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AX Axos Financial, Inc.

Last updated: May 11, 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. Q3 2025: $1M, Q2 2025: $64M, Q1 2025: $18M, Q3 2024: $32M

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Execution Acceleration

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

Latest quarter $1M vs trailing avg $38M (-98%)

Buyback vs FCF

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

Buyback $115M / FCF $613M = 19% of FCF

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Buyback Intensity

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

Repurchased 3,567,051 shares = 25.3% of 56,483,617 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 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.

Need both buyback and insider purchase data

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Insider Net Direction

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

Insiders bought $0M, sold $7M in the last 90 days (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 8788950.2x more than bought. 2 C-suite officers among sellers

  • Walsh Derrick (EVP, Chief Financial Officer) sold 4,846 shares on 2026-02-06
  • Garrabrants Gregory (President and CEO) sold 43,294 shares on 2026-02-04