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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-07 20:13 | 2021-04-05 | MTEM | N/A | BIOTECH TARGET N V | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $9.44 | 200,000 | $1,887,100 | 8,316,105 | +2.5% |
| 2021-04-06 13:03 | 2021-04-01 | RPLA | N/A | SAFRA EDMOND | Officer, 10% owner - Co-Chief Executive Officer | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 1,000,000 | $10,000,000 | 3,350,000 | +42.6% |
| 2021-04-06 23:18 | 2021-04-06 | COMP | Compass, Inc. | Reffkin Robert L. | Director, Officer - Chairman and CEO | Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) | BUY | $18.00 | 411,111 | $7,399,998 | 8,601,981 | +5.0% |
| 2021-04-05 23:58 | 2021-04-01 | CTOS | Custom Truck One Source, Inc. | PE One Source Holdings, LLC | 10% owner | Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC | BUY | $5.00 | 148,600,000 | $743,000,000 | 148,600,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-04-05 19:20 | 2021-03-31 | MMT | MFS MULTIMARKET INCOME TRUST | Buller Steven E | Director | Other | BUY | $58,959.24 | 9,075 | $535,055,103 | 11,175 | +432.1% |
| 2021-04-06 03:09 | 2021-04-01 | CTOS | Custom Truck One Source, Inc. | EIN MARK | Director | Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC | BUY | $5.00 | 1,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 1,000,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-04-06 00:08 | 2021-04-01 | CTOS | Custom Truck One Source, Inc. | PLATINUM EQUITY LLC | 10% owner | Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC | BUY | $5.00 | 148,600,000 | $743,000,000 | 148,600,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-04-05 22:33 | 2020-06-01 | PACK | Ranpak Holdings Corp. | Blackstone Holdings I L.P. | 10% owner | Converted Paper & Paperboard Prods (No Contaners/Boxes) | BUY | $7.41 | 316,750 | $2,347,688 | 4,208,250 | +8.1% |
| 2021-04-06 03:15 | 2021-04-01 | CTIC | N/A | BVF PARTNERS L P/IL | Director, 10% owner, Other | Other | BUY | $2.50 | 2,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 488,879 | +100.0% |
| 2021-04-06 00:10 | 2021-04-01 | HPK | HighPeak Energy, Inc. | HIGHTOWER JACK | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chief Executive Officer | Drilling Oil & Gas Wells | BUY | $6.62 | 276,223 | $1,827,657 | 276,223 | +100.0% |
| 2021-04-02 02:52 | 2021-03-30 | N/A | N/A | SPC Field Partners LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $19.49 | 253,130 | $4,933,499 | 553,447 | +84.3% |
| 2021-04-01 19:04 | 2021-03-31 | SAII | N/A | Mithaq Capital SPC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.01 | 178,809 | $1,789,878 | 6,500,000 | +2.8% |
| 2021-04-02 01:23 | 2021-03-30 | DSGN | Design Therapeutics, Inc. | SR One Capital Fund I Aggregator LP | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $20.00 | 250,000 | $5,000,000 | 5,626,476 | +4.6% |
| 2021-04-02 01:12 | 2021-03-30 | DSGN | Design Therapeutics, Inc. | William Arsani | Director | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $20.00 | 700,000 | $14,000,000 | 2,732,501 | +34.4% |
| 2021-04-01 21:23 | 2021-03-31 | N-A | N/A | Manulife (International) Ltd | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $20.59 | 242,840 | $5,000,001 | 24,602,846 | +1.0% |
| 2021-04-01 21:01 | 2021-03-31 | N-A | N/A | Manufacturers Life Insurance Co (Bermuda Branch) | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $20.59 | 971,360 | $20,000,006 | 8,528,573 | +12.9% |
| 2021-04-02 01:18 | 2021-03-30 | DSGN | Design Therapeutics, Inc. | George Simeon | Director, 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $20.00 | 250,000 | $5,000,000 | 5,626,476 | +4.6% |
| 2021-04-01 23:15 | 2021-03-30 | DSGN | Design Therapeutics, Inc. | Cormorant Asset Management, LP | Other | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $20.00 | 750,000 | $15,000,000 | 5,114,844 | +17.2% |
| 2021-04-02 01:14 | 2021-03-30 | IKNA | ImageneBio, Inc. | Bonita David P | Director | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $16.00 | 423,400 | $6,774,400 | 117,378 | +100.0% |
| 2021-04-02 02:56 | 2021-03-30 | N/A | N/A | SPC Wilson Point, L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $19.49 | 421,249 | $8,210,148 | 920,109 | +84.4% |
| 2021-04-02 04:11 | 2021-03-30 | TDUP | ThredUp Inc. | Park West Asset Management LLC | 10% owner | Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses | BUY | $14.00 | 500,000 | $7,000,000 | 500,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-04-02 01:44 | 2021-03-30 | QS | QuantumScape Corp | Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC | 10% owner | Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies | BUY | $6.57 | 15,221,334 | $100,004,164 | 68,236,103 | +28.7% |
| 2021-04-02 01:13 | 2021-03-30 | IKNA | ImageneBio, Inc. | ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC | Director | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $16.00 | 423,400 | $6,774,400 | 117,378 | +100.0% |
| 2021-04-02 00:18 | 2021-03-30 | MRUS | Merus N.V. | BVF PARTNERS L P/IL | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $19.75 | 300,000 | $5,925,000 | 462,015 | +185.2% |
| 2021-03-31 21:05 | 2021-03-30 | SAII | N/A | Mithaq Capital SPC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.01 | 2,564,748 | $25,673,127 | 6,440,397 | +66.2% |
