GTES Gates Industrial Corp plc

Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?

Bought back stock in 3/4 quarters. Q1 2026: $13M, Q3 2025: $126M, Q2 2025: $0M, Q1 2025: $50M

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

Latest quarter $13M vs trailing avg $59M (-78%)

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

Negative FCF ($-266M), buybacks not supported by cash flow

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

Repurchased 2,728,791 shares = 1.1% of 255,203,987 outstanding (annualized)

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

No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months

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

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

Insiders bought $0M, sold $1M in the last 90 days (net selling)

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 1482324.7x more than bought. 2 C-suite officers among sellers

• Montgomery Gwendolyn Ann (Chief Human Resources Officer) sold 40,996 shares on 2025-11-26
• Montgomery Gwendolyn Ann (Chief Human Resources Officer) sold 2,338 shares on 2025-11-17
• Mallard Lawrence B (Chief Financial Officer) sold 22,188 shares on 2025-11-12