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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-16 19:48 | 2015-11-13 | HSY | HERSHEY CO | HERSHEY TRUST CO | 10% owner | Sugar & Confectionery Products | BUY | $83.82 | 190,000 | $15,925,800 | 12,703,821 | +1.5% |
| 2015-11-17 01:00 | 2015-11-11 | CAPL | CrossAmerica Partners LP | CST BRANDS, INC. | 10% owner | Wholesale-Petroleum & Petroleum Products (No Bulk Stations) | BUY | $24.99 | 46,737 | $1,167,897 | 5,969,398 | +0.8% |
| 2015-11-17 02:58 | 2015-11-16 | SCTY | N/A | Musk Elon | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $26.45 | 198,615 | $5,253,109 | 21,310,892 | +0.9% |
| 2015-11-16 14:55 | 2015-11-13 | AYR | Aircastle LTD | MARUBENI CORP /FI | Director, 10% owner | Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC | BUY | $19.93 | 109,600 | $2,184,186 | 18,421,955 | +0.6% |
| 2015-11-16 14:05 | 2015-11-12 | AAT | American Assets Trust, Inc. | RADY ERNEST S | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chairman, CEO & President | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $39.44 | 25,743 | $1,015,299 | 217,548 | +13.4% |
| 2015-11-16 20:46 | 2015-11-13 | APC | N/A | FLUOR PETER J | Director | Other | BUY | $60.82 | 50,000 | $3,040,750 | 79,758 | +168.0% |
| 2015-11-17 01:16 | 2015-11-12 | LOXO | N/A | AISLING CAPITAL III LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $27.65 | 78,669 | $2,175,025 | 3,531,182 | +2.3% |
| 2015-11-14 01:41 | 2015-11-12 | SCTY | N/A | Musk Elon | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $25.35 | 307,152 | $7,786,057 | 21,112,277 | +1.5% |
| 2015-11-13 14:09 | 2015-11-12 | AYR | Aircastle LTD | MARUBENI CORP /FI | Director, 10% owner | Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC | BUY | $19.38 | 109,600 | $2,124,344 | 18,312,355 | +0.6% |
| 2015-11-13 14:08 | 2015-11-11 | AYR | Aircastle LTD | MARUBENI CORP /FI | Director, 10% owner | Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC | BUY | $19.84 | 109,600 | $2,174,738 | 18,202,755 | +0.6% |
| 2015-11-14 02:22 | 2015-11-04 | BCBP | BCB BANCORP INC | HOGAN MARK D | Director, Officer - Chairman of the Board | Savings Institution, Federally Chartered | BUY | $10.00 | 150,000 | $1,500,000 | 354,515 | +73.3% |
| 2015-11-14 01:30 | 2015-11-11 | SRG | Seritage Growth Properties | BERKOWITZ BRUCE R | 10% owner | Real Estate | BUY | $36.81 | 36,400 | $1,339,975 | 3,458,050 | +1.1% |
| 2015-11-14 01:11 | 2015-11-12 | CFG | CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI | MCCREE DONALD H III | Officer - Vice Chair, Commercial Banking | State Commercial Banks | BUY | $25.83 | 80,000 | $2,066,400 | 80,000 | +100.0% |
| 2015-11-14 01:20 | 2015-11-11 | THC | TENET HEALTHCARE CORP | GLENVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 10% owner | Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, NEC | BUY | $32.56 | 900,000 | $29,300,670 | 17,890,230 | +5.3% |
| 2015-11-14 01:59 | 2015-11-12 | QSR | Restaurant Brands International Inc. | FRIBOURG PAUL J | Director | Retail-Eating Places | BUY | $35.61 | 56,100 | $1,997,743 | 159,045 | +54.5% |
| 2015-11-13 23:49 | 2015-11-11 | COTY | COTY INC. | HEILBRONN CHARLES | 10% owner | Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations | BUY | $30.54 | 46,113 | $1,408,457 | 15,562,993 | +0.3% |