| 2021-03-31 22:18 | 2020-03-31 | STNL | N/A | CSL Sentinel Holdings, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 550,911 | $5,509,110 | 550,911 | +100.0% |
| 2021-03-31 22:20 | 2020-03-31 | STNL | N/A | Leykum Charles S. | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 550,911 | $5,509,110 | 550,911 | +100.0% |
| 2021-03-31 23:36 | 2021-03-30 | EWTX | Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. | Novo Holdings A/S | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $16.00 | 625,000 | $10,000,000 | 5,587,207 | +12.6% |
| 2021-04-01 02:11 | 2021-03-30 | EWTX | Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. | Thompson Peter A. | Director, 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $16.00 | 359,375 | $5,750,000 | 13,359,456 | +2.8% |
| 2021-04-01 01:08 | 2021-02-26 | RCII | UPBOUND GROUP, INC. | BROWN JEFFREY J | Director | Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC | BUY | $55.56 | 26,996 | $1,499,898 | 47,765 | +130.0% |
| 2021-04-01 02:10 | 2021-03-30 | EWTX | Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. | ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC | Director, 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $16.00 | 359,375 | $5,750,000 | 13,359,456 | +2.8% |
| 2021-03-31 02:30 | 2021-03-29 | PFSI | PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. | MFN Partners, LP | Director | Mortgage Bankers & Loan Correspondents | BUY | $64.40 | 94,106 | $6,060,426 | 1,508,743 | +6.7% |
| 2021-03-31 02:33 | 2021-03-29 | PFSI | PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. | NANJI FARHAD | Director | Mortgage Bankers & Loan Correspondents | BUY | $64.40 | 94,106 | $6,060,426 | 1,508,743 | +6.7% |
| 2021-03-30 23:52 | 2021-03-26 | CASI | N/A | He Wei-Wu | Director, Officer - Chairman and CEO | Other | BUY | $2.05 | 3,000,000 | $6,150,000 | 3,000,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-03-31 01:19 | 2020-12-17 | GTYH | N/A | You Harry L. | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $3.93 | 3,424,211 | $13,457,149 | 3,743,190 | +1,073.5% |
| 2021-03-31 02:03 | 2021-03-29 | GMS | N/A | Coliseum Capital Management, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $40.18 | 115,000 | $4,620,850 | 4,548,993 | +2.6% |
| 2021-03-30 20:44 | 2021-03-25 | DOCN | DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. | Access Industries Holdings LLC | Other | Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. | BUY | $47.00 | 2,127,659 | $99,999,973 | 25,865,449 | +9.0% |
| 2021-03-31 03:00 | 2020-08-14 | ARGO | N/A | REHNBERG KEVIN JAMES | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Other | BUY | $36.98 | 32,000 | $1,183,360 | 32,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-03-30 22:42 | 2021-03-30 | EWTX | Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. | Flynn James E | 10% owner, Other | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $16.00 | 625,000 | $10,000,000 | 3,933,137 | +18.9% |
| 2021-03-30 00:25 | 2021-03-25 | CLI | Veris Residential, Inc. | KATZ A. AKIVA | Director | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $15.52 | 345,963 | $5,369,346 | 3,315,436 | +11.7% |
| 2021-03-29 23:48 | 2021-03-25 | PFSI | PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. | MFN Partners, LP | Director | Mortgage Bankers & Loan Correspondents | BUY | $63.93 | 198,040 | $12,660,301 | 1,414,637 | +16.3% |
| 2021-03-29 21:58 | 2018-02-21 | BFMC | RocketFuel Blockchain Inc. | Oerbekker Henrik | 10% owner | Finance Services | BUY | $1.65 | 1,496,918 | $2,465,125 | 2,113,071 | +242.9% |
| 2021-03-29 23:52 | 2021-03-25 | PFSI | PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. | NANJI FARHAD | Director | Mortgage Bankers & Loan Correspondents | BUY | $63.93 | 198,040 | $12,660,301 | 1,414,637 | +16.3% |
| 2021-03-29 16:12 | 2021-03-25 | VRCA | Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Manning Paul B | Director, 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $14.75 | 739,830 | $10,912,493 | 739,830 | +100.0% |
| 2021-03-29 23:15 | 2021-03-24 | DMS | N/A | Lea Lyndon | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $9.49 | 5,624,282 | $53,374,436 | 7,624,282 | +281.2% |
| 2021-03-26 22:26 | 2021-03-01 | N-A | N/A | Partners Group Private Equity II, LLC | Other | Other | BUY | $6.87 | 14,555,829 | $100,000,000 | 29,064,669 | +100.3% |
| 2021-03-27 00:52 | 2021-03-24 | DBI | Designer Brands Inc. | Schottenstein Joseph A. | Director | Retail-Shoe Stores | BUY | $14.11 | 273,099 | $3,853,427 | 1,273,099 | +27.3% |
| 2021-03-26 23:11 | 2021-03-25 | BW | Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. | B. Riley Financial, Inc. | Director, 10% owner | Heating Equipment, Except Electric & Warm Air Furnaces | BUY | $6.04 | 10,720,785 | $64,753,541 | 21,640,014 | +98.2% |
| 2021-03-27 00:52 | 2021-03-24 | DBI | Designer Brands Inc. | SCHOTTENSTEIN JAY L | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Executive Chairman | Retail-Shoe Stores | BUY | $13.99 | 902,623 | $12,628,057 | 1,273,099 | +243.6% |
| 2021-03-25 23:27 | 2021-03-23 | TIL | Instil Bio, Inc. | Crouch Bronson | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CEO and Chairman | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $20.00 | 450,000 | $9,000,000 | 37,980,073 | +1.2% |
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.