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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-09 03:00 | 2016-08-04 | CBG | CBRE GROUP, INC. | ValueAct Holdings, L.P. | Director, 10% owner, Other | Real Estate | BUY | $28.50 | 182,060 | $5,188,710 | 34,620,054 | +0.5% |
| 2016-08-09 01:53 | 2016-08-04 | COTY | COTY INC. | JAB Cosmetics B.V. | 10% owner | Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations | BUY | $27.77 | 225,000 | $6,247,935 | 6,881,571 | +3.4% |
| 2016-08-08 23:57 | 2016-08-04 | STDY | N/A | STARK BRIAN JAY | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $3.13 | 1,310,803 | $4,102,813 | 1,082,678 | +100.0% |
| 2016-08-05 19:51 | 2016-08-03 | TXRH | Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | ZARLEY JAMES R | Director | Retail-Eating Places | BUY | $42.23 | 23,800 | $1,005,074 | 23,800 | +100.0% |
| 2016-08-06 03:07 | 2016-08-03 | DXPE | DXP ENTERPRISES INC | GMT CAPITAL CORP | 10% owner | Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment | BUY | $15.96 | 172,746 | $2,757,026 | 1,595,545 | +12.1% |
| 2016-08-05 23:49 | 2016-08-03 | PAG | PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC. | PENSKE ROGER S | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chairman & CEO | Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations | BUY | $39.35 | 220,632 | $8,681,075 | 30,865,162 | +0.7% |
| 2016-08-05 23:48 | 2016-08-03 | PAG | PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC. | PENSKE CORP | 10% owner | Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations | BUY | $39.35 | 220,632 | $8,681,075 | 30,865,162 | +0.7% |
| 2016-08-04 15:48 | 2016-07-14 | LMBH | Limbach Holdings, Inc. | 1347 Investors LLC | 10% owner | Construction - Special Trade Contractors | BUY | $10.00 | 288,401 | $2,884,010 | 2,854,715 | +11.2% |
| 2016-08-04 15:42 | 2016-07-14 | LMBH | Limbach Holdings, Inc. | 1347 Capital LLC | 10% owner | Construction - Special Trade Contractors | BUY | $10.00 | 288,401 | $2,884,010 | 2,854,715 | +11.2% |
| 2016-08-04 15:45 | 2016-07-14 | LMBH | Limbach Holdings, Inc. | BAQAR HASSAN | Director, Officer - See remarks below. | Construction - Special Trade Contractors | BUY | $10.00 | 288,401 | $2,884,010 | 2,864,715 | +11.2% |
| 2016-08-04 15:49 | 2016-07-14 | LMBH | Limbach Holdings, Inc. | SWETS LARRY G JR | Director, 10% owner | Construction - Special Trade Contractors | BUY | $10.00 | 288,401 | $2,884,010 | 2,864,715 | +11.2% |
| 2016-08-04 19:51 | 2015-11-27 | KALO | N/A | Kassett Rajni | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $56,134.50 | 474,337,466 | $26,626,694,113,490 | 1,182,187,472 | +67.0% |
| 2016-08-04 15:59 | 2016-08-03 | CB | Chubb Ltd | SCULLY ROBERT W | Director | Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance | BUY | $125.95 | 10,725 | $1,350,834 | 2,775 | +100.0% |
| 2016-08-04 23:12 | 2016-08-02 | EHTH | eHealth, Inc. | Flanders Scott N | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service | BUY | $9.15 | 117,000 | $1,070,737 | 262,406 | +80.5% |
| 2016-08-04 23:31 | 2016-08-02 | TCMD | TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC | SODERBERG PETER H | Director | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $10.00 | 100,000 | $1,000,000 | 236,450 | +73.3% |
| 2016-08-04 00:53 | 2016-08-01 | VNOM | N/A | Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 10% owner, Other | Other | BUY | $15.60 | 2,000,000 | $31,200,000 | 72,450,000 | +2.8% |
| 2016-08-03 15:30 | 2016-08-01 | MFRM | N/A | 40 North Latitude Fund LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $29.13 | 53,598 | $1,561,551 | 2,057,600 | +2.7% |
| 2016-08-04 01:07 | 2015-06-05 | KALO | N/A | Kassett Rajni | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $30,336.51 | 611,467,491 | $18,549,787,087,233 | 707,850,006 | +634.4% |
| 2016-08-04 02:22 | 2016-08-01 | MB | N/A | Abdiel Capital Management, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $17.80 | 142,100 | $2,528,897 | 2,956,360 | +5.0% |
| 2016-08-04 00:23 | 2016-08-03 | RCL | ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD | Fain Richard D | Director, Officer - Chairman & CEO | Water Transportation | BUY | $68.52 | 29,190 | $1,999,985 | 1,068,881 | +2.8% |
| 2016-08-03 19:05 | 2016-08-01 | KDMN | N/A | GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $12.00 | 208,333 | $2,499,996 | 314,410 | +196.4% |
| 2016-08-04 00:24 | 2016-08-01 | CBG | CBRE GROUP, INC. | ValueAct Holdings, L.P. | Director, 10% owner, Other | Real Estate | BUY | $28.31 | 1,502,200 | $42,525,630 | 34,437,994 | +4.6% |
| 2016-08-04 04:06 | 2016-08-01 | KDMN | N/A | Loeb Daniel S | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $11.35 | 1,431,996 | $16,253,298 | 7,545,016 | +23.4% |
| 2016-08-04 01:14 | 2016-08-02 | LUV | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | KELLY GARY C | Director, Officer - COB, Pres., & CEO | Air Transportation, Scheduled | BUY | $35.58 | 28,106 | $1,000,056 | 69,891 | +67.3% |
