative FCF ($-29M), buybacks not supported by cash flow

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

Repurchased 1,370,720 shares = 3.0% of 46,456,462 outstanding (annualized)

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

2 open-market purchases by 1 insiders

• BLACKFORD GARY () bought 20,000 shares at $10.97 on 2025-08-13
• BLACKFORD GARY () bought 40,000 shares at $10.99 on 2025-08-13

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 4 quarters and 2 insider purchases by 1 insiders (no calendar overlap, but both independently active)

Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?

Insiders bought $0M, sold $0M in the last 90 days (net selling)

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

No buyback-insider divergence detected