Large Insider Purchases
Institutional-Scale SEC Form 4 Buy Signals
The Signal of $1M+ Conviction
When a corporate executive invests more than $1,000,000 of their own capital into company shares, it represents the highest level of conviction. These seven-figure purchases reflect management's belief in the company's future value.
| Filing Date | Trade Date | Ticker | Company Name | Reporting Person | Relationship | Industry | Type | Price | Qty | Total, $ | Owned After | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-18 22:30 | 2022-05-17 | N/A | N/A | Golub Lawrence E | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CHAIRMAN | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 306,032 | $4,590,473 | 2,550,879 | +13.6% |
| 2022-05-18 22:28 | 2022-05-17 | N/A | N/A | Golub David | Director, Officer, 10% owner - President and CEO | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 306,032 | $4,590,473 | 2,550,879 | +13.6% |
| 2022-05-19 00:30 | 2022-05-16 | KOD | Kodiak Sciences Inc. | BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP | Director, 10% owner | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $5.91 | 456,690 | $2,696,846 | 15,142,074 | +3.1% |
| 2022-05-19 03:19 | 2022-05-13 | TWTR | N/A | SAUD H R H PRINCE ALWALEED BIN TALAL BIN ABDULAZIZ AL | Other | Other | BUY | $40.73 | 490,000 | $19,957,700 | 30,590,078 | +1.6% |
| 2022-05-17 22:07 | 2022-05-16 | ABCL | AbCellera Biologics Inc. | Lecault Veronique | Director, Officer - Chief Operating Officer | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $6.34 | 200,000 | $1,267,780 | 1,770,122 | +12.7% |
| 2022-05-17 22:04 | 2022-05-13 | ABCL | AbCellera Biologics Inc. | Thermopylae Holdings Ltd. | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $7.26 | 300,000 | $2,176,530 | 55,515,758 | +0.5% |
| 2022-05-17 23:11 | 2022-05-13 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Industrial Organic Chemicals | BUY | $83.85 | 25,774 | $2,161,268 | 6,075,935 | +0.4% |
| 2022-05-18 03:08 | 2022-05-13 | COIN | Coinbase Global, Inc. | Ehrsam Frederick Ernest III | Director | Finance Services | BUY | $70.77 | 706,554 | $50,000,142 | 706,554 | +100.0% |
| 2022-05-18 01:08 | 2022-05-13 | SIX | N/A | Ruchim Arik W | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $28.86 | 425,000 | $12,263,715 | 9,350,000 | +4.8% |
| 2022-05-18 00:36 | 2022-05-13 | SMRT | SmartRent, Inc. | Best Robert T. | Director | Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design | BUY | $4.64 | 225,000 | $1,044,000 | 225,000 | +100.0% |
| 2022-05-18 02:38 | 2022-05-13 | NNBR | NN INC | Corre Partners Management, LLC | 10% owner | Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment | BUY | $2.38 | 564,188 | $1,342,880 | 905,735 | +165.2% |
| 2022-05-18 04:40 | 2022-05-13 | SGHT | Sight Sciences, Inc. | Encrantz Staffan | Director, 10% owner | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $8.33 | 551,802 | $4,598,111 | 551,802 | +100.0% |
| 2022-05-17 17:12 | 2022-05-16 | BTTR | SRx Health Solutions, Inc. | Young Donald | Officer - EVP, Sales | Beverages | BUY | $2.00 | 500,000 | $1,000,000 | 548,601 | +1,028.8% |
| 2022-05-17 19:08 | 2022-05-13 | NWLI | N/A | Moody Ross R | Director, Officer - Chairman & CEO | Other | BUY | $202.72 | 5,000 | $1,013,600 | 9,000 | +125.0% |
| 2022-05-18 00:15 | 2022-05-13 | RIG | Transocean Ltd. | Mohn Frederik Wilhelm | Director, 10% owner | Drilling Oil & Gas Wells | BUY | $3.75 | 2,000,000 | $7,500,000 | 82,636,646 | +2.5% |
| 2022-05-18 00:10 | 2022-05-13 | RIG | Transocean Ltd. | Perestroika | Director, 10% owner | Drilling Oil & Gas Wells | BUY | $3.75 | 2,000,000 | $7,500,000 | 82,636,646 | +2.5% |
| 2022-05-17 23:47 | 2022-05-13 | VPG | Vishay Precision Group, Inc. | Cummins Wes | Director | Electronic Components & Accessories | BUY | $31.06 | 40,000 | $1,242,472 | 280,000 | +16.7% |
