CC Chemours Co

Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?

Bought back stock in 4/4 quarters. Q3 2024: $18M, Q2 2024: $37M, Q1 2024: $14M, Q3 2023: $79M

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

Latest quarter $18M vs trailing avg $43M (-58%)

What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.

Negative FCF ($-976M), cannot compute buyback ratio

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

Missing shares repurchased or outstanding data

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

5 open-market purchases by 4 insiders

• Dignam Denise (President & CEO) bought 4,068 shares at $12.06 on 2025-08-08
• Gumpel Damian (See Remarks) bought 7,822 shares at $9.95 on 2025-06-03
• Gumpel Damian (See Remarks) bought 13,400 shares at $9.22 on 2025-06-02
• HOSTETTER SHANE (Chief Financial Officer) bought 4,450 shares at $11.28 on 2025-05-19
• Newman Mark (President and CEO) bought 7,661 shares at $34.63 on 2023-06-09

Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?

Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 2 of 4 quarters

• Q3 2024: Newman Mark bought while company spent $18M
• Q2 2024: Newman Mark bought while company spent $37M

Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?

Insiders bought $1M, sold $32M (net selling)

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 56.4x more than bought. 6 C-suite officers among sellers

• Abbott Matthew S (SVP, Chief Enterprise Transfor) sold 8,912 shares on 2023-06-08
• Bellezza Alisha (President, Thermal Spec Solns) sold 8,912 shares on 2023-03-06
• Bellezza Alisha (President, Thermal Spec Solns) sold 5,453 shares on 2023-03-06
• Bellezza Alisha (President, Thermal Spec Solns) sold 7,415 shares on 2023-03-06
• Bellezza Alisha (President, Thermal Spec Solns) sold 5,936 shares on 2023-03-06
• Sparks Edwin C (President, Titan Tech Chem Sol) sold 4,312 shares on 2022-06-07
• Sparks Edwin C (President, Titan Tech Chem Sol) sold 17,830 shares on 2022-06-07
• Ralhan Sameer (SVP, CFO) sold 35,188 shares on 2022-05-06
• Ralhan Sameer (SVP, CFO) sold 20,175 shares on 2022-05-09
• Sparks Edwin C (President, Titan Tech Chem Sol) sold 523 shares on 2022-05-05