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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-21 04:08 | 2019-09-18 | IGMS | N/A | Haldor Topsoe Holding A/S | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $16.00 | 1,250,000 | $20,000,000 | 1,250,000 | +100.0% |
| 2019-09-21 04:06 | 2019-09-18 | IGMS | N/A | BEHRENS M KATHLEEN | Director | Other | BUY | $16.00 | 62,500 | $1,000,000 | 62,500 | +100.0% |
| 2019-09-21 00:56 | 2019-09-18 | SAFE | N/A | ISTAR INC. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $29.88 | 43,319 | $1,294,424 | 27,091,662 | +0.2% |
| 2019-09-20 23:29 | 2019-09-20 | IGMS | N/A | BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $16.00 | 3,144,000 | $50,304,000 | 2,883,204 | +100.0% |
| 2019-09-20 23:28 | 2019-09-20 | ACAD | Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. | BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP | Director, 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $40.00 | 1,562,500 | $62,500,000 | 37,470,965 | +4.4% |
| 2019-09-20 02:27 | 2019-09-13 | N/A | N/A | NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $20.52 | 634,216 | $13,014,112 | 5,113,947 | +14.2% |
| 2019-09-20 02:05 | 2019-09-17 | SWTX | N/A | Bain Capital Life Sciences Investors, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $18.00 | 150,000 | $2,700,000 | 7,281,307 | +2.1% |
| 2019-09-20 01:44 | 2019-09-19 | ATH | Athene Holding Ltd. | Belardi James Richard | Director, Officer - Chairman, CEO and CIO | Life Insurance | BUY | $25.00 | 40,000 | $1,000,000 | 40,000 | +100.0% |
| 2019-09-20 04:29 | 2019-09-18 | IGMS | N/A | Topsoe Christina Teng | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $16.00 | 1,284,375 | $20,550,000 | 1,250,000 | +100.0% |
| 2019-09-20 02:12 | 2019-09-17 | SWTX | N/A | SQUINTO STEPHEN P | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $18.00 | 275,000 | $4,950,000 | 7,406,307 | +3.9% |
| 2019-09-20 00:39 | 2019-09-17 | RUN | Sunrun Inc. | TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 10% owner | Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies | BUY | $17.24 | 859,897 | $14,828,408 | 17,866,569 | +5.1% |
| 2019-09-19 20:49 | 2019-09-13 | MOBQ | Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. | Salkind Gene | Director, 10% owner | Services-Advertising | BUY | $0.02 | 175,000,000 | $3,202,500 | 266,318,355 | +191.6% |
| 2019-09-20 02:12 | 2019-09-17 | SWTX | N/A | ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $18.00 | 275,000 | $4,950,000 | 7,406,307 | +3.9% |
| 2019-09-18 22:56 | 2019-09-16 | NA | N/A | Manufacturers Life Reinsurance Ltd | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $21.69 | 1,162,893 | $25,228,504 | 26,972,991 | +4.5% |
| 2019-09-18 22:40 | 2019-09-16 | NA | N/A | Manulife (International) Ltd | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $21.69 | 749,727 | $16,265,018 | 17,389,702 | +4.5% |
| 2019-09-18 23:25 | 2019-09-16 | ABBV | AbbVie Inc. | Schumacher Laura J | Officer - Vice Chairman | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $70.42 | 25,000 | $1,760,523 | 164,838 | +17.9% |
| 2019-09-18 23:40 | 2019-09-18 | VTVT | vTv Therapeutics Inc. | PERELMAN RONALD O | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $1.65 | 606,061 | $1,000,001 | 23,506,897 | +2.6% |
