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BBT Beacon Financial Corp

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. Q2 2025: $13M, Q1 2025: $4M, Q3 2024: $4M, Q2 2024: $12M

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Execution Acceleration

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

Latest quarter $13M vs trailing avg $7M (+102%)

Buyback vs FCF

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

Buyback $33M / FCF $295M = 11% of FCF

Buyback Intensity

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

Repurchased 566,793 shares = 0.7% of 84,063,130 outstanding (annualized)

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Insider Buying

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

4 open-market purchases by 4 insiders

  • Callahan Mary Anne () bought 4,000 shares at $24.67 on 2025-11-04
  • Hollister Thomas J () bought 4,200 shares at $24.66 on 2025-11-04
  • Carlson Carl M (CFO & Chief Strategy Officer) bought 2,000 shares at $24.69 on 2025-11-03
  • Hughes William H III () bought 635 shares at $24.26 on 2025-11-03
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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 4 quarters and 4 insider purchases by 4 insiders (no calendar overlap, but both independently active)

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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 $1M 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.

No buyback-insider divergence detected