BGC BGC Group, Inc.
Last updated: Mar 17, 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: $64M, Q2 2025: $79M, Q1 2025: $69M, Q3 2024: $40M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $64M vs trailing avg $63M (+2%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Negative FCF ($-81M), 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?
6 open-market purchases by 3 insiders
- CF GROUP MANAGEMENT INC () bought 8,973,721 shares at $9.21 on 2025-10-06
- CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P. () bought 8,973,721 shares at $9.21 on 2025-10-06
- Lutnick Brandon () bought 96,313,001 shares at $0.00 on 2025-10-06
- Lutnick Brandon () bought 3,946,149 shares at $0.00 on 2025-10-06
- Lutnick Brandon () bought 8,973,721 shares at $9.21 on 2025-10-06
- Lutnick Brandon () bought 600,938 shares at $0.00 on 2025-10-06
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 $248M, sold $83M (net buying)
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