| 2019-09-19 03:34 | 2019-09-18 | SGMS | Light & Wonder, Inc. | PERELMAN RONALD O | Director, 10% owner | Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design | BUY | $22.41 | 100,000 | $2,241,000 | 36,543,768 | +0.3% |
| 2019-09-18 23:40 | 2019-09-17 | STSA | N/A | TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors, Inc. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 100,000 | $1,500,000 | 1,885,939 | +5.6% |
| 2019-09-17 23:05 | 2019-09-17 | STSA | N/A | TAKANASHI KEN | Director | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 233,333 | $3,499,995 | 1,561,719 | +17.6% |
| 2019-09-17 23:05 | 2019-09-17 | STSA | N/A | Shah Rajeev M. | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 1,333,333 | $19,999,995 | 4,681,858 | +39.8% |
| 2019-09-17 23:22 | 2019-09-16 | FATE | FATE THERAPEUTICS INC | Redmile Group, LLC | Director, 10% owner | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $17.50 | 857,143 | $15,000,003 | 11,216,809 | +8.3% |
| 2019-09-18 00:04 | 2019-09-17 | STSA | N/A | RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 1,333,333 | $19,999,995 | 4,681,858 | +39.8% |
| 2019-09-18 00:53 | 2019-09-13 | PBF | PBF Energy Inc. | Inversora Carso, S.A. de C.V. | 10% owner, Other | Petroleum Refining | BUY | $23.58 | 457,268 | $10,783,888 | 17,356,188 | +2.7% |
| 2019-09-17 23:32 | 2019-09-13 | D | DOMINION ENERGY, INC | SZYMANCZYK MICHAEL E | Director | Electric Services | BUY | $78.85 | 21,400 | $1,687,322 | 46,400 | +85.6% |
| 2019-09-18 00:23 | 2019-09-13 | ATEX | Anterix Inc. | Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. | 10% owner | Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) | BUY | $39.41 | 49,715 | $1,959,049 | 4,517,910 | +1.1% |
| 2019-09-18 01:10 | 2019-09-11 | SAFE | N/A | ISTAR INC. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $30.05 | 37,500 | $1,127,048 | 27,048,343 | +0.1% |
| 2019-09-18 02:19 | 2019-09-13 | MCF | N/A | GOFF JOHN C | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.95 | 18,421,052 | $17,499,999 | 20,622,357 | +836.8% |
| 2019-09-16 23:07 | 2019-09-13 | N/A | N/A | Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $20.52 | 446,632 | $9,164,889 | 3,660,115 | +13.9% |
| 2019-09-16 15:15 | 2019-09-12 | FTAI | FTAI Aviation Ltd. | TUCHMAN MARTIN | Director | Services-Miscellaneous Equipment Rental & Leasing | BUY | $25.88 | 60,000 | $1,552,602 | 75,000 | +400.0% |
| 2019-09-17 00:26 | 2019-09-12 | TXG | 10x Genomics, Inc. | Foresite Capital Management I, LLC | 10% owner | Laboratory Analytical Instruments | BUY | $39.00 | 187,500 | $7,312,500 | 187,500 | +100.0% |
| 2019-09-17 01:00 | 2019-09-12 | CELH | Celsius Holdings, Inc. | Li Ka Shing | 10% owner | Bottled & Canned Soft Drinks & Carbonated Waters | BUY | $3.60 | 333,333 | $1,199,999 | 8,043,446 | +4.3% |
| 2019-09-17 00:27 | 2019-09-16 | TXG | 10x Genomics, Inc. | ROBERTS BRYAN E | Director | Laboratory Analytical Instruments | BUY | $39.00 | 300,000 | $11,700,000 | 300,000 | +100.0% |
| 2019-09-17 01:36 | 2019-09-16 | KHC | Kraft Heinz Co | LEMANN JORGE P | Director | Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties | BUY | $28.60 | 3,496,503 | $99,999,986 | 3,516,449 | +17,529.8% |
| 2019-09-13 22:36 | 2019-09-12 | CELH | Celsius Holdings, Inc. | Milmoe William H. | Director | Bottled & Canned Soft Drinks & Carbonated Waters | BUY | $3.60 | 555,555 | $1,999,998 | 22,031,461 | +2.6% |
