WHD Cactus, Inc.
Last updated: Aug 15, 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. Q2 2026: $0M, Q1 2026: $5M, Q3 2025: $1M, Q2 2025: $0M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $0M vs trailing avg $2M (-90%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.
Buyback $7M / FCF $171M = 4% of FCF
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Missing shares repurchased or outstanding data
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 $31M 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 51270558.7x more than bought. 4 C-suite officers among sellers
- Bender Steven (COO, EVP and CEO-SpoolableTech) sold 25,000 shares on 2026-08-07
- Tadlock Stephen (EVP/CEO Cactus Intl) sold 38,455 shares on 2026-08-03
- Bender Scott (Chairman and CEO) sold 100,000 shares on 2026-08-03
- Bender Joel (President) sold 100,000 shares on 2026-08-03
- Bender Joel (President) sold 86,700 shares on 2026-07-30
- Bender Scott (Chairman and CEO) sold 86,700 shares on 2026-07-30
- Bender Scott (Chairman and CEO) sold 13,300 shares on 2026-07-27
- Bender Joel (President) sold 13,300 shares on 2026-07-27
- Bender Joel (President) sold 29,228 shares on 2026-03-06
- Bender Joel (President) sold 106,809 shares on 2026-03-10