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FTDR Frontdoor, 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. Q3 2025: $62M, Q2 2025: $45M, Q1 2024: $13M, Q1 2025: $13M

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Execution Acceleration

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

Latest quarter $62M vs trailing avg $24M (+162%)

Buyback vs FCF

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

Negative FCF ($-13M), cannot compute buyback ratio

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Buyback Intensity

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

Repurchased 13,880,560 shares = 18.4% of 75,314,243 outstanding (annualized)

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Insider Buying

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

9 open-market purchases by 4 insiders

  • Boland Darrin Steve () bought 5,000 shares at $42.75 on 2025-03-05
  • COBB WILLIAM C (CEO) bought 5,000 shares at $42.22 on 2025-03-03
  • Catalano Anna C () bought 4,000 shares at $25.00 on 2022-05-25
  • Cella Peter L. () bought 5,000 shares at $24.53 on 2022-05-25
  • COBB WILLIAM C () bought 10,000 shares at $25.51 on 2022-05-23
  • Cella Peter L. () bought 5,000 shares at $35.23 on 2021-11-08
  • Cella Peter L. () bought 5,000 shares at $34.78 on 2020-03-12
  • Cella Peter L. () bought 8,000 shares at $45.22 on 2019-12-06
  • Cella Peter L. () bought 7,000 shares at $38.47 on 2019-05-10
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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 0 of 4 quarters

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Insider Net Direction

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

Insiders bought $2M, sold $13M (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 7.0x more than bought. 3 C-suite officers among sellers

  • Fiarman Jeffrey (SVP & Chief Legal Officer) sold 15,000 shares on 2026-03-03
  • Collins Kathryn M (SVP & Chief Revenue Officer) sold 9,429 shares on 2025-08-15
  • Iverson Evan (SVP & Chief Operating Officer) sold 6,077 shares on 2025-05-08
  • Iverson Evan (SVP & Chief Operating Officer) sold 8,500 shares on 2025-05-08
  • Collins Kathryn M (SVP & Chief Revenue Officer) sold 25,784 shares on 2024-12-10
  • Iverson Evan (SVP & Chief Operating Officer) sold 16,000 shares on 2024-12-11