MBC MasterBrand, 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 3/4 quarters. Q3 2025: $0M, Q2 2025: $5M, Q1 2025: $2M, Q3 2024: $12M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $0M vs trailing avg $6M (-100%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Negative FCF ($-72M), cannot compute buyback ratio
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 950,998 shares = 0.7% of 127,600,000 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
9 open-market purchases by 3 insiders
- Crisci Robert () bought 20,000 shares at $14.08 on 2025-02-28
- CHUGG JULIANA L () bought 6,989 shares at $14.17 on 2025-02-24
- Crisci Robert () bought 20,000 shares at $15.39 on 2024-08-09
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC () bought 24 shares at $8.57 on 2023-01-23
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC () bought 100 shares at $8.54 on 2023-01-23
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC () bought 500 shares at $8.58 on 2023-01-23
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC () bought 300 shares at $8.54 on 2023-01-23
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC () bought 463 shares at $8.41 on 2023-01-23
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC () bought 94 shares at $8.54 on 2023-01-23
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 4 quarters
- Q3 2024: GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC bought while company spent $12M
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $1M, sold $0M (net buying)
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