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NMIH NMI Holdings, Inc.

Last updated: Aug 16, 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 4/4 quarters. Q2 2026: $24M, Q1 2026: $26M, Q3 2025: $17M, Q2 2025: $27M

Execution Acceleration

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

Latest quarter $24M vs trailing avg $23M (+3%)

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Buyback vs FCF

What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.

Buyback $94M / FCF $17M = 563% of FCF

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Buyback Intensity

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

Repurchased 5,500,000 shares = 7.2% of 76,285,242 outstanding (annualized)

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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 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.

Need both buyback and insider purchase data

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Insider Net Direction

Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?

Insiders bought $0M, sold $1M in the last 90 days (net selling)

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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 10003975.9x more than bought. 4 C-suite officers among sellers

  • Swithenbank Aurora (EVP, Chief Financial Officer) sold 11,662 shares on 2026-08-11
  • Smith Robert Owen (EVP, Chief Risk Officer) sold 12,000 shares on 2026-08-03
  • Fitzgerald Norman Peter (EVP, Chief Sales Officer) sold 22,500 shares on 2026-02-17
  • Yousaf Mohammad Nawaz (EVP, Chief of Ops and Tech) sold 16,000 shares on 2026-02-17