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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-08 23:06 | 2018-05-04 | DDR | SITE Centers Corp. | Otto Alexander | Director, 10% owner | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $7.34 | 587,887 | $4,314,738 | 56,061,914 | +1.1% |
| 2018-05-08 21:00 | 2018-03-21 | CLCN | Driveitaway Holdings, Inc. | FranVentures, LLC | 10% owner | Services-Educational Services | BUY | $131,340.00 | 938,429 | $123,253,264,860 | 0 | +100.0% |
| 2018-05-09 01:47 | 2018-05-04 | APPN | Appian Corporation | Abdiel Capital Management, LLC | 10% owner | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $26.23 | 179,890 | $4,718,551 | 5,767,238 | +3.2% |
| 2018-05-08 23:07 | 2018-05-07 | NHF | NEXPOINT DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE TRUST | DONDERO JAMES D | Officer, 10% owner - See Remarks | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $24.30 | 83,000 | $2,016,792 | 449,542 | +22.6% |
| 2018-05-08 23:22 | 2018-04-04 | MDIT | N/A | FORTUNOFF GREGORY | Director | Other | BUY | $0.75 | 1,333,334 | $1,000,001 | 1,533,334 | +666.7% |
| 2018-05-08 21:48 | 2018-05-03 | CFR | CULLEN/FROST BANKERS, INC. | WESTON GRAHAM M | Director | National Commercial Banks | BUY | $114.05 | 43,000 | $4,904,180 | 134,713 | +46.9% |
| 2018-05-09 00:39 | 2018-05-04 | BDGE | Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/ | BASSWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. | Director, 10% owner, Other | National Commercial Banks | BUY | $36.24 | 32,518 | $1,178,452 | 26,139 | +100.0% |
| 2018-05-09 00:17 | 2018-05-04 | SGEN | N/A | BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $53.34 | 460,651 | $24,570,249 | 45,825,986 | +1.0% |
| 2018-05-07 23:25 | 2018-05-03 | MDB | MongoDB, Inc. | Whale Rock Capital Management LLC | 10% owner | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $38.35 | 450,000 | $17,255,250 | 2,615,421 | +20.8% |
| 2018-05-07 22:13 | 2018-05-07 | TSLA | Tesla, Inc. | Musk Elon | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CEO | Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies | BUY | $298.50 | 33,000 | $9,850,510 | 33,665,421 | +0.1% |
| 2018-05-08 04:48 | 2018-05-03 | EYES | Vivani Medical, Inc. | Williams Gregg | Director, 10% owner | Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | BUY | $1.48 | 6,756,757 | $10,000,000 | 26,239,329 | +34.7% |
| 2018-05-07 23:05 | 2018-05-03 | NHF | NEXPOINT DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE TRUST | DONDERO JAMES D | Officer - See Remarks | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $24.33 | 194,000 | $4,719,360 | 366,542 | +112.4% |
| 2018-05-07 17:20 | 2018-05-04 | CVS | CVS HEALTH Corp | DORMAN DAVID W | Director | Retail-Drug Stores and Proprietary Stores | BUY | $62.22 | 24,300 | $1,511,868 | 104,638 | +30.2% |
| 2018-05-08 00:54 | 2018-05-03 | AKAO | N/A | DUGGAN ROBERT W | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $11.33 | 976,880 | $11,072,153 | 100,255 | +100.0% |
| 2018-05-05 00:08 | 2018-05-02 | CATM | N/A | Hudson Executive Capital LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $25.32 | 143,000 | $3,621,246 | 8,046,835 | +1.8% |
| 2018-05-04 23:06 | 2018-05-02 | DDR | SITE Centers Corp. | Otto Alexander | Director, 10% owner | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $7.23 | 858,728 | $6,207,573 | 55,474,027 | +1.6% |
| 2018-05-04 01:36 | 2018-05-01 | CFR | CULLEN/FROST BANKERS, INC. | WESTON GRAHAM M | Director | National Commercial Banks | BUY | $115.22 | 43,342 | $4,994,004 | 91,713 | +89.6% |
| 2018-05-04 03:54 | 2018-05-01 | BDGE | Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/ | BASSWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. | 10% owner | National Commercial Banks | BUY | $33.31 | 118,070 | $3,933,360 | 468,386 | +33.7% |
| 2018-05-04 00:19 | 2018-05-01 | ETM | N/A | FIELD JOSEPH M | Director, Officer - Chairman Emeritus | Other | BUY | $9.98 | 140,500 | $1,402,415 | 5,859,235 | +2.5% |
| 2018-05-02 23:52 | 2018-04-30 | MHK | MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC | BALCAEN FILIP | Director | Carpets & Rugs | BUY | $209.08 | 66,199 | $13,840,900 | 208,967 | +46.4% |
| 2018-05-02 23:05 | 2018-04-30 | DDR | SITE Centers Corp. | Otto Alexander | Director, 10% owner | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $7.30 | 1,046,284 | $7,638,710 | 54,615,299 | +2.0% |
| 2018-05-03 01:52 | 2018-04-30 | BW | Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. | STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P. | 10% owner | Heating Equipment, Except Electric & Warm Air Furnaces | BUY | $2.00 | 3,400,809 | $6,801,618 | 29,975,041 | +12.8% |
| 2018-05-02 23:05 | 2018-04-30 | NHF | NEXPOINT DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE TRUST | DONDERO JAMES D | Officer, 10% owner - See Remarks | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $24.01 | 60,649 | $1,456,310 | 172,542 | +54.2% |
