← Back to all signals

MTUS Metallus Inc.

Last updated: Mar 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. Q3 2025: $20M, Q2 2025: $10M, Q1 2025: $4M, Q3 2024: $8M

🐂

Execution Acceleration

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

Latest quarter $20M vs trailing avg $7M (+178%)

Buyback vs FCF

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

Negative FCF ($-22M), cannot compute buyback ratio

🐻

Buyback Intensity

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

Repurchased 2,285 shares = 0.0% of 50,000,000 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 $2M (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 2455581.2x more than bought. 3 C-suite officers among sellers

  • Williams Michael S (Chief Executive Officer) sold 19,017 shares on 2026-02-03
  • Williams Michael S (Chief Executive Officer) sold 13,713 shares on 2026-02-04
  • WESTBROOKS KRISTOPHER R (President & COO) sold 2,951 shares on 2026-02-03
  • WESTBROOKS KRISTOPHER R (President & COO) sold 2,128 shares on 2026-02-04
  • WESTBROOKS KRISTOPHER R (President & COO) sold 93 shares on 2026-01-15
  • Williams Michael S (Chief Executive Officer) sold 603 shares on 2026-01-15
  • WESTBROOKS KRISTOPHER R (President & COO) sold 10,932 shares on 2026-01-14
  • Williams Michael S (Chief Executive Officer) sold 14,462 shares on 2026-01-08
  • Williams Michael S (Chief Executive Officer) sold 4,835 shares on 2026-01-09
  • Williams Michael S (Chief Executive Officer) sold 8,428 shares on 2025-12-17