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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-16 00:57 | 2018-11-13 | AAT | American Assets Trust, Inc. | RADY ERNEST S | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chairman, CEO & President | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $38.95 | 33,967 | $1,322,991 | 940,660 | +3.7% |
| 2018-11-16 01:33 | 2018-11-13 | WYNN | WYNN RESORTS LTD | SATRE PHILIP G | Director | Hotels & Motels | BUY | $103.01 | 9,800 | $1,009,459 | 11,895 | +467.8% |
| 2018-11-16 04:07 | 2018-11-13 | INFI | N/A | BVF PARTNERS L P/IL | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $1.35 | 905,932 | $1,220,925 | 5,815,887 | +18.5% |
| 2018-11-14 23:32 | 2018-11-09 | KAAC | Kinetik Holdings Inc. | KAYNE ANDERSON CAPITAL ADVISORS LP | 10% owner | Natural Gas Transmission | BUY | $10.00 | 14,518,000 | $145,180,000 | 16,518,000 | +725.9% |
| 2018-11-15 00:51 | 2018-11-09 | PAH | Element Solutions Inc | FRANKLIN MARTIN E | Director | Miscellaneous Chemical Products | BUY | $10.76 | 204,750 | $2,202,864 | 1,888,750 | +12.2% |
| 2018-11-14 19:11 | 2018-11-13 | HMHC | N/A | Lynch John J Jr | Director, Officer - See remarks. | Other | BUY | $8.89 | 112,518 | $1,000,285 | 140,362 | +404.1% |
| 2018-11-15 01:26 | 2018-11-12 | HAIN | HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC | Schiller Mark L. | Officer - President and CEO | Food and Kindred Products | BUY | $22.88 | 45,800 | $1,048,069 | 124,355 | +58.3% |
| 2018-11-15 00:24 | 2018-11-12 | REN | N/A | KEMC Fund IV GP, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $29.63 | 62,000 | $1,837,048 | 2,824,506 | +2.2% |
| 2018-11-14 20:55 | 2018-11-06 | N/A | Blackstone Secured Lending Fund | Goodman Bennett J | Other | Other | BUY | $25.00 | 192,000 | $4,800,000 | 192,060 | +320,000.0% |
| 2018-11-15 00:41 | 2018-11-12 | NWL | NEWELL BRANDS INC. | ICAHN BRETT | Director | Plastics Products, NEC | BUY | $20.03 | 100,000 | $2,002,500 | 400,285 | +33.3% |
| 2018-11-15 01:32 | 2018-11-09 | GSKY | N/A | Sheft Robert | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $9.85 | 304,852 | $3,002,792 | 304,852 | +100.0% |
| 2018-11-15 04:07 | 2018-11-14 | EGLE | N/A | GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $4.55 | 270,011 | $1,228,469 | 28,185 | +100.0% |
| 2018-11-15 04:05 | 2018-11-12 | EGLE | N/A | GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $4.57 | 713,610 | $3,264,338 | 20,449 | +100.0% |
| 2018-11-15 00:36 | 2018-11-12 | ET | Energy Transfer LP | DAVIS RAY C | Director | Natural Gas Transmission | BUY | $15.80 | 316,000 | $4,992,800 | 27,052,558 | +1.2% |
| 2018-11-15 00:35 | 2018-11-12 | ET | Energy Transfer LP | WARREN KELCY L | Director, Officer - CEO | Natural Gas Transmission | BUY | $15.55 | 2,000,000 | $31,090,000 | 39,542,084 | +5.3% |
| 2018-11-15 02:06 | 2018-11-09 | EXTN | N/A | CHAI TRUST CO LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $23.39 | 648,776 | $15,173,573 | 722,626 | +878.5% |
| 2018-11-15 01:26 | 2018-11-09 | CORT | CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INC | BAKER G LEONARD JR | Director | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $12.95 | 200,000 | $2,589,220 | 2,974,793 | +7.2% |
