Penny Stock Insider Trading
Tracking Executive Conviction in Stocks Under $5
Insider Activity in Low-Priced Equities
Insider trading in penny stocks often carries significant weight due to the high volatility inherent in smaller companies. When a director or CEO of a low-cap firm purchases shares, it can signal a major belief in an upcoming fundamental shift.
| Filing Date | Trade Date | Ticker | Company Name | Reporting Person | Relationship | Industry | Type | Price | Qty | Total, $ | Owned After | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 14:47 | 2026-08-12 | EMBC | Embecta Corp. | Mann Jeffrey Z | Officer - Pres, Pharm Svc&Prod Mgmt, CLO | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $4.99 | 20,000 | $99,800 | 262,915 | +8.2% |
| 2026-08-13 14:48 | 2026-08-12 | EMBC | Embecta Corp. | Elguicze Jacob | Officer - SVP and CFO | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $4.67 | 20,000 | $93,360 | 309,139 | +6.9% |
| 2026-08-13 14:50 | 2026-08-12 | EMBC | Embecta Corp. | Kurdikar Devdatt | Director, Officer - President and CEO | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $4.70 | 30,000 | $140,937 | 804,919 | +3.9% |
| 2026-08-13 11:00 | 2026-08-11 | EVGN | Evogene Ltd. | RECANATI LEON | Director | Agricultural Chemicals | BUY | $0.64 | 460,000 | $292,100 | 1,343,886 | +52.0% |
| 2026-08-12 20:44 | 2026-08-10 | SCKT | SOCKET MOBILE, INC. | MILLS KEVIN J | Director | Electronic Computers | SELL | $1.80 | 1,946 | -$3,503 | 49,571 | -3.8% |
| 2026-08-13 01:34 | 2026-08-03 | HEPA | Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | LoPriore Vincent S | Director, Officer - Executive Chairman | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $0.05 | 10,000,000 | $500,000 | 16,250,000 | +160.0% |
| 2026-08-13 01:36 | 2026-08-03 | HEPA | Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Appajosyula Sireesh | Director, Officer - Chief Operating Officer | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $0.05 | 2,000,000 | $100,000 | 3,250,000 | +160.0% |
| 2026-08-13 01:39 | 2026-08-03 | HEPA | Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Purcell Michael J. | Director | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $0.05 | 2,000,000 | $100,000 | 3,250,000 | +160.0% |
| 2026-08-13 01:41 | 2026-08-03 | HEPA | Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Stetz Gary S. | Director, Officer - Interim CEO | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $0.05 | 2,000,000 | $100,000 | 3,250,000 | +160.0% |
| 2026-08-13 01:43 | 2026-08-03 | HEPA | Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Stetz Gary S. II | Director | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $0.05 | 500,000 | $25,000 | 500,000 | +100.0% |
| 2026-08-12 23:47 | 2026-05-20 | RAIN | Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. | Seidl Randy | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment | BUY | $2.37 | 42,514 | $100,949 | 644,834 | +7.1% |
| 2026-08-12 23:16 | 2026-08-10 | BRLT | Brilliant Earth Group, Inc. | TURNER GAVIN | Director, 10% owner | Jewelry, Silverware & Plated Ware | SELL | $1.29 | 50,000 | -$64,350 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2026-08-12 23:18 | 2026-08-10 | BRLT | Brilliant Earth Group, Inc. | MAINSAIL GP III, LLC | 10% owner | Jewelry, Silverware & Plated Ware | SELL | $1.29 | 50,000 | -$64,350 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2026-08-12 23:07 | 2026-08-10 | APCX | AppTech Payments Corp. | LORD ALBERT L | Director | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $0.37 | 60,000 | $22,152 | 1,160,000 | +5.5% |
| 2026-08-12 22:51 | 2026-08-11 | PTIX | Protagenic Therapeutics, Inc.\new | ARMEN GARO H | Director, Officer - EXEC. CHAIR & PRINCIPAL OFF | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $0.32 | 2,220 | $710 | 34,199 | +6.9% |
| 2026-08-12 22:39 | 2026-08-01 | AWRE | AWARE INC /MA/ | Amlani Ajay K | Director, Officer - President & CEO | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $1.25 | 6,103 | $7,609 | 965,609 | +0.6% |
| 2026-08-12 22:17 | 2026-08-11 | ALTO | Alto Ingredients, Inc. | NATHAN GILBERT E | Director | Industrial Organic Chemicals | BUY | $4.15 | 50,000 | $207,500 | 856,393 | +6.2% |
| 2026-08-12 21:19 | 2026-08-06 | APHP | American Picture House Corp | Battles Timothy Southgate | Director | Services-Amusement & Recreation Services | BUY | $0.10 | 500,000 | $50,000 | 4,932,200 | +11.3% |
