CARG CarGurus, Inc.
Last updated: Aug 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. Q2 2026: $2M, Q1 2026: $183M, Q3 2025: $4M, Q2 2025: $65M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $2M vs trailing avg $84M (-98%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.
Negative FCF ($-111M), buybacks not supported by cash flow
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 Kaufer Stephen
- Kaufer Stephen () bought 30,766 shares at $32.50 on 2026-03-03
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 but insufficient insider buying
Insider Net Direction
Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $2M 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.
Company buying back stock while insiders sold 7.8x more than bought. 6 C-suite officers among sellers
- Sarnoff Dafna (Chief Marketing Officer) sold 17,151 shares on 2026-08-13
- Trevisan Jason (Chief Executive Officer) sold 1,100 shares on 2026-08-07
- Quinn Matthew Todd (Chief Technology Officer) sold 3,824 shares on 2026-07-02
- Hanson Jennifer Ladd (Chief People Officer) sold 567 shares on 2026-07-02
- Hanson Jennifer Ladd (Chief People Officer) sold 2,499 shares on 2026-07-01
- Sarnoff Dafna (Chief Marketing Officer) sold 5,445 shares on 2026-04-02
- Quinn Matthew Todd (Chief Technology Officer) sold 4,341 shares on 2026-04-02
- Hanson Jennifer Ladd (Chief People Officer) sold 567 shares on 2026-04-02
- Hanson Jennifer Ladd (Chief People Officer) sold 2,499 shares on 2026-03-31
- Elshareef Ismail (Chief Product Officer) sold 1,645 shares on 2026-02-02