| 2019-09-13 23:57 | 2019-09-11 | OCX | Insight Molecular Diagnostics Inc. | BROADWOOD PARTNERS, L.P. | 10% owner | In Vitro & In Vivo Diagnostic Substances | BUY | $1.66 | 2,000,000 | $3,320,000 | 11,098,267 | +22.0% |
| 2019-09-14 00:51 | 2019-09-11 | PBF | PBF Energy Inc. | Inversora Carso, S.A. de C.V. | 10% owner, Other | Petroleum Refining | BUY | $25.53 | 190,000 | $4,850,624 | 16,898,920 | +1.1% |
| 2019-09-14 03:21 | 2019-09-04 | CBAT | CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. | Asia EVK New Energy Auto Ltd | 10% owner | Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies | BUY | $1.05 | 2,769,435 | $2,907,907 | 7,551,598 | +57.9% |
| 2019-09-14 00:10 | 2019-09-04 | CBAK | CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. | Li Yunfei | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CEO | Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies | BUY | $1.05 | 2,938,067 | $3,084,970 | 8,530,752 | +52.5% |
| 2019-09-13 23:51 | 2019-09-04 | CBAK | CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. | Li Dawei | 10% owner | Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies | BUY | $1.05 | 1,384,717 | $1,453,953 | 6,733,359 | +25.9% |
| 2019-09-13 21:34 | 2019-09-12 | CELH | Celsius Holdings, Inc. | DESANTIS CARL | 10% owner | Bottled & Canned Soft Drinks & Carbonated Waters | BUY | $3.60 | 555,555 | $1,999,998 | 21,896,850 | +2.6% |
| 2019-09-14 01:47 | 2019-09-11 | ORGO | Organogenesis Holdings Inc. | Avista Capital Managing Member IV, LLC | Director, 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $5.99 | 860,900 | $5,155,758 | 18,975,165 | +4.8% |
| 2019-09-13 02:01 | 2019-09-10 | WMS | ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. | MOORE ROY E. JR. | Officer - Executive Vice President | Plastics Foam Products | BUY | $29.75 | 67,000 | $1,993,250 | 78,288 | +593.6% |
| 2019-09-12 23:46 | 2019-09-10 | DRAD | N/A | Eberwein Jeffrey E. | Director | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 300,000 | $3,000,000 | 300,000 | +100.0% |
| 2019-09-13 00:41 | 2019-09-12 | CELH | Celsius Holdings, Inc. | Milmoe William H. | Director, 10% owner | Bottled & Canned Soft Drinks & Carbonated Waters | BUY | $3.60 | 500,000 | $1,800,000 | 21,975,906 | +2.3% |
| 2019-09-13 01:27 | 2019-09-10 | WMS | ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. | Berkshire Partners Holdings LLC | 10% owner | Plastics Foam Products | BUY | $29.75 | 2,000,000 | $59,500,000 | 134,841 | +100.0% |
| 2019-09-12 19:09 | 2019-08-26 | LIQT | LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC | Toftegaard Claus | Officer - Chief Financial Officer | Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment | BUY | $10,000.00 | 1,500 | $15,000,000 | 1,500 | +100.0% |
| 2019-09-13 00:40 | 2019-09-10 | WMS | ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. | JONES ROSS M | Director | Plastics Foam Products | BUY | $29.75 | 2,000,000 | $59,500,000 | 134,841 | +100.0% |
| 2019-09-12 23:28 | 2019-09-10 | MDLA | N/A | LEONE DOUGLAS M | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $28.12 | 399,265 | $11,227,931 | 399,265 | +100.0% |
| 2019-09-13 00:26 | 2019-09-10 | ATEX | Anterix Inc. | Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. | 10% owner | Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) | BUY | $39.25 | 76,883 | $3,017,435 | 4,468,195 | +1.8% |
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.