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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-31 02:58 | 2015-03-26 | VNCE | VINCE HOLDING CORP. | SK FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC | 10% owner | Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores | BUY | $17.08 | 100,000 | $1,708,340 | 289,789 | +52.7% |
| 2015-03-30 23:53 | 2015-03-26 | CTR | N/A | MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $100,000.00 | 240 | $24,000,000 | 240 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-30 23:54 | 2015-03-26 | EMO | ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund Inc. | MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $100,000.00 | 240 | $24,000,000 | 12 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-31 00:45 | 2015-03-26 | FSB | N/A | Allen Jimmy E. | Director | Other | BUY | $21.00 | 50,000 | $1,050,000 | 139,374 | +55.9% |
| 2015-03-31 03:03 | 2015-03-26 | VNCE | VINCE HOLDING CORP. | SUN CAPITAL PARTNERS V LP | 10% owner | Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores | BUY | $17.08 | 100,000 | $1,708,340 | 15,327,672 | +0.7% |
| 2015-03-31 03:08 | 2015-03-26 | VNCE | VINCE HOLDING CORP. | Sun Capital Securities Offshore Fund, Ltd. | 10% owner | Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores | BUY | $17.08 | 100,000 | $1,708,340 | 5,302,495 | +1.9% |
| 2015-03-31 03:05 | 2015-03-26 | VNCE | VINCE HOLDING CORP. | KROUSE RODGER R | 10% owner | Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores | BUY | $17.08 | 100,000 | $1,708,340 | 20,340,288 | +0.5% |
| 2015-03-31 03:09 | 2015-03-26 | VNCE | VINCE HOLDING CORP. | LEDER MARC J | Director, 10% owner | Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores | BUY | $17.08 | 100,000 | $1,708,340 | 20,340,288 | +0.5% |
| 2015-03-27 23:18 | 2015-03-26 | FI | EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V. | Mosing D. Keith | Director, Officer, 10% owner - See Remarks | Oil & Gas Field Services, NEC | BUY | $17.71 | 57,000 | $1,009,544 | 510,187 | +12.6% |
| 2015-03-27 23:25 | 2015-03-25 | JGW | N/A | Trishield Special Situations Master Fund Ltd. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $9.93 | 132,859 | $1,318,798 | 2,033,264 | +7.0% |
| 2015-03-27 23:23 | 2015-03-25 | COCP | Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. | FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL | Director, 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $0.92 | 3,464,855 | $3,187,667 | 103,558,969 | +3.5% |
| 2015-03-27 23:00 | 2015-03-26 | LPI | Vital Energy, Inc. | Warburg Pincus Private Equity X O&G, L.P. | 10% owner | Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas | BUY | $11.05 | 42,153,744 | $465,798,871 | 87,670,127 | +92.6% |
| 2015-03-27 23:17 | 2015-03-25 | COCP | Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. | HSIAO JANE PH D | Director | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $0.92 | 2,200,000 | $2,024,000 | 2,200,000 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-27 23:31 | 2015-02-12 | FONU | N/A | Miguel Roger F. | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CEO | Other | BUY | $36,000.00 | 300,000 | $10,800,000,000 | 211,818,212 | +0.1% |
| 2015-03-26 23:48 | 2015-03-24 | AMIC | N/A | INDEPENDENCE HOLDING CO | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.19 | 157,855 | $1,608,542 | 4,622,356 | +3.5% |
| 2015-03-27 00:01 | 2015-03-24 | EAGL | N/A | Luxor Capital Group, LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $11.40 | 2,416,667 | $27,550,004 | 3,066,896 | +371.7% |
| 2015-03-26 04:33 | 2015-03-24 | VNCE | VINCE HOLDING CORP. | SK FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC | 10% owner | Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores | BUY | $17.01 | 100,000 | $1,700,820 | 189,879 | +111.3% |
| 2015-03-25 23:05 | 2015-03-23 | PN | N/A | Mariano Steven M. | Director, Officer, 10% owner - See Remarks | Other | BUY | $13.89 | 120,723 | $1,676,891 | 570,108 | +26.9% |
| 2015-03-26 04:28 | 2015-03-23 | VNCE | VINCE HOLDING CORP. | SUN CAPITAL PARTNERS V LP | 10% owner | Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores | BUY | $17.05 | 189,879 | $3,236,715 | 15,227,672 | +1.3% |
| 2015-03-26 04:33 | 2015-03-23 | VNCE | VINCE HOLDING CORP. | Sun Capital Securities Offshore Fund, Ltd. | 10% owner | Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores | BUY | $17.05 | 189,879 | $3,236,582 | 5,202,495 | +3.8% |
| 2015-03-25 23:06 | 2015-03-24 | NHF | NEXPOINT DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE TRUST | DONDERO JAMES D | Other | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $11.95 | 97,835 | $1,168,740 | 4,935,988 | +2.0% |
| 2015-03-26 04:29 | 2015-03-23 | VNCE | VINCE HOLDING CORP. | KROUSE RODGER R | 10% owner | Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores | BUY | $17.05 | 189,879 | $3,236,715 | 20,240,288 | +0.9% |
| 2015-03-26 04:30 | 2015-03-23 | VNCE | VINCE HOLDING CORP. | LEDER MARC J | Director, 10% owner | Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores | BUY | $17.05 | 189,879 | $3,236,715 | 20,240,288 | +0.9% |