| 2022-05-18 01:05 | 2022-05-13 | SIX | N/A | JAFFER REHAN | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $28.86 | 425,000 | $12,263,715 | 9,350,000 | +4.8% |
| 2022-05-18 00:31 | 2022-05-13 | NSIT | INSIGHT ENTERPRISES INC | ValueAct Holdings, L.P. | Director, 10% owner, Other | Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses | BUY | $99.48 | 97,200 | $9,669,427 | 3,760,343 | +2.7% |
| 2022-05-17 23:35 | 2022-05-13 | ENVX | Enovix Corp | RODGERS THURMAN J | Director, 10% owner | Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies | BUY | $8.86 | 300,000 | $2,657,010 | 300,000 | +100.0% |
| 2022-05-18 01:05 | 2022-05-13 | FTCI | FTC Solar, Inc. | RODGERS THURMAN J | Director | Semiconductors & Related Devices | BUY | $3.27 | 375,000 | $1,227,488 | 375,000 | +100.0% |
| 2022-05-18 03:41 | 2022-05-13 | DS | N/A | EDENS WESLEY R | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $1.49 | 2,000,000 | $2,977,200 | 5,847,728 | +52.0% |
| 2022-05-17 01:45 | 2022-05-12 | SBUX | STARBUCKS CORP | SCHULTZ HOWARD D | Director, Officer - interim ceo | Retail-Eating & Drinking Places | BUY | $68.85 | 72,500 | $4,991,690 | 19,606,960 | +0.4% |
| 2022-05-16 23:13 | 2022-05-16 | RIVN | Rivian Automotive, Inc. / DE | Scaringe Robert J | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies | BUY | $25.78 | 41,000 | $1,056,865 | 169,175 | +32.0% |
| 2022-05-16 23:20 | 2022-05-12 | UWMC | UWM Holdings Corp | Elezaj Alex | Director, Officer - EVP, Chief Strategy Officer | Mortgage Bankers & Loan Correspondents | BUY | $3.64 | 277,778 | $1,010,056 | 280,658 | +9,645.1% |
| 2022-05-17 00:32 | 2022-05-13 | N-A | N/A | Manufacturers Life Reinsurance Ltd | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $16.23 | 414,272 | $6,725,247 | 6,594,120 | +6.7% |
| 2022-05-17 00:19 | 2022-05-13 | N-A | N/A | Manulife (International) Ltd | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $16.23 | 282,650 | $4,588,510 | 4,499,045 | +6.7% |
| 2022-05-17 00:08 | 2022-05-13 | N-A | N/A | Manulife Life Insurance Co | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $16.23 | 115,140 | $1,869,167 | 1,832,722 | +6.7% |
| 2022-05-17 00:00 | 2022-05-13 | N-A | N/A | Manufacturers Life Insurance Co (Bermuda Branch) | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $16.23 | 157,356 | $2,554,507 | 2,504,700 | +6.7% |
| 2022-05-16 23:15 | 2022-05-12 | AHCO | AdaptHealth Corp. | SkyKnight Capital Fund II, L.P. | Director | Services-Home Health Care Services | BUY | $15.59 | 180,154 | $2,809,123 | 2,662,911 | +7.3% |
| 2022-05-16 13:02 | 2022-05-12 | LILA | Liberty Latin America Ltd. | MALONE JOHN C | 10% owner | Cable & Other Pay Television Services | BUY | $8.11 | 567,151 | $4,597,439 | 567,152 | +56,715,100.0% |
| 2022-05-16 21:14 | 2022-05-12 | ABCL | AbCellera Biologics Inc. | Thermopylae Holdings Ltd. | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $6.41 | 1,408,468 | $9,021,801 | 55,215,758 | +2.6% |
| 2022-05-16 23:45 | 2022-05-12 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Industrial Organic Chemicals | BUY | $81.70 | 22,789 | $1,861,891 | 6,050,161 | +0.4% |
| 2022-05-16 14:15 | 2022-05-12 | NTRA | Natera, Inc. | Rabinowitz Matthew | Director, Officer - EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN | Services-Medical Laboratories | BUY | $28.74 | 219,820 | $6,317,759 | 420,000 | +109.8% |
| 2022-05-17 01:57 | 2022-05-13 | HMST | Mechanics Bancorp | Patterson Mark Robert | Director | State Commercial Banks | BUY | $39.23 | 27,000 | $1,059,261 | 192,000 | +16.4% |
| 2022-05-16 23:22 | 2022-05-12 | PRPL | Purple Innovation, Inc. | Coliseum Capital Management, LLC | Director, 10% owner | Household Furniture | BUY | $3.90 | 4,098,927 | $16,000,162 | 35,026,725 | +13.3% |
| 2022-05-17 04:19 | 2022-05-12 | AMH | American Homes 4 Rent | GUSTAVSON TAMARA HUGHES | Director | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $36.63 | 755,000 | $27,658,972 | 9,367,123 | +8.8% |
