IDCC InterDigital, Inc.
Last updated: Mar 17, 2026
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: $3M, Q2 2025: $35M, Q1 2025: $29M, Q3 2024: $57M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $3M vs trailing avg $40M (-92%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Buyback $124M / FCF $200M = 62% of FCF
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 13,100,000 shares = 51.0% of 25,682,000 outstanding (annualized)
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 insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?
Need both buyback and insider purchase data
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $59M (net selling)
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 59268477.5x more than bought. 4 C-suite officers among sellers
- Pankaj Rajesh (Chief Technology Officer) sold 1,000 shares on 2026-03-05
- BREZSKI RICHARD (Chief Financial Officer) sold 620 shares on 2026-02-10
- BREZSKI RICHARD (Chief Financial Officer) sold 760 shares on 2026-02-10
- BREZSKI RICHARD (Chief Financial Officer) sold 652 shares on 2026-02-10
- BREZSKI RICHARD (Chief Financial Officer) sold 400 shares on 2026-02-10
- BREZSKI RICHARD (Chief Financial Officer) sold 350 shares on 2026-02-10
- BREZSKI RICHARD (Chief Financial Officer) sold 410 shares on 2026-02-10
- BREZSKI RICHARD (Chief Financial Officer) sold 360 shares on 2026-02-10
- BREZSKI RICHARD (Chief Financial Officer) sold 458 shares on 2026-02-10
- BREZSKI RICHARD (Chief Financial Officer) sold 590 shares on 2026-02-10