| 2018-11-14 20:53 | 2018-11-06 | N/A | Blackstone Secured Lending Fund | Blackstone BGSL Holdings LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $25.00 | 192,000 | $4,800,000 | 192,060 | +320,000.0% |
| 2018-11-15 00:09 | 2018-11-09 | GEO | GEO GROUP INC | ZOLEY GEORGE C | Director, Officer - Chairman & CEO | General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs | BUY | $22.45 | 120,240 | $2,698,991 | 1,700,000 | +7.6% |
| 2018-11-14 02:13 | 2018-11-09 | AMH | American Homes 4 Rent | HUGHES B WAYNE ET AL | Director | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $20.48 | 355,998 | $7,292,227 | 15,236,444 | +2.4% |
| 2018-11-14 01:06 | 2018-11-09 | HHC | N/A | Weinreb David | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Other | BUY | $109.39 | 50,000 | $5,469,500 | 1,325,177 | +3.9% |
| 2018-11-13 23:55 | 2018-11-09 | FGBI | First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. | Smith Edgar R. III | Director | Savings Institution, Federally Chartered | BUY | $22.30 | 127,314 | $2,839,102 | 452,579 | +39.1% |
| 2018-11-13 23:53 | 2018-11-09 | FGBI | First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. | Hood William K | Director | Savings Institution, Federally Chartered | BUY | $22.30 | 127,314 | $2,839,102 | 452,579 | +39.1% |
| 2018-11-14 01:30 | 2018-11-08 | NCMI | National CineMedia, Inc. | Standard General L.P. | 10% owner | Services-Advertising | BUY | $7.49 | 459,738 | $3,444,679 | 35,000 | +100.0% |
| 2018-11-13 16:26 | 2018-11-12 | APD | Air Products and Chemicals Inc. | Ghasemi Seifi | Officer - Chairman, Pres. and CEO | Industrial Inorganic Chemicals | BUY | $160.11 | 20,000 | $3,202,200 | 408,652 | +5.1% |
| 2018-11-14 02:53 | 2018-11-09 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | AI INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LLC | 10% owner | Industrial Organic Chemicals | BUY | $95.60 | 2,186,973 | $209,076,150 | 5,100,000 | +75.1% |
| 2018-11-14 02:23 | 2018-11-09 | AMH | American Homes 4 Rent | GUSTAVSON TAMARA HUGHES | Director | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $20.48 | 355,998 | $7,292,227 | 17,150,996 | +2.1% |
| 2018-11-13 21:20 | 2018-11-12 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | Johnson R. Michael | Officer - VP Utility and Industrial Prod | Lumber & Wood Products (No Furniture) | BUY | $20.16 | 50,000 | $1,008,000 | 96,534 | +107.4% |
| 2018-11-14 00:00 | 2018-11-08 | GTT | N/A | SPRUCE HOUSE PARTNERSHIP LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $35.58 | 375,000 | $13,344,338 | 10,900,000 | +3.6% |
| 2018-11-14 01:08 | 2018-11-08 | GHL | N/A | BOK SCOTT L | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Other | BUY | $22.60 | 220,634 | $4,986,328 | 728,243 | +43.5% |
| 2018-11-14 02:28 | 2018-09-26 | RVI | N/A | Luxor Capital Group, LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $31.31 | 177,036 | $5,542,714 | 299,354 | +144.7% |
| 2018-11-13 21:15 | 2018-11-08 | PFBI | N/A | CLINE PHILIP E | Director | Other | BUY | $18.25 | 69,386 | $1,266,295 | 164,694 | +72.8% |
| 2018-11-13 20:30 | 2018-04-16 | FAT | Fat Brands, Inc | FOG CUTTER CAPITAL GROUP INC | 10% owner | Retail-Eating Places | BUY | $6.88 | 1,497,637 | $10,308,086 | 9,477,637 | +18.8% |
