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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-30 23:00 | 2013-10-25 | AERI | N/A | Mehra Anand | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 285,000 | $2,850,000 | 3,090,589 | +10.2% |
| 2013-10-30 01:24 | 2013-10-28 | N/A | N/A | Oaktree Capital Group Holdings GP, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $91.00 | 250,000 | $22,750,000 | 1,367,192 | +22.4% |
| 2013-10-30 00:08 | 2013-10-28 | SYMC | Gen Digital Inc. | BENNETT STEPHEN M | Director, Officer - President and CEO | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $22.06 | 100,000 | $2,205,780 | 488,033 | +25.8% |
| 2013-10-30 00:37 | 2013-10-29 | THRX | Innoviva, Inc. | GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $4,913,613.18 | 130,473 | $641,093,852,434 | 29,916,073 | +0.4% |
| 2013-10-29 00:49 | 2013-10-24 | FCX | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC | FLORES JAMES C | Director, Officer - Vice Chairman of the Board | Metal Mining | BUY | $37.45 | 1,500,000 | $56,171,250 | 1,386,041 | +100.0% |
| 2013-10-29 02:57 | 2013-10-28 | AMCM | CNBX Pharmaceuticals Inc. | MILLS THOMAS E | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $100,000.00 | 20,000,000 | $2,000,000,000,000 | 20,510,000 | +3,921.6% |
| 2013-10-29 00:35 | 2013-10-24 | MRTX | N/A | TANG CAPITAL PARTNERS LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $17.50 | 57,143 | $1,000,003 | 1,238,543 | +4.8% |
| 2013-10-28 23:19 | 2013-10-25 | AERI | N/A | Clarus Lifesciences II, L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 321,000 | $3,210,000 | 3,653,306 | +9.6% |
| 2013-10-28 13:10 | 2013-10-25 | FIO | N/A | ROBISON SHANE V | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Other | BUY | $9.52 | 105,500 | $1,004,476 | 105,500 | +100.0% |
| 2013-10-29 03:15 | 2013-10-24 | MRTX | N/A | BAKER FELIX | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $17.50 | 400,000 | $7,000,000 | 40,308 | +100.0% |
| 2013-10-29 00:02 | 2013-10-24 | MRTX | N/A | Boxer Capital, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $17.50 | 400,000 | $7,000,000 | 429,341 | +1,363.3% |
| 2013-10-25 18:52 | 2013-10-24 | HLX | HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC | KRATZ OWEN E | Director, Officer - PRESIDENT & CEO | Oil & Gas Field Services, NEC | BUY | $23.05 | 50,000 | $1,152,500 | 5,206,597 | +1.0% |
| 2013-10-25 00:21 | 2013-10-22 | N/A | N/A | Oaktree Capital Group Holdings GP, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $91.50 | 66,380 | $6,073,770 | 1,117,192 | +6.3% |
| 2013-10-24 23:03 | 2013-10-24 | COH | TAPESTRY, INC. | FRANKFORT LEW | Director, Officer - Chairman and CEO | Leather & Leather Products | BUY | $48.38 | 21,000 | $1,015,980 | 2,053,141 | +1.0% |
| 2013-10-24 00:01 | 2013-10-21 | DELL | N/A | DELL MICHAEL S | Director, Officer - Chairman and CEO | Other | BUY | $13.88 | 2,964,869 | $41,152,382 | 246,314,551 | +1.2% |
| 2013-10-23 19:44 | 2013-10-22 | N/A | Adma Biologics Inc. | Burrill Capital Fund IV, L.P. | 10% owner | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $8.50 | 308,824 | $2,625,004 | 1,433,304 | +27.5% |
| 2013-10-24 01:35 | 2013-10-21 | NHF | NEXPOINT DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE TRUST | DONDERO JAMES D | Other | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $7.84 | 159,839 | $1,253,138 | 2,469,952 | +6.9% |
| 2013-10-24 00:37 | 2013-10-22 | PCI | N/A | GROSS WILLIAM H | Other | Other | BUY | $22.41 | 50,000 | $1,120,555 | 390,066 | +14.7% |
| 2013-10-23 23:25 | 2013-10-22 | ADMA | Adma Biologics Inc. | Aisling Capital II LP | 10% owner | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $8.50 | 411,765 | $3,500,003 | 3,620,143 | +12.8% |
| 2013-10-24 02:12 | 2013-10-21 | AMED | N/A | KKR Asset Management LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $17.55 | 186,013 | $3,264,491 | 3,435,000 | +5.7% |
| 2013-10-22 22:04 | 2013-10-21 | LEAF | OneMain Holdings, Inc. | Anderson John Charles | Officer - EVP, Capital Markets | Personal Credit Institutions | BUY | $17.00 | 60,000 | $1,020,000 | 2,507,917 | +2.5% |
| 2013-10-23 00:06 | 2013-10-21 | SCTY | N/A | Barnard Hayden | Officer - Chief Revenue Officer | Other | BUY | $46.54 | 107,434 | $4,999,978 | 107,434 | +100.0% |
| 2013-10-23 00:03 | 2013-10-21 | SCTY | N/A | Rive Lyndon R | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Other | BUY | $46.54 | 107,434 | $4,999,978 | 2,059,812 | +5.5% |
| 2013-10-22 23:59 | 2013-10-21 | SCTY | N/A | Musk Elon | Director | Other | BUY | $46.54 | 214,869 | $10,000,003 | 21,028,830 | +1.0% |
| 2013-10-23 02:30 | 2013-10-18 | EVEP | N/A | Walker John B | Director, Officer - Exec. Chairman of the Board | Other | BUY | $36.86 | 135,000 | $4,976,100 | 1,733,098 | +8.4% |
| 2013-10-23 01:31 | 2013-10-21 | PDI | PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund | GROSS WILLIAM H | Other | Other | BUY | $29.31 | 100,000 | $2,930,890 | 100,000 | +100.0% |
| 2013-10-23 01:30 | 2013-10-21 | PCI | N/A | GROSS WILLIAM H | Other | Other | BUY | $22.42 | 100,000 | $2,241,520 | 340,066 | +41.7% |
| 2013-10-18 22:28 | 2013-10-17 | FTT | N/A | Baggett Joseph A. | Other | Other | BUY | $101,020.92 | 7,700 | $777,861,084 | 7,700 | +100.0% |
| 2013-10-19 00:04 | 2013-10-16 | WNRL | N/A | Stevens Jeff A | Director, Officer - See Remarks | Other | BUY | $22.00 | 502,500 | $11,055,000 | 502,500 | +100.0% |
| 2013-10-19 00:04 | 2013-10-16 | WNRL | N/A | Foster Paul L | Director | Other | BUY