AWI ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES 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 2025: $15M, Q2 2025: $10M, Q1 2025: $15M, Q3 2024: $40M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $15M vs trailing avg $22M (-31%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Negative FCF ($-2M), cannot compute buyback ratio
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Missing shares repurchased or outstanding data
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
1 open-market purchase by TEMPLIN ROY W
- TEMPLIN ROY W () bought 575 shares at $173.91 on 2026-02-27
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 $651M (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 6505.2x more than bought. 3 C-suite officers among sellers
- Grizzle Victor (CEO) sold 22,914 shares on 2023-12-28
- Grizzle Victor (CEO) sold 25,689 shares on 2022-12-27
- Grizzle Victor (CEO) sold 19,909 shares on 2021-12-16
- Grizzle Victor (CEO) sold 4,970 shares on 2021-12-16
- Grizzle Victor (CEO) sold 5,769 shares on 2021-12-16
- Grizzle Victor (CEO) sold 700 shares on 2021-12-16
- MacNeal Brian L (CFO) sold 5,000 shares on 2021-05-03
- McNamara Stephen F (Vice President and Controller) sold 3,532 shares on 2021-03-08
- McNamara Stephen F (Vice President and Controller) sold 4,634 shares on 2021-03-08
- McNamara Stephen F (Vice President and Controller) sold 979 shares on 2021-03-08