| 2022-05-16 23:33 | 2022-05-13 | CTOS | Custom Truck One Source, Inc. | EIN MARK | Director | Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC | BUY | $5.91 | 351,903 | $2,079,747 | 1,365,534 | +34.7% |
| 2022-05-16 23:40 | 2022-05-12 | EYE | National Vision Holdings, Inc. | PEELER D RANDOLPH | Director | Ophthalmic Goods | BUY | $24.69 | 80,000 | $1,975,272 | 108,410 | +281.6% |
| 2022-05-16 23:15 | 2022-05-13 | DSEY | N/A | FOSS ERIC J | Director | Other | BUY | $8.67 | 121,210 | $1,050,782 | 121,210 | +100.0% |
| 2022-05-17 02:01 | 2022-05-12 | UPWK | UPWORK, INC | HARVEY KEVIN | Director | Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation | BUY | $16.32 | 65,828 | $1,074,030 | 813,992 | +8.8% |
| 2022-05-17 00:21 | 2022-05-12 | FLR | FLUOR CORP | ROSE MATTHEW K | Director | Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors | BUY | $25.63 | 40,000 | $1,025,320 | 80,764 | +98.1% |
| 2022-05-17 01:27 | 2022-05-12 | TDW | TIDEWATER INC | ROBOTTI ROBERT | Director | Water Transportation | BUY | $22.49 | 140,113 | $3,151,197 | 2,101,472 | +7.1% |
| 2022-05-17 02:34 | 2022-05-12 | CGEM | Cullinan Therapeutics, Inc. | BVF PARTNERS L P/IL | 10% owner | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $9.07 | 1,109,900 | $10,063,907 | 319,415 | +100.0% |
| 2022-05-16 23:47 | 2022-05-12 | DISH | N/A | DEFRANCO JAMES | Director | Other | BUY | $19.43 | 1,250,000 | $24,284,500 | 2,117,658 | +144.1% |
| 2022-05-13 18:04 | 2022-05-11 | YOU | Clear Secure, Inc. | Durable Capital Partners LP | 10% owner | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $24.79 | 80,300 | $1,990,597 | 11,476,588 | +0.7% |
| 2022-05-13 23:27 | 2022-05-11 | IMBI | N/A | Lalo Eyal | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $3.07 | 390,880 | $1,200,002 | 2,223,317 | +21.3% |
| 2022-05-13 23:41 | 2022-05-11 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Industrial Organic Chemicals | BUY | $82.39 | 35,263 | $2,905,354 | 6,027,372 | +0.6% |
| 2022-05-14 01:52 | 2022-05-11 | ORIC | Oric Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Chacko Jacob | Director, Officer - President and CEO | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $2.86 | 450,000 | $1,288,575 | 802,652 | +127.6% |
| 2022-05-13 23:56 | 2022-05-11 | CRSR | Corsair Gaming, Inc. | Szteinbaum Samuel R. | Director | Computer Peripheral Equipment, NEC | BUY | $14.29 | 80,000 | $1,143,000 | 237,269 | +50.9% |
Institutional Conviction in Form 4
Tracking these institutional-scale purchases allows you to follow the "smart money" when their conviction is highest. When an executive or a 10% beneficial owner commits a seven-figure sum to an open-market transaction, it bypasses the routine noise of stock-based compensation. These trades are often a precursor to major corporate developments or a signal that management views the current market valuation as significantly disconnected from the company’s internal growth trajectory. By monitoring these high-value entries, investors can align their portfolios with the capital of those who possess the most intimate understanding of a business's long-term health and potential.
Filtering the Market Noise
Our platform is designed to eliminate the noise and focus strictly on high-impact accumulation from directors and CEOs betting big on their company’s future. The SEC EDGAR database is frequently flooded with thousands of automated Form 4 filings, many of which involve small, technical, or pre-scheduled trades that offer little predictive value for the average investor. By applying a strict $1,000,000 minimum threshold, we isolate the transactions where insiders are taking substantial personal financial risk. This high-conviction filter serves as a powerful transparency tool, identifying the exact moments when corporate leadership moves away from passive ownership toward aggressive capital deployment.
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.