TILE INTERFACE INC
Last updated: Aug 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. Q2 2026: $4M, Q1 2026: $0M, Q3 2025: $0M, Q3 2023: $9M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $4M vs trailing avg $3M (+45%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.
Buyback $13M / FCF $17M = 76% of FCF
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 5,468,188 shares = 9.4% of 57,891,000 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 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
Insider Net Direction
Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $3M in the last 90 days (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 5453266.8x more than bought. 4 C-suite officers among sellers
- Pridgen Robert (Chief Accounting Officer) sold 8,000 shares on 2026-08-11
- Poppens James (Vice President) sold 10,000 shares on 2026-08-11
- Hausmann Bruce Andrew (VP & CFO) sold 50,000 shares on 2026-05-27
- Foshee David B (Vice President/Secretary) sold 44,393 shares on 2026-05-18
- Poppens James (Vice President) sold 8,000 shares on 2026-03-06
- Poppens James (Vice President) sold 10,000 shares on 2026-03-03
- Poppens James (Vice President) sold 2,650 shares on 2026-03-04
- Poppens James (Vice President) sold 5,000 shares on 2026-03-05
- Poppens James (Vice President) sold 9,144 shares on 2026-02-26
- Poppens James (Vice President) sold 5,206 shares on 2026-02-27