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KGS Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.

Last updated: Mar 17, 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 only 1/3 quarters. Q3 2025: $25M, Q2 2025: $0M, Q1 2025: $0M

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Execution Acceleration

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

New buyback activity: $25M after no prior spending

Buyback vs FCF

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

Negative FCF ($-349M), cannot compute buyback ratio

Buyback Intensity

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

Repurchased 547,662 shares = 1.2% of 87,800,000 outstanding (annualized)

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Insider Buying

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

21 open-market purchases by 12 insiders

  • Darden Alexander Newsom () bought 5,000 shares at $54.75 on 2026-03-13
  • HOGAN RANDALL J () bought 6,000 shares at $54.81 on 2026-03-13
  • McKee Robert Michael (President & CEO) bought 433 shares at $50.23 on 2026-02-20
  • Montana Margaret C () bought 110 shares at $26.12 on 2024-08-16
  • Montana Margaret C () bought 2,000 shares at $25.25 on 2024-03-12
  • Bonno Terry () bought 4,000 shares at $18.45 on 2023-09-01
  • McKee Robert Michael (President & CEO) bought 12,830 shares at $18.04 on 2023-08-24
  • McKee Robert Michael (President & CEO) bought 3,350 shares at $18.09 on 2023-08-23
  • Montana Margaret C () bought 5,000 shares at $19.17 on 2023-08-15
  • Hamilton Ewan William (Chief Accounting Officer) bought 500 shares at $19.73 on 2023-08-15

Insider-Buyback Convergence

Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?

Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 1 of 3 quarters

  • Q3 2025: Montana Margaret C bought while company spent $25M
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Insider Net Direction

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

Insiders bought $2M, sold $1.9B (net selling)

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