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FTDR Frontdoor, Inc.

Last updated: Aug 16, 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. Q2 2026: $64M, Q1 2026: $71M, Q3 2025: $62M, Q2 2025: $45M

Execution Acceleration

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

Latest quarter $64M vs trailing avg $59M (+8%)

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Buyback vs FCF

What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.

Buyback $242M / FCF $103M = 235% of FCF

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Buyback Intensity

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

Repurchased 9,291,575 shares = 13.1% of 70,958,215 outstanding (annualized)

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Insider Buying

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

No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months

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.

Need both buyback and insider purchase data

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Insider Net Direction

Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?

Insiders bought $0M, sold $4M in the last 90 days (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 5121987.4x more than bought. 3 C-suite officers among sellers

  • Fiarman Jeffrey (SVP & Chief Legal Officer) sold 13,000 shares on 2026-08-10
  • Iverson Evan (SVP & Chief Operating Officer) sold 18,190 shares on 2026-08-10
  • Collins Kathryn M (SVP & Chief Revenue Officer) sold 10,000 shares on 2026-08-10
  • 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