| 2015-11-13 01:12 | 2015-11-10 | HWAY | N/A | Laughlin Conan | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $12.49 | 252,400 | $3,152,703 | 371,827 | +211.3% |
| 2015-11-12 23:47 | 2015-11-10 | ROVI | N/A | Welling Glenn W. | Director | Other | BUY | $9.75 | 350,000 | $3,411,135 | 1,037,969 | +50.9% |
| 2015-11-12 14:08 | 2015-11-10 | AYR | Aircastle LTD | MARUBENI CORP /FI | Director, 10% owner | Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC | BUY | $19.95 | 109,600 | $2,186,038 | 18,093,155 | +0.6% |
| 2015-11-13 01:07 | 2015-11-10 | LNG | Cheniere Energy, Inc. | ICAHN CARL C | 10% owner | Natural Gas Distribution | BUY | $45.74 | 321,736 | $14,716,205 | 29,867,977 | +1.1% |
| 2015-11-12 22:17 | 2015-11-09 | GNK | GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD | Strategic Value Partners, LLC | 10% owner | Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight | BUY | $1.72 | 2,527,255 | $4,335,001 | 4,094,961 | +161.2% |
| 2015-11-13 00:47 | 2015-11-09 | TXRH | Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | Taylor Wayne Kent | Director, Officer - Chairman, CEO | Retail-Eating Places | BUY | $33.60 | 30,000 | $1,008,000 | 4,311,605 | +0.7% |
| 2015-11-13 02:33 | 2015-11-10 | PNR | PENTAIR plc | GARDEN EDWARD P | Other | Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) | BUY | $56.38 | 411,500 | $23,200,329 | 13,681,877 | +3.1% |
| 2015-11-13 02:32 | 2015-11-11 | BK | Bank of New York Mellon Corp | GARDEN EDWARD P | Director | State Commercial Banks | BUY | $43.94 | 421,800 | $18,531,952 | 30,932,439 | +1.4% |
| 2015-11-12 17:14 | 2015-11-09 | KMI | KINDER MORGAN, INC. | MORGAN MICHAEL C | Director | Natural Gas Transmission | BUY | $24.64 | 126,300 | $3,112,234 | 3,620,000 | +3.6% |
| 2015-11-12 17:31 | 2015-11-11 | NRF | N/A | HAMAMOTO DAVID T | Director, Officer - Executive Chairman of NSAM | Other | BUY | $19.09 | 100,000 | $1,909,000 | 290,572 | +52.5% |
| 2015-11-13 02:57 | 2015-11-09 | MATR | N/A | COXE TENCH | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $7.29 | 1,000,000 | $7,290,000 | 1,283,497 | +352.7% |
| 2015-11-13 02:33 | 2015-11-10 | BCOR | N/A | Snyder Andrew Miles | Director | Other | BUY | $10.23 | 226,268 | $2,313,749 | 1,930,460 | +13.3% |
| 2015-11-13 05:38 | 2015-11-11 | POZN | N/A | ADAMS ADRIAN | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Other | BUY | $6.55 | 1,000,000 | $6,552,500 | 2,944,888 | +51.4% |
| 2015-11-12 16:53 | 2015-11-11 | KMI | KINDER MORGAN, INC. | KINDER RICHARD D | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Executive Chairman | Natural Gas Transmission | BUY | $24.69 | 100,000 | $2,469,000 | 234,212,353 | +0.0% |
| 2015-11-13 01:50 | 2015-11-10 | SCCO | SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ | VELASCO GERMAN LARREA MOTA | Director, Officer - Chairman of the Board | Metal Mining | BUY | $26.79 | 90,000 | $2,411,469 | 2,235,567 | +4.2% |
| 2015-11-13 01:48 | 2015-11-09 | SCCO | SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ | VELASCO GERMAN LARREA MOTA | Director, Officer - Chairman of the Board | Metal Mining | BUY | $26.71 | 75,000 | $2,002,875 | 2,145,567 | +3.6% |
| 2015-11-11 01:59 | 2015-11-10 | COST | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW | STANTON JOHN W | Director | Retail-Variety Stores | BUY | $155.40 | 10,000 | $1,553,968 | 13,456 | +289.4% |