| 2016-08-04 00:38 | 2016-08-01 | COTY | COTY INC. | JAB Cosmetics B.V. | 10% owner | Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations | BUY | $26.94 | 225,000 | $6,061,860 | 6,656,571 | +3.5% |
| 2016-08-03 00:46 | 2016-07-29 | CCN | N/A | Shanahan Brian | Other | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 100,000 | $1,000,000 | 100,000 | +100.0% |
| 2016-08-02 18:07 | 2016-08-01 | SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | Mangrove Partners Master Fund, Ltd. | 10% owner | Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens) | BUY | $7.20 | 215,517 | $1,551,356 | 8,134,491 | +2.7% |
| 2016-08-02 23:38 | 2016-07-29 | ILIU | N/A | Weller Harry R | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.10 | 20,120,724 | $2,000,000 | 55,418,811 | +57.0% |
| 2016-08-02 23:38 | 2016-07-29 | ILIU | N/A | Viswanathan Ravi | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.10 | 20,120,724 | $2,000,000 | 55,418,811 | +57.0% |
| 2016-08-02 23:37 | 2016-07-29 | ILIU | N/A | Sonsini Peter W. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.10 | 20,120,724 | $2,000,000 | 55,418,811 | +57.0% |
| 2016-08-02 23:37 | 2016-07-29 | ILIU | N/A | SANDELL SCOTT D | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.10 | 20,120,724 | $2,000,000 | 55,418,811 | +57.0% |
| 2016-08-02 23:36 | 2016-07-29 | ILIU | N/A | MOTT DAVID M | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.10 | 20,120,724 | $2,000,000 | 55,418,811 | +57.0% |
| 2016-08-02 23:35 | 2016-07-29 | ILIU | N/A | KOLLURI KRISHNA KITTU | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.10 | 20,120,724 | $2,000,000 | 55,418,811 | +57.0% |
| 2016-08-02 23:35 | 2016-07-29 | ILIU | N/A | KERINS PATRICK J | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.10 | 20,120,724 | $2,000,000 | 55,418,811 | +57.0% |
| 2016-08-02 23:34 | 2016-07-29 | ILIU | N/A | Florence Anthony A. Jr. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.10 | 20,120,724 | $2,000,000 | 55,418,811 | +57.0% |
| 2016-08-02 23:34 | 2016-07-29 | ILIU | N/A | BASKETT FOREST | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.10 | 20,120,724 | $2,000,000 | 55,418,811 | +57.0% |
| 2016-08-02 23:33 | 2016-07-29 | ILIU | N/A | BARRETT M JAMES | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.10 | 20,120,724 | $2,000,000 | 55,418,811 | +57.0% |
| 2016-08-02 23:32 | 2016-07-29 | ILIU | N/A | Growth Equity Opportunities Fund III, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.10 | 20,120,724 | $2,000,000 | 55,418,811 | +57.0% |
| 2016-08-02 13:07 | 2016-07-29 | ILIU | N/A | BAY CITY CAPITAL LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.10 | 30,181,086 | $3,000,000 | 1,444,485 | +100.0% |
| 2016-08-03 00:09 | 2016-07-29 | PAG | PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC. | PENSKE ROGER S | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chairman & CEO | Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations | BUY | $39.10 | 710,121 | $27,763,175 | 30,644,530 | +2.4% |
| 2016-08-03 00:07 | 2016-07-29 | PAG | PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC. | PENSKE CORP | 10% owner | Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations | BUY | $39.10 | 710,121 | $27,763,175 | 30,644,530 | +2.4% |
| 2016-08-03 03:32 | 2016-08-01 | BJRI | BJs RESTAURANTS INC | Elbogen Noah A. | Director | Retail-Eating Places | BUY | $39.17 | 30,000 | $1,175,199 | 30,000 | +100.0% |
| 2016-08-02 23:33 | 2016-07-29 | ILIU | N/A | BARRIS PETER J | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.10 | 20,120,724 | $2,000,000 | 55,418,811 | +57.0% |
| 2016-08-01 17:58 | 2016-07-28 | SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | Mangrove Partners Master Fund, Ltd. | 10% owner | Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens) | BUY | $6.98 | 291,478 | $2,033,438 | 7,918,974 | +3.8% |
| 2016-08-01 15:30 | 2016-07-28 | MFRM | N/A | 40 North Latitude Fund LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $29.09 | 37,500 | $1,090,736 | 2,004,002 | +1.9% |
| 2016-08-01 23:47 | 2016-07-27 | AGC | N/A | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $5.73 | 230,858 | $1,323,740 | 4,106,387 | +6.0% |
| 2016-08-02 02:30 | 2016-07-28 | LE | LANDS' END, INC. | LAMPERT EDWARD S | 10% owner | Retail-Family Clothing Stores | BUY | $14.25 | 150,679 | $2,147,568 | 12,089,599 | +1.3% |
| 2016-08-02 02:50 | 2016-07-28 | SLG | SL GREEN REALTY CORP | HOLLIDAY MARC | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $27.02 | 37,340 | $1,009,065 | 88,900 | +72.4% |
| 2016-07-30 04:20 | 2016-07-27 | ASPS | ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. | Omega Advisors Inc. | 10% owner | Services-Miscellaneous Business Services | BUY | $23.88 | 172,804 | $4,126,110 | 189,535 | +1,032.8% |
| 2016-07-30 02:19 | 2016-07-27 | LE | LANDS' END, INC. | LAMPERT EDWARD S | 10% owner | Retail-Family Clothing Stores | BUY | $14.40 | 166,450 | $2,396,331 | 11,938,920 | +1.4% |
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.