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DV DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.

Last updated: Mar 17, 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. Q1 2025: $82M, Q3 2024: $25M, Q3 2025: $25M, Q2 2024: $24M

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Execution Acceleration

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

Latest quarter $82M vs trailing avg $25M (+232%)

Buyback vs FCF

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

Negative FCF ($-58M), 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

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Insider Buying

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

7 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
  • Zagorski Mark (Chief Executive Officer) bought 705 shares at $15.30 on 2024-11-30
  • Zagorski Mark (Chief Executive Officer) bought 712 shares at $15.47 on 2024-05-31
  • Eddleman Julie (Global Chief Comm. Officer) bought 1,497 shares at $15.47 on 2024-05-31
  • Zagorski Mark (Chief Executive Officer) bought 389 shares at $28.22 on 2023-11-30
  • Zagorski Mark (Chief Executive Officer) bought 1,765 shares at $28.36 on 2023-09-19
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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 3 of 4 quarters

  • Q3 2024: Zagorski Mark bought while company spent $25M
  • Q3 2025: Zagorski Mark bought while company spent $25M
  • Q2 2024: Zagorski Mark bought while company spent $24M
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Insider Net Direction

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

Insiders bought $0M, sold $1.7B (net selling)

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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 13069.2x more than bought. 3 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
  • Allais Nicola T (Chief Financial Officer) sold 2,220 shares on 2025-02-10
  • Allais Nicola T (Chief Financial Officer) sold 2,220 shares on 2025-02-11