HTH Hilltop Holdings Inc.

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

Bought back stock in 2/4 quarters. Q3 2025: $0M, Q2 2025: $10M, Q1 2025: $10M, Q3 2024: $0M

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

Latest quarter $0M vs trailing avg $7M (-100%)

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

Buyback $20M / FCF $24M = 82% of FCF

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

Repurchased 1,744,529 shares = 2.7% of 64,967,984 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 insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?

Need both buyback and insider purchase data

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

Insiders bought $0M, sold $11M (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 11226461.5x more than bought. 2 C-suite officers among sellers

• Thompson Steve B (PrimeLending President and CEO) sold 9,025 shares on 2026-02-06
• Winges Martin Bradley (Hilltop Securities CEO) sold 10 shares on 2026-02-03
• Winges Martin Bradley (Hilltop Securities CEO) sold 2,408 shares on 2026-02-03
• Winges Martin Bradley (Hilltop Securities CEO) sold 23,582 shares on 2026-02-03