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PIPR PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES

Last updated: Mar 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. Q3 2025: $2M, Q2 2025: $5M, Q1 2025: $52M, Q3 2024: $4M

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Execution Acceleration

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

Latest quarter $2M vs trailing avg $20M (-88%)

Buyback vs FCF

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

Negative FCF ($-50M), cannot compute buyback ratio

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Buyback Intensity

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

Repurchased 2,313,400 shares = 14.4% of 16,111,723 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 insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?

Need both buyback and insider purchase data

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Insider Net Direction

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

Insiders bought $0M, sold $5M (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 4966734.9x more than bought. 3 C-suite officers among sellers

  • Schoneman Debbra L. (President) sold 81 shares on 2026-02-11
  • Schoneman Debbra L. (President) sold 5,159 shares on 2026-02-11
  • Abraham Chad R (CEO and Chairman) sold 1,614 shares on 2025-11-26
  • Abraham Chad R (CEO and Chairman) sold 1,630 shares on 2025-11-26
  • Abraham Chad R (CEO and Chairman) sold 1,156 shares on 2025-11-26
  • Abraham Chad R (CEO and Chairman) sold 1,384 shares on 2025-11-28
  • Abraham Chad R (CEO and Chairman) sold 1,616 shares on 2025-11-28
  • Clune Katherine Patricia (Chief Financial Officer) sold 1,367 shares on 2025-11-21