| 2026-08-12 21:23 | 2026-08-11 | SMRT | SmartRent, Inc. | Bohjalian Thomas N | Director | Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design | BUY | $1.34 | 5,000 | $6,700 | 726,062 | +0.7% |
| 2026-08-12 21:04 | 2026-08-10 | STWI | StageWise Strategies Corp. | Artikkhodjaev Jakhongir Abidovich | 10% owner | Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation | BUY | $0.14 | 3,000,000 | $414,000 | 3,000,000 | +100.0% |
| 2026-08-12 21:04 | 2026-08-10 | STWI | StageWise Strategies Corp. | Artikkhodjaev Jakhongir Abidovich | 10% owner | Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation | SELL | $0.14 | 3,000,000 | -$414,000 | 1,000,000 | -75.0% |
| 2026-08-12 20:46 | 2026-08-10 | GGB | GERDAU S.A. | Johannpeter Andre Bier Gerdau | Other | Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills | SELL | $4.94 | 99,200 | -$490,048 | 247,380 | -28.6% |
| 2026-08-12 20:50 | 2026-08-06 | APHP | American Picture House Corp | MacGregor Bannor Michael | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CEO | Services-Amusement & Recreation Services | SELL | $0.05 | 1,100,000 | -$55,000 | 20,036,048 | -5.2% |
| 2026-08-12 20:58 | 2026-08-12 | BBBY | BED BATH & BEYOND, INC. | LEMONIS MARCUS | Director, Officer - EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN & CEO | Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses | BUY | $4.30 | 23,094 | $99,304 | 736,232 | +3.2% |
| 2026-08-12 20:30 | 2026-08-12 | PTLO | Portillo's Inc. | LEE EUGENE I JR | Director | Retail-Eating Places | BUY | $4.59 | 65,355 | $299,979 | 551,770 | +13.4% |
| 2026-08-12 20:24 | 2026-08-10 | GRAB | Grab Holdings Ltd | Tan Anthony Ping Yeow | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Services-Business Services, NEC | SELL | $3.62 | 400,000 | -$1,448,720 | 428,498 | -48.3% |
| 2026-08-12 20:25 | 2026-08-10 | BTMD | biote Corp. | Beer Marc D | Director, Officer - Executive Chairman | Medicinal Chemicals & Botanical Products | BUY | $1.53 | 131,950 | $202,200 | 239,744 | +122.4% |
| 2026-08-12 19:20 | 2026-08-11 | MSS | Maison Solutions Inc. | HRT FINANCIAL LP | 10% owner | Retail-Grocery Stores | SELL | $1.41 | 4,329 | -$6,104 | 101,130 | -4.1% |
| 2026-08-12 19:20 | 2026-08-10 | MSS | Maison Solutions Inc. | HRT FINANCIAL LP | 10% owner | Retail-Grocery Stores | BUY | $1.33 | 4,616 | $6,139 | 105,459 | +4.6% |
| 2026-08-12 19:26 | 2026-08-10 | KIDZ | KIDZ AI Inc. | HRT FINANCIAL LP | 10% owner | Services-Educational Services | SELL | $0.40 | 92,271 | -$36,816 | 183,692 | -33.4% |
| 2026-08-12 19:13 | 2026-08-11 | PFSA | Profusa, Inc. | HRT FINANCIAL LP | 10% owner | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | SELL | $0.97 | 2,280 | -$2,212 | 111,024 | -2.0% |
| 2026-08-12 19:13 | 2026-08-10 | PFSA | Profusa, Inc. | HRT FINANCIAL LP | 10% owner | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $0.94 | 4,016 | $3,791 | 113,304 | +3.7% |
| 2026-08-12 18:37 | 2026-08-11 | RCG | RENN Fund, Inc. | HORIZON KINETICS ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $2.99 | 756 | $2,260 | 950,052 | +0.1% |
| 2026-08-12 18:42 | 2026-08-11 | CIA | CITIZENS, INC. | Stenberg Jon | Director, Officer - President & CEO | Life Insurance | BUY | $3.65 | 12,000 | $43,795 | 389,574 | +3.2% |
| 2026-08-12 18:09 | 2026-08-10 | VTEX | VTEX | Gomes Andre Spolidoro Ferreira | Officer - Chief Strategy Officer | Services-Prepackaged Software | SELL | $4.04 | 15,000 | -$60,600 | 301,431 | -4.7% |
| 2026-08-12 17:48 | 2026-08-10 | SSM | Sono Group N.V. | Bambino 255 V V UG haftungsbeschrankt | 10% owner | Semiconductors & Related Devices | SELL | $3.24 | 20,091 | -$65,055 | 157,326 | -11.3% |
| 2026-08-11 20:20 | 2026-08-10 | DLHC | DLH Holdings Corp. | Mink Brook Asset Management LLC | 10% owner | Services-Help Supply Services | BUY | $4.82 | 1,090 | $5,254 | 2,175,260 | +0.1% |
| 2026-08-11 20:15 | 2026-08-10 | LITB | LightInTheBox Holding Co., Ltd. | He Jian | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chief Executive Officer | Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses | BUY | $0.26 | 4,254,553 | $1,092,144 | 4,254,553 | +100.0% |
| 2026-08-12 00:44 | 2026-08-07 | FEMY | FEMASYS INC | Sipos Jeremy Alexander | Officer - Chief Technology Officer | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $3.20 | 3,125 | $10,000 | 3,125 | +100.0% |
