SXC SunCoke Energy, 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 2/4 quarters. Q3 2021: $0M, Q2 2021: $0M, Q1 2021: $7M, Q3 2020: $13M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $0M vs trailing avg $7M (-100%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Negative FCF ($-10M), cannot compute buyback ratio
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 3,600,000 shares = 6.9% of 69,636,785 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
9 open-market purchases by 4 insiders
- Mikhalevsky Andrei Alexander () bought 5,000 shares at $5.53 on 2026-02-26
- Hardesty Phillip Michael (Senior Vice President) bought 12,209 shares at $5.83 on 2026-02-25
- Hardesty Phillip Michael (Senior Vice President) bought 291 shares at $5.82 on 2026-02-25
- Marinko Mark W. (SR VP, Chief Financial Officer) bought 400 shares at $5.83 on 2026-02-25
- Marinko Mark W. (SR VP, Chief Financial Officer) bought 9,600 shares at $5.84 on 2026-02-25
- Hardesty Phillip Michael (Senior Vice President) bought 2,032 shares at $6.62 on 2025-11-07
- Hardesty Phillip Michael (Senior Vice President) bought 800 shares at $6.63 on 2025-11-07
- Hardesty Phillip Michael (Senior Vice President) bought 9,168 shares at $6.64 on 2025-11-07
- Della Ratta Ralph M Jr () bought 7,288 shares at $6.86 on 2025-11-06
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 0 of 4 quarters
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $0M, 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