DV DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.
Last updated: May 11, 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. Q1 2025: $82M, Q1 2026: $82M, Q3 2024: $25M, Q3 2025: $25M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $82M vs trailing avg $44M (+86%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.
Negative FCF ($-160M), 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?
2 open-market purchases by 2 insiders
- Eddleman Julie (Global Chief Comm. Officer) bought 1,096 shares at $11.68 on 2025-05-31
- Zagorski Mark (Chief Executive Officer) bought 1,141 shares at $11.68 on 2025-05-31
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 2 insider purchases by 2 insiders (no calendar overlap, but both independently active)
Insider Net Direction
Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $0M 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 29.5x more than bought. 1 C-suite officers among sellers
- Grimmig Andrew E (Chief Legal Officer) sold 1,000 shares on 2026-03-02
- Grimmig Andrew E (Chief Legal Officer) sold 1,000 shares on 2026-02-02
- Grimmig Andrew E (Chief Legal Officer) sold 1,000 shares on 2026-01-02
- Grimmig Andrew E (Chief Legal Officer) sold 3,096 shares on 2025-12-16
- Grimmig Andrew E (Chief Legal Officer) sold 1,000 shares on 2025-12-01
- Grimmig Andrew E (Chief Legal Officer) sold 1,000 shares on 2025-11-03
- Grimmig Andrew E (Chief Legal Officer) sold 1,000 shares on 2025-10-01
- Grimmig Andrew E (Chief Legal Officer) sold 4,096 shares on 2025-09-17