| 2026-08-12 00:54 | 2026-08-07 | FEMY | FEMASYS INC | Mifek Jeffrey Gerald | Officer - Chief Clinical-Medical Affairs | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $3.20 | 3,125 | $10,000 | 3,125 | +100.0% |
| 2026-08-12 00:30 | 2026-08-07 | WWR | WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC. | Anderson Karli S. | Director | Metal Mining | SELL | $0.76 | 50,000 | -$38,020 | 790,909 | -5.9% |
| 2026-08-12 00:30 | 2026-08-07 | WWR | WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC. | PAGLIARA TRACY D | Director | Metal Mining | SELL | $0.61 | 98,000 | -$59,800 | 825,888 | -10.6% |
| 2026-08-12 00:30 | 2026-08-07 | FEMY | FEMASYS INC | Lee-Sepsick Kathy | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $3.20 | 15,625 | $50,000 | 15,625 | +100.0% |
| 2026-08-12 00:37 | 2026-08-07 | FEMY | FEMASYS INC | Elefant Dov | Officer - Chief Financial Officer | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $3.20 | 15,625 | $50,000 | 15,625 | +100.0% |
| 2026-08-12 00:39 | 2026-08-07 | GLOO | Gloo Holdings, Inc. | THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS | 10% owner | Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation | SELL | $3.55 | 15,000 | -$53,180 | 4,153,000 | -0.4% |
| 2026-08-12 00:40 | 2026-08-07 | FEMY | FEMASYS INC | Canning John Charles | Officer - Chief Operating Officer | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $3.20 | 4,375 | $14,000 | 4,375 | +100.0% |
| 2026-08-12 00:19 | 2025-03-07 | CAPS | Capstone Holding Corp. | Strout Gordon Lewis Jr | Director | Wholesale-Lumber & Other Construction Materials | BUY | $4.00 | 41,500 | $166,000 | 41,500 | +100.0% |
| 2026-08-11 22:00 | 2026-08-07 | NPWR | NET Power Inc. | 8 Rivers Capital, LLC | 10% owner | Electrical Industrial Apparatus | SELL | $1.55 | 150,745 | -$234,152 | 2,000,000 | -7.0% |
| 2026-08-11 22:00 | 2026-08-07 | NPWR | NET Power Inc. | NPEH, LLC | 10% owner | Electrical Industrial Apparatus | SELL | $1.55 | 150,745 | -$234,152 | 2,000,000 | -7.0% |
| 2026-08-11 21:14 | 2026-08-10 | LAW | CS Disco, Inc. | Friedrichsen Eric | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $4.26 | 7,500 | $31,950 | 1,481,180 | +0.5% |
High Risk, High Reward Insider Trades
Penny stocks are notoriously volatile, but when insiders put their own money into stocks priced under $5, it provides a unique layer of validation. Unlike large-cap stocks where buys might be routine, a million-share purchase at $0.50 can indicate that management sees a path to recovery or exponential growth. Our tracking allows you to identify ini speculative signals in real-time, focusing on the capital flow of those with intimate industry knowledge. Following these low-cap moves helps bridge the information gap in the most volatile market segments.
Identifying Legitimate Micro-Cap Conviction
Our Penny Stock Filter isolates the most speculative yet promising filings from the SEC Form 4 feed. By focusing on low-priced equities, we highlight where CEOs and Directors are taking meaningful positions. This list is essential for small-cap investors looking to follow the capital of those with intimate knowledge of a company's research, patents, or upcoming regulatory approvals. Eliminate the noise and focus strictly on high-impact accumulation from leadership betting big on their company’s future value in the micro-cap space.
UNDERSTANDING THE DATA
FILING DATE: The date and time when the transaction was reported to the SEC. This is when the public first receives the information.
TRADE DATE: The actual day the insider executed the purchase or sale in the market.
INDUSTRY: The specific market sector the company operates in. Useful for identifying broader institutional capital flows across sectors.
OWNED AFTER: The total number of shares held by the insider following the transaction. This highlights the insider's remaining conviction in the company.
CHANGE %: The percentage increase or decrease of the insider's total position. Large percentage changes often carry more weight than the dollar amount alone.
TRADE TYPES DEFINITIONS
BUY: An open market purchase. Typically indicates an insider's belief that the stock is undervalued or poised for growth.
SELL: An open market sale. While often used for diversification or liquidity, large or unexpected sales can be a warning signal.
OPT+S (OPTION EXERCISE & SALE): This occurs when an insider exercises their stock options and sells them immediately. Often part of a structured compensation plan.