| 2015-11-10 22:56 | 2015-11-09 | GULTU | Gulf Coast Ultra Deep Royalty Trust | MILLER LLOYD I III | 10% owner | Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas | BUY | $0.20 | 9,345,669 | $1,869,134 | 22,459,640 | +71.3% |
| 2015-11-11 03:45 | 2015-11-09 | QSR | Restaurant Brands International Inc. | Sicupira Carlos Alberto | Director | Retail-Eating Places | BUY | $35.56 | 196,000 | $6,970,172 | 196,000 | +100.0% |
| 2015-11-11 01:06 | 2015-11-06 | CSLT | N/A | VENROCK ASSOCIATES V LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $3.80 | 1,006,000 | $3,822,599 | 1,006,000 | +100.0% |
| 2015-11-11 00:41 | 2015-11-10 | MDXG | MIMEDX GROUP, INC. | PETIT PARKER H | Director, Officer - Chairman & CEO | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $7.58 | 131,925 | $1,000,110 | 5,026,821 | +2.7% |
| 2015-11-10 14:08 | 2015-11-09 | AYR | Aircastle LTD | MARUBENI CORP /FI | Director, 10% owner | Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC | BUY | $20.27 | 109,600 | $2,221,439 | 17,983,555 | +0.6% |
| 2015-11-10 18:46 | 2015-11-09 | IBAL | N/A | Avis Industrial Corp | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $46,500.00 | 18,600 | $864,900,000 | 1,103,101 | +1.7% |
| 2015-11-11 01:05 | 2015-11-06 | CSLT | N/A | ROBERTS BRYAN E | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $3.80 | 1,006,000 | $3,822,599 | 1,006,000 | +100.0% |
| 2015-11-11 01:13 | 2015-11-06 | SRG | Seritage Growth Properties | BERKOWITZ BRUCE R | 10% owner | Real Estate | BUY | $38.42 | 30,800 | $1,183,358 | 3,428,050 | +0.9% |
| 2015-11-11 03:47 | 2015-11-09 | QSR | Restaurant Brands International Inc. | FRIBOURG PAUL J | Director | Retail-Eating Places | BUY | $35.32 | 56,600 | $1,999,186 | 102,945 | +122.1% |
| 2015-11-11 03:49 | 2015-11-06 | EARN | Ellington Credit Co | Blackstone Holdings III L.P. | 10% owner | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $12.71 | 126,498 | $1,608,308 | 2,682,097 | +4.9% |
| 2015-11-11 03:57 | 2015-11-06 | SGEN | N/A | BAKER FELIX | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $42.95 | 934,624 | $40,143,690 | 33,099,494 | +2.9% |
| 2015-11-10 19:39 | 2015-10-31 | MBCI | N/A | HAND JEHU | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chief Executive/Financial | Other | BUY | $7,500.05 | 300,000 | $2,250,015,000 | 864,981 | +53.1% |
| 2015-11-11 00:15 | 2015-10-06 | NYRT | N/A | ROWAN MARC J | Director | Other | BUY | $10.60 | 99,418 | $1,053,582 | 99,418 | +100.0% |
| 2015-11-10 01:22 | 2015-11-05 | LNG | Cheniere Energy, Inc. | ICAHN CARL C | 10% owner | Natural Gas Distribution | BUY | $45.46 | 1,000,000 | $45,458,200 | 29,546,241 | +3.5% |
| 2015-11-10 00:38 | 2015-11-05 | NS | N/A | GREEHEY WILLIAM E | Director | Other | BUY | $46.24 | 50,000 | $2,311,860 | 2,941,366 | +1.7% |
| 2015-11-07 01:02 | 2015-11-04 | BCBP | BCB BANCORP INC | HOGAN MARK D | Director, Officer - Chairman of the Board | Savings Institution, Federally Chartered | BUY | $10.00 | 150,000 | $1,500,000 | 406,924 | +58.4% |
| 2015-11-07 03:04 | 2015-11-04 | ANGI | N/A | SEMLER ERIC | 10% owner, Other | Other | BUY | $7.57 | 396,676 | $3,001,211 | 5,121,864 | +8.4% |
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.