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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-25 02:54 | 2018-05-10 | GFN | N/A | HAVNER RONALD L JR | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $11.01 | 215,000 | $2,366,871 | 2,802,000 | +8.3% |
| 2018-05-25 00:11 | 2018-05-22 | QTNT | N/A | PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $6.45 | 450,000 | $2,903,130 | 6,483,020 | +7.5% |
| 2018-05-23 13:36 | 2018-05-22 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Industrial Organic Chemicals | BUY | $125.29 | 100,000 | $12,529,080 | 12,300,000 | +0.8% |
| 2018-05-23 22:00 | 2018-05-21 | QTS | N/A | Williams Chad L. | Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Other | BUY | $34.86 | 62,757 | $2,188,017 | 258,528 | +32.1% |
| 2018-05-24 04:43 | 2018-05-21 | PS | N/A | ICONIQ Strategic Partners GP, L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 1,000,000 | $15,000,000 | 1,942,397 | +106.1% |
| 2018-05-24 02:09 | 2018-05-21 | ENT | N/A | Sondag Eric | Director, Other | Other | BUY | $1.81 | 1,078,594 | $1,948,372 | 1,647,394 | +189.6% |
| 2018-05-24 00:04 | 2018-05-21 | ENT | N/A | Searchlight II TBO-W, L.P. | 10% owner, Other | Other | BUY | $1.81 | 1,078,594 | $1,948,372 | 1,647,394 | +189.6% |
| 2018-05-23 21:47 | 2018-05-21 | QTS | N/A | TRAHANAS PHILIP P | Director | Other | BUY | $34.72 | 60,000 | $2,083,200 | 71,824 | +507.4% |
| 2018-05-24 04:01 | 2018-05-22 | MIC | Macquarie Infrastructure Corp | Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) INC | Director | Wholesale-Petroleum & Petroleum Products (No Bulk Stations) | BUY | $38.10 | 187,320 | $7,136,817 | 7,133,937 | +2.7% |
| 2018-05-24 02:11 | 2018-05-21 | ENT | N/A | Zinterhofer Eric Louis | Director, Other | Other | BUY | $1.81 | 1,078,594 | $1,948,372 | 1,647,394 | +189.6% |
| 2018-05-23 21:42 | 2018-05-21 | RDUS | N/A | BIOTECH GROWTH N V | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $29.27 | 60,000 | $1,756,380 | 6,110,913 | +1.0% |
| 2018-05-23 04:31 | 2018-05-18 | PRPL | Purple Innovation, Inc. | Coliseum Capital Management, LLC | Director, 10% owner | Household Furniture | BUY | $6.40 | 317,673 | $2,033,107 | 5,611,423 | +6.0% |
| 2018-05-22 23:10 | 2018-05-18 | ITRI | ITRON, INC. | SCOPIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | 10% owner | Instruments For Meas & Testing of Electricity & Elec Signals | BUY | $59.34 | 114,129 | $6,771,901 | 5,336,269 | +2.2% |
| 2018-05-22 22:49 | 2018-05-18 | ESPR | Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | BIOTECH TARGET N V | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $40.11 | 130,000 | $5,213,767 | 2,952,964 | +4.6% |
| 2018-05-21 13:59 | 2018-05-18 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Industrial Organic Chemicals | BUY | $127.13 | 200,000 | $25,425,500 | 12,200,000 | +1.7% |
| 2018-05-21 22:17 | 2017-09-05 | ZAIS | N/A | Z Acquisition LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $4.10 | 6,500,000 | $26,650,000 | 6,500,000 | +100.0% |
| 2018-05-21 22:18 | 2015-03-17 | ZAIS | N/A | Zugel Christian | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chief Investmt Officer & Chmn | Other | BUY | $4.00 | 6,662,498 | $26,650,658 | 74,997 | +100.0% |
| 2018-05-22 00:45 | 2018-05-17 | AYX | N/A | Abdiel Capital Management, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $31.98 | 190,000 | $6,075,497 | 4,671,344 | +4.2% |
| 2018-05-22 03:33 | 2018-05-17 | MIC | Macquarie Infrastructure Corp | Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) INC | Director | Wholesale-Petroleum & Petroleum Products (No Bulk Stations) | BUY | $37.36 | 430,648 | $16,086,985 | 6,946,617 | +6.6% |
| 2018-05-21 16:56 | 2018-05-18 | SOHU | N/A | ZHANG CHARLES | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CEO | Other | BUY | $36.23 | 30,000 | $1,086,900 | 8,038,260 | +0.4% |
| 2018-05-21 16:53 | 2018-05-18 | SOHU | N/A | PHOTON GROUP LTD | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $36.23 | 30,000 | $1,086,900 | 8,038,260 | +0.4% |
| 2018-05-21 22:43 | 2018-05-17 | SOFO | Sonic Foundry Inc. | BURISH MARK D | Director, 10% owner | Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment | BUY | $542.13 | 1,902 | $1,030,969 | 3,939 | +93.3% |
| 2018-05-18 13:36 | 2018-05-17 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Industrial Organic Chemicals | BUY | $125.06 | 200,000 | $25,012,380 | 12,000,000 | +1.7% |
| 2018-05-19 00:19 | 2018-05-15 | BOMN | BOSTON OMAHA Corp | Boulderado Group, LLC | 10% owner | Real Estate Operators (No Developers) & Lessors | BUY | $23.30 | 1,568,884 | $36,554,997 | 4,999,904 | +45.7% |
| 2018-05-18 23:05 | 2018-05-15 | DDR | SITE Centers Corp. | Otto Alexander | Director, 10% owner | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $7.27 | 316,052 | $2,297,793 | 58,072,076 | +0.5% |
| 2018-05-19 00:55 | 2018-05-16 | NVT | nVent Electric plc | Baldwin Brian M | Director | Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) | BUY | $25.03 | 823,903 | $20,621,880 | 16,604,778 | +5.2% |
