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Uber Cannibals — Buyback Machines 2026 — QMA ranking

Firms that aggressively buy back their own shares. Fewer shares = larger stake for each holder. AutoZone style. NEW: REAL shares outstanding YoY decline detection (2-15% bounds).

Why this list

Uber Cannibal strategy (Mohnish Pabrai) — firm with constant FCF and shrinking share count "eats itself" to the benefit of remaining shareholders. 2026-05-17 UPGRADE: Real shares_outstanding YoY decline from fundamentals (replaces FVS proxy). Bounds 2-15% per year exclude data anomalies. Plus composite >= 60, IAS >= 60. AutoZone-style realistic cannibals do 4-8% per year per Pabrai literature.

This uber cannibals — buyback machines ranking is assembled by the QMA analytical engine from the current composite score and this category's filters — sorted from the highest rating. Recomputed daily. It is not a backtest result. This is a descriptive analytical assessment, not investment advice.

  1. #1
    Navios Maritime Partners L.P. · Industrials

    Insider activity (IAS) 52, earnings quality (EQS) 100, composite 74.

    Composite 74$89.37$1.8B
  2. #2
    Healthcare Services Group, Inc. · Healthcare

    Insider activity (IAS) 20, earnings quality (EQS) 88, composite 73.

    Composite 73$25.30$1.4B
  3. #3
    MSCI Inc. · Financial Services

    Insider activity (IAS) 29, earnings quality (EQS) 98, composite 72.

    Composite 72$615.62$41.8B
  4. #4
    RingCentral, Inc. · Technology

    Insider activity (IAS) 16, earnings quality (EQS) 83, composite 72.

    Composite 72$83.39$2.5B
  5. #5
    Cricut, Inc. · Technology

    Insider activity (IAS) 24, earnings quality (EQS) 75, composite 71.

    Composite 71$6.25$986M
  6. #6
    Star Bulk Carriers Corp. · Industrials

    Insider activity (IAS) 38, earnings quality (EQS) 100, composite 71.

    Composite 71$28.98$2.7B
  7. #7
    Ingersoll Rand Inc. · Industrials

    Insider activity (IAS) 36, earnings quality (EQS) 98, composite 70.

    Composite 70$73.48$39.0B
  8. #8
    Apogee Enterprises, Inc. · Basic Materials

    Insider activity (IAS) 23, earnings quality (EQS) 63, composite 69.

    Composite 69$43.63$907M
  9. #9
    Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. · Technology

    Insider activity (IAS) 35, earnings quality (EQS) 68, composite 68.

    Composite 68$55.52$1.3B
  10. #10
    DXC Technology Company · Technology

    Insider activity (IAS) 31, earnings quality (EQS) 70, composite 68.

    Composite 68$16.09$2.4B
  11. #11
    FTI Consulting, Inc. · Industrials

    Insider activity (IAS) 52, earnings quality (EQS) —, composite 66.

    Composite 66$157.24$5.8B
  12. #12
    ScanSource, Inc. · Technology

    Insider activity (IAS) 16, earnings quality (EQS) 60, composite 66.

    Composite 66$61.05$825M
  13. #13
    Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. · Communication Services

    Insider activity (IAS) 27, earnings quality (EQS) 73, composite 65.

    Composite 65$48.51$32.3B
  14. #14
    Chord Energy Corporation · Energy

    Insider activity (IAS) 17, earnings quality (EQS) —, composite 65.

    Composite 65$158.13$5.8B
  15. #15
    EPAM Systems, Inc. · Technology

    Insider activity (IAS) 32, earnings quality (EQS) —, composite 65.

    Composite 65$136.25$10.2B
  16. #16
    TKO Group Holdings, Inc. · Communication Services

    Insider activity (IAS) 25, earnings quality (EQS) —, composite 64.

    Composite 64$173.07$17.3B
  17. #17
    StoneCo Ltd. · Technology

    Insider activity (IAS) 36, earnings quality (EQS) —, composite 64.

    Composite 64$11.48$4.7B
  18. #18
    Gaotu Techedu Inc. · Consumer Defensive

    Insider activity (IAS) 48, earnings quality (EQS) 60, composite 64.

    Composite 64$2.54$789M
  19. #19
    Steel Dynamics, Inc. · Basic Materials

    Insider activity (IAS) 23, earnings quality (EQS) 95, composite 62.

    Composite 62$241.53$29.5B
  20. #20
    Globant S.A. · Technology

    Insider activity (IAS) 35, earnings quality (EQS) 73, composite 60.

    Composite 60$45.03$2.6B
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