| 2018-05-03 00:42 | 2018-04-30 | ALXN | N/A | COUGHLIN CHRISTOPHER J | Director | Other | BUY | $120.79 | 10,000 | $1,207,900 | 26,333 | +61.2% |
| 2018-05-02 18:09 | 2018-04-30 | SOHU | N/A | ZHANG CHARLES | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CEO | Other | BUY | $30.89 | 128,940 | $3,983,511 | 7,851,760 | +1.7% |
| 2018-05-02 18:08 | 2018-04-30 | SOHU | N/A | PHOTON GROUP LTD | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $30.89 | 128,940 | $3,983,511 | 7,851,760 | +1.7% |
| 2018-05-03 01:05 | 2018-04-30 | SGEN | N/A | BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $51.26 | 1,000,000 | $51,258,500 | 45,365,335 | +2.3% |
| 2018-05-02 23:32 | 2018-05-01 | MSF | N/A | CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP PLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $17.67 | 85,518 | $1,511,103 | 85,518 | +100.0% |
| 2018-05-03 00:55 | 2018-05-01 | UFI | UNIFI INC | Bishop Robert J | Director | Textile Mill Products | BUY | $30.50 | 39,038 | $1,190,561 | 1,407,864 | +2.9% |
| 2018-05-02 00:14 | 2018-04-27 | ONTX | Traws Pharma, Inc. | 683 Capital Management, LLC | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $0.43 | 11,838,235 | $5,031,250 | 14,503,169 | +444.2% |
| 2018-05-01 23:12 | 2018-04-27 | ONTX | Traws Pharma, Inc. | TYNDALL CAPITAL PARTNERS L P | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $0.43 | 10,147,058 | $4,312,500 | 12,244,080 | +483.9% |
| 2018-05-01 23:42 | 2018-04-27 | CFR | CULLEN/FROST BANKERS, INC. | WESTON GRAHAM M | Director | National Commercial Banks | BUY | $116.34 | 26,290 | $3,058,579 | 48,371 | +119.1% |
| 2018-05-01 23:37 | 2018-04-30 | ELOX | N/A | Pontifax Management 4 G.P. (2015) Ltd. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $9.75 | 350,000 | $3,412,500 | 520,396 | +205.4% |
| 2018-05-01 23:34 | 2018-04-30 | ELOX | N/A | Nussbaum Ran | Director | Other | BUY | $9.75 | 350,000 | $3,412,500 | 520,396 | +205.4% |
| 2018-05-01 23:32 | 2018-04-30 | ELOX | N/A | Kleijwegt Martijn | Director | Other | BUY | $9.75 | 300,000 | $2,925,000 | 2,953,673 | +11.3% |
| 2018-05-01 23:31 | 2018-04-30 | ELOX | N/A | Kariv Tomer | Director | Other | BUY | $9.75 | 350,000 | $3,412,500 | 520,396 | +205.4% |
| 2018-05-01 21:57 | 2018-04-27 | ELS | EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC | ZELL SAMUEL | Director, Officer - Chairman of the Board | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $89.56 | 20,000 | $1,791,274 | 28,000 | +250.0% |
| 2018-05-02 00:09 | 2018-04-27 | UTX | RTX Corp | Reynolds Fredric G | Director | Aircraft Engines & Engine Parts | BUY | $121.58 | 9,000 | $1,094,251 | 22,225 | +68.1% |
| 2018-05-01 23:59 | 2017-07-03 | IRIX | IRIDEX CORP | Acuta Capital Fund, LP | 10% owner | Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | BUY | $9.15 | 184,713 | $1,689,884 | 1,341,724 | +16.0% |
| 2018-05-01 01:48 | 2018-04-26 | CATM | N/A | Hudson Executive Capital LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $25.90 | 207,150 | $5,365,081 | 7,903,835 | +2.7% |
| 2018-04-30 23:05 | 2018-04-27 | DDR | SITE Centers Corp. | Otto Alexander | Director, 10% owner | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $7.44 | 708,936 | $5,275,264 | 53,569,015 | +1.3% |
| 2018-04-30 23:44 | 2018-04-26 | NHF | NEXPOINT DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE TRUST | DONDERO JAMES D | Officer - See Remarks | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $23.84 | 86,601 | $2,064,152 | 111,893 | +342.4% |
| 2018-04-27 22:54 | 2018-04-25 | CCUR | N/A | SINGER JULIAN D. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $5.15 | 222,469 | $1,145,715 | 3,176,180 | +7.5% |
| 2018-04-27 14:48 | 2018-04-25 | BIIB | BIOGEN INC. | DENNER ALEXANDER J | Director | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $269.91 | 48,000 | $12,955,680 | 461,858 | +11.6% |
| 2018-04-28 01:30 | 2018-04-25 | AKAO | N/A | DUGGAN ROBERT W | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $12.98 | 230,096 | $2,986,853 | 7,181,002 | +3.3% |
| 2018-04-28 04:32 | 2017-08-09 | TPCA | N/A | ICAHN CARL C | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $45.00 | 2,121,712 | $95,477,040 | 19,984,418 | +11.9% |
| 2018-04-27 00:36 | 2018-03-07 | CHDN | Churchill Downs Inc | DUCHOSSOIS RICHARD L | Director | Services-Racing, Including Track Operation | BUY | $271.85 | 3,680 | $1,000,403 | 174,175 | +2.2% |
| 2018-04-27 00:57 | 2018-04-26 | SMHI | SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. | Gellert John M | Director, Officer - President and CEO | Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight | BUY | $20.00 | 50,000 | $1,000,000 | 95,158 | +110.7% |
| 2018-04-26 23:27 | 2018-04-26 | APO | Apollo Global Management Inc. | TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 10% owner | Investment Advice | BUY | $28.10 | 50,000 | $1,405,000 | 34,422,807 | +0.1% |
| 2018-04-26 20:16 | 2018-04-23 | IVAC | N/A | First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $6.00 | 222,000 | $1,331,933 | 4,684,055 | +5.0% |
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.