GO Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.
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 3/4 quarters. Q3 2025: $25M, Q2 2025: $25M, Q1 2025: $6M, Q3 2024: $0M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $25M vs trailing avg $10M (+140%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.
Negative FCF ($-153M), buybacks not supported by cash flow
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 4,099,146 shares = 4.2% of 97,262,557 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
16 open-market purchases by 6 insiders
- Ragatz Erik D. () bought 125,000 shares at $7.06 on 2026-03-27
- Potter Jason J. N. (President and CEO) bought 2,556 shares at $6.68 on 2026-03-24
- Potter Jason J. N. (President and CEO) bought 110,252 shares at $6.35 on 2026-03-23
- Potter Jason J. N. (President and CEO) bought 286,097 shares at $5.90 on 2026-03-19
- Ragatz Erik D. () bought 50,000 shares at $5.75 on 2026-03-19
- Ragatz Erik D. () bought 33,997 shares at $5.85 on 2026-03-18
- Ragatz Erik D. () bought 16,003 shares at $5.85 on 2026-03-17
- Ragatz Erik D. () bought 100,000 shares at $6.09 on 2026-03-16
- Ragatz Erik D. () bought 125,000 shares at $6.00 on 2026-03-11
- Jaros Carey F. () bought 40,000 shares at $6.26 on 2026-03-10
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 3 quarters and 16 insider purchases by 6 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 $8M, sold $1M in the last 90 days (net buying)
Red Flag
Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.
No buyback-insider divergence detected