| 2018-11-10 00:03 | 2018-11-07 | CHDN | Churchill Downs Inc | DUCHOSSOIS RICHARD L | Director | Services-Racing, Including Track Operation | BUY | $272.24 | 5,550 | $1,510,943 | 191,550 | +3.0% |
| 2018-11-10 01:04 | 2018-11-07 | CWEN | Clearway Energy, Inc. | Global Infrastructure Investors III, LLC | 10% owner | Electric Services | BUY | $19.75 | 59,727 | $1,179,322 | 59,727 | +100.0% |
| 2018-11-10 00:46 | 2018-11-08 | FRGI | N/A | Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $19.33 | 262,710 | $5,078,473 | 3,533,288 | +8.0% |
| 2018-11-09 21:51 | 2018-11-09 | PRGO | PERRIGO Co plc | KESSLER MURRAY S | Director, Officer - CEO | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $63.79 | 15,683 | $1,000,373 | 15,683 | +100.0% |
| 2018-11-10 00:43 | 2018-11-07 | BG | N/A | CONTINENTAL GRAIN CO | Director | Other | BUY | $63.53 | 155,000 | $9,847,677 | 3,456,155 | +4.7% |
| 2018-11-09 02:50 | 2018-11-06 | AMH | American Homes 4 Rent | HUGHES B WAYNE ET AL | Director | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $20.18 | 991,100 | $19,999,407 | 14,880,446 | +7.1% |
| 2018-11-08 23:54 | 2018-10-01 | BBDC | Barings BDC, Inc. | BARINGS LLC | 10% owner, Other | Other | BUY | $10.07 | 104,662 | $1,054,178 | 8,962,243 | +1.2% |
| 2018-11-09 02:56 | 2018-11-06 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | AI INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LLC | 10% owner | Industrial Organic Chemicals | BUY | $95.65 | 1,602,455 | $153,273,218 | 2,913,027 | +122.3% |
| 2018-11-09 02:47 | 2018-11-06 | AMH | American Homes 4 Rent | GUSTAVSON TAMARA HUGHES | Director | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $20.18 | 991,100 | $19,999,407 | 16,794,998 | +6.3% |
| 2018-11-09 01:42 | 2018-11-07 | CSV | CARRIAGE SERVICES INC | PAYNE MELVIN C | Director, Officer - CEO | Services-Personal Services | BUY | $16.57 | 68,651 | $1,137,266 | 1,322,467 | +5.5% |
| 2018-11-09 01:48 | 2018-11-06 | UFI | UNIFI INC | ValueAct Holdings, L.P. | Director, Other | Textile Mill Products | BUY | $26.45 | 43,360 | $1,146,820 | 968,970 | +4.7% |
| 2018-11-08 01:57 | 2018-11-05 | PAH | Element Solutions Inc | FRANKLIN MARTIN E | Director | Miscellaneous Chemical Products | BUY | $10.97 | 549,000 | $6,023,957 | 1,684,000 | +48.4% |
| 2018-11-07 14:55 | 2018-11-06 | VTVT | vTv Therapeutics Inc. | PERELMAN RONALD O | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $1.33 | 1,879,699 | $2,500,000 | 10,537,868 | +21.7% |
| 2018-11-08 04:09 | 2018-11-05 | BG | N/A | CONTINENTAL GRAIN CO | Director | Other | BUY | $62.89 | 655,000 | $41,193,474 | 3,301,155 | +24.8% |
| 2018-11-08 01:58 | 2018-11-05 | PAH | Element Solutions Inc | ASHKEN IAN G H | Director | Miscellaneous Chemical Products | BUY | $10.97 | 122,000 | $1,338,657 | 449,880 | +37.2% |
| 2018-11-08 00:30 | 2018-11-05 | CSV | CARRIAGE SERVICES INC | PAYNE MELVIN C | Director, Officer - CEO | Services-Personal Services | BUY | $16.04 | 66,000 | $1,058,759 | 1,253,816 | +5.6% |
| 2018-11-07 01:22 | 2018-11-06 | CHDN | Churchill Downs Inc | DUCHOSSOIS RICHARD L | Director | Services-Racing, Including Track Operation | BUY | $271.47 | 3,700 | $1,004,439 | 186,000 | +2.0% |
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.