DV DoubleVerify Holdings, 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. Q1 2025: $82M, Q3 2024: $25M, Q3 2025: $25M, Q2 2024: $24M
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
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
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
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $1.7B (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 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