LBRT Liberty Energy Inc.
Last updated: Aug 16, 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. Q2 2026: $1M, Q1 2026: $24M, Q3 2025: $39M, Q2 2025: $30M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $1M vs trailing avg $31M (-97%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.
Negative FCF ($-480M), buybacks not supported by cash flow
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Missing shares repurchased or outstanding data
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
2 open-market purchases by 1 insiders
- Murti Arjun N () bought 14,053 shares at $17.79 on 2026-07-28
- Murti Arjun N () bought 9,696 shares at $25.79 on 2026-02-17
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 4 quarters and 2 insider purchases by 1 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 $0M, sold $2M in the last 90 days (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 6.1x more than bought. 2 C-suite officers among sellers
- Stock Michael (Chief Financial Officer) sold 3,333 shares on 2026-08-03
- Stock Michael (Chief Financial Officer) sold 3,333 shares on 2026-08-04
- Stock Michael (Chief Financial Officer) sold 9,999 shares on 2026-07-01
- Stock Michael (Chief Financial Officer) sold 13,332 shares on 2026-06-01
- Stock Michael (Chief Financial Officer) sold 3,333 shares on 2026-06-02
- Stock Michael (Chief Financial Officer) sold 19,998 shares on 2026-05-20
- ELLIOTT R SEAN (Chief Legal Officer) sold 25,000 shares on 2026-02-06
- Stock Michael (Chief Financial Officer) sold 25,000 shares on 2026-02-06