| 2018-05-19 01:58 | 2018-05-18 | AMH | American Homes 4 Rent | GUSTAVSON TAMARA HUGHES | Director, 10% owner | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $19.70 | 507,614 | $9,999,996 | 15,586,898 | +3.4% |
| 2018-05-18 23:43 | 2018-05-17 | AAT | American Assets Trust, Inc. | RADY ERNEST S | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chairman, CEO & President | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $34.41 | 44,367 | $1,526,549 | 1,255,336 | +3.7% |
| 2018-05-19 00:07 | 2018-05-17 | ETM | N/A | FIELD JOSEPH M | Director, Officer - Chairman Emeritus | Other | BUY | $7.84 | 150,000 | $1,175,820 | 6,477,381 | +2.4% |
| 2018-05-17 13:14 | 2018-05-16 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Industrial Organic Chemicals | BUY | $124.16 | 49,807 | $6,183,908 | 11,800,000 | +0.4% |
| 2018-05-17 22:46 | 2018-05-15 | MHK | MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC | BALCAEN FILIP | Director | Carpets & Rugs | BUY | $209.05 | 47,843 | $10,001,699 | 292,768 | +19.5% |
| 2018-05-18 02:17 | 2018-05-15 | BOMN | BOSTON OMAHA Corp | Peterson Adam K | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Co-Chief Executive Officer | Real Estate Operators (No Developers) & Lessors | BUY | $23.30 | 1,568,884 | $36,554,997 | 11,008,265 | +16.6% |
| 2018-05-18 04:03 | 2018-05-15 | PRGO | PERRIGO Co plc | Smith Jeffrey C | Director | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $75.45 | 400,000 | $30,179,280 | 3,662,220 | +12.3% |
| 2018-05-17 14:56 | 2018-05-15 | NOG | NORTHERN OIL & GAS, INC. | Akradi Bahram | Director | Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas | BUY | $1.50 | 8,000,000 | $12,000,000 | 15,187,211 | +111.3% |
| 2018-05-17 23:09 | 2018-05-15 | SCOO | N/A | Mill Road Capital II, L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $16.68 | 535,629 | $8,931,614 | 2,023,516 | +36.0% |
| 2018-05-17 23:25 | 2018-05-16 | AEF | abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund, Inc. | CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP PLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $8.87 | 223,600 | $1,983,332 | 11,788,004 | +1.9% |
| 2018-05-16 15:51 | 2018-05-15 | N-A | N/A | STRS OHIO | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 133,333 | $2,000,000 | 1,007,512 | +15.3% |
| 2018-05-16 13:42 | 2018-05-15 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Industrial Organic Chemicals | BUY | $124.06 | 150,000 | $18,609,075 | 11,750,193 | +1.3% |
| 2018-05-17 01:53 | 2018-05-14 | JPM | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Combs Todd A. | Director | National Commercial Banks | BUY | $114.61 | 13,000 | $1,489,898 | 18,277 | +246.4% |
| 2018-05-16 21:35 | 2018-05-14 | MHK | MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC | BALCAEN FILIP | Director | Carpets & Rugs | BUY | $209.89 | 25,912 | $5,438,722 | 244,925 | +11.8% |
| 2018-05-17 00:23 | 2018-05-14 | INOV | N/A | Dunleavy Keith R | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CEO and Chairman of the Board | Other | BUY | $9.91 | 118,000 | $1,169,451 | 400,000 | +41.8% |
| 2018-05-17 03:58 | 2018-05-14 | AYX | N/A | Abdiel Capital Management, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $32.24 | 480,000 | $15,476,352 | 4,481,344 | +12.0% |
| 2018-05-17 02:37 | 2018-05-14 | MIC | Macquarie Infrastructure Corp | Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) INC | Director | Wholesale-Petroleum & Petroleum Products (No Bulk Stations) | BUY | $37.77 | 415,926 | $15,707,570 | 6,515,969 | +6.8% |
| 2018-05-17 03:17 | 2018-05-14 | DS | N/A | EDENS WESLEY R | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $5.30 | 400,000 | $2,121,760 | 3,137,094 | +14.6% |
| 2018-05-17 00:28 | 2018-05-14 | TPIV | Marker Therapeutics, Inc. | Eastern Capital LTD | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $2.40 | 1,300,000 | $3,120,000 | 5,300,002 | +32.5% |
| 2018-05-17 00:36 | 2018-05-14 | ETM | N/A | FIELD JOSEPH M | Director, Officer - Chairman Emeritus | Other | BUY | $7.52 | 150,000 | $1,127,730 | 6,311,897 | +2.4% |
| 2018-05-16 22:00 | 2018-05-14 | AXDX | N/A | SCHULER JACK W | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $19.97 | 65,000 | $1,298,050 | 13,330,028 | +0.5% |
| 2018-05-16 04:51 | 2018-05-15 | ARNC | Howmet Aerospace Inc. | ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P. | 10% owner | Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals | BUY | $17.96 | 544,000 | $9,770,784 | 35,293,450 | +1.6% |
| 2018-05-16 04:49 | 2018-05-15 | ARNC | Howmet Aerospace Inc. | ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P. | 10% owner | Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals | BUY | $17.96 | 256,000 | $4,598,016 | 16,608,683 | +1.6% |
| 2018-05-15 13:46 | 2018-05-14 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Industrial Organic Chemicals | BUY | $126.47 | 150,000 | $18,970,080 | 11,600,193 | +1.3% |
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.