| 2015-03-26 00:19 | 2015-03-25 | STDY | N/A | Flynn James E | 10% owner, Other | Other | BUY | $8.50 | 737,555 | $6,269,218 | 823,529 | +857.9% |
| 2015-03-25 00:26 | 2015-03-23 | ALCO | Alico Inc. | Brokaw George R | Director, 10% owner | Agricultural Production-Crops | BUY | $50.70 | 31,336 | $1,588,854 | 156,139 | +25.1% |
| 2015-03-24 18:46 | 2015-03-20 | GLP | GLOBAL PARTNERS LP | Global GP LLC | Other | Wholesale-Petroleum Bulk Stations & Terminals | BUY | $37.84 | 44,800 | $1,695,035 | 453,219 | +11.0% |
| 2015-03-25 00:09 | 2015-03-23 | ALCO | Alico Inc. | TRAFELET REMY W | Director, 10% owner | Agricultural Production-Crops | BUY | $50.70 | 31,336 | $1,588,854 | 156,139 | +25.1% |
| 2015-03-25 00:09 | 2015-03-20 | EGLE | N/A | GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $9.00 | 250,000 | $2,250,000 | 5,444,620 | +4.8% |
| 2015-03-23 22:46 | 2015-03-19 | PN | N/A | Mariano Steven M. | Director, Officer, 10% owner - See Remarks | Other | BUY | $13.16 | 110,093 | $1,449,077 | 449,385 | +32.4% |
| 2015-03-20 21:00 | 2015-03-19 | JEFFL | N/A | Fantex Holdings, Inc. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 400,000 | $4,000,000 | 400,000 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-21 00:25 | 2015-03-17 | PDVW | Anterix Inc. | FEINBERG STEPHEN | 10% owner | Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) | BUY | $44.16 | 242,136 | $10,693,137 | 2,304,872 | +11.7% |
| 2015-03-20 20:59 | 2015-03-19 | JEFFL | N/A | BEIRNE DAVID M | Director | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 117,994 | $1,179,940 | 34,414 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-20 23:19 | 2015-03-09 | DRRX | N/A | 21 APRIL FUND LTD | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $1.70 | 1,668,800 | $2,837,127 | 13,129,397 | +14.6% |
| 2015-03-19 23:56 | 2015-03-17 | JMBA | N/A | Welling Glenn W. | Director | Other | BUY | $14.01 | 150,000 | $2,101,215 | 971,424 | +18.3% |
| 2015-03-18 23:55 | 2015-03-16 | DO | N/A | LOEWS CORP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $26.61 | 218,781 | $5,822,112 | 72,888,374 | +0.3% |
| 2015-03-18 16:21 | 2015-03-16 | RGS | REGIS CORP | Beltzman Daniel Gordon | Director, 10% owner | Services-Personal Services | BUY | $16.11 | 71,334 | $1,149,262 | 1,658,941 | +4.5% |
| 2015-03-19 02:33 | 2015-03-17 | RXDX | N/A | Casdin Alexander W. | Director | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 408,750 | $4,087,500 | 408,750 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-18 23:58 | 2015-03-16 | APHB | Armata Pharmaceuticals Inc. | KIRK RANDAL J | 10% owner | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $0.17 | 13,939,392 | $2,300,000 | 37,939,392 | +58.1% |
| 2015-03-19 00:24 | 2014-10-03 | N-A | N/A | Medical Information Technology, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $279,222.09 | 20,105 | $5,613,760,125 | 6,162,939 | +0.3% |
| 2015-03-19 00:00 | 2014-08-07 | N-A | N/A | Medical Information Technology, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $572,651.65 | 32,170 | $18,422,203,500 | 6,142,834 | +0.5% |
| 2015-03-18 01:43 | 2015-03-13 | NERV | Minerva Neurosciences, Inc. | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $4.81 | 607,903 | $2,924,013 | 4,500,159 | +15.6% |
| 2015-03-17 23:14 | 2015-03-13 | EGLE | N/A | GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $9.20 | 110,550 | $1,017,215 | 5,194,620 | +2.2% |
| 2015-03-17 23:41 | 2015-03-17 | GNCA | N/A | HOFFMAN STEPHEN J | Director | Other | BUY | $8.25 | 700,000 | $5,775,000 | 1,992,415 | +54.2% |
| 2015-03-18 00:07 | 2015-03-13 | EPD | ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P. | WILLIAMS RANDA DUNCAN | Director, 10% owner | Natural Gas Transmission | BUY | $31.01 | 3,225,057 | $100,009,018 | 33,708,091 | +10.6% |
| 2015-03-18 00:04 | 2015-03-02 | EPD | ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P. | WILLIAMS RANDA DUNCAN | Director, 10% owner | Natural Gas Transmission | BUY | $34.00 | 5,992,220 | $203,735,480 | 2,373,055 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-17 21:46 | 2015-03-13 | WSTC | N/A | WEST MARY E | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $30.48 | 95,065 | $2,897,496 | 95,065 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-17 21:45 | 2015-03-13 | WSTC | N/A | WEST GARY L | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $30.48 | 95,065 | $2,897,496 | 95,065 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-17 00:10 | 2015-03-12 | PNC | PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. | Feldstein Andrew T | Director | National Commercial Banks | BUY | $95.84 | 22,000 | $2,108,370 | 23,500 | +1,466.7% |
| 2015-03-17 00:13 | 2015-03-13 | CVA | N/A | Jones Stephen J | Officer - President and CEO | Other | BUY | $21.15 | 50,000 | $1,057,300 | 50,000 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-16 23:28 | 2015-03-13 | JMP | N/A | Jolson Joseph A | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CEO | Other | BUY | $7.25 | 190,000 | $1,377,044 | 2,658,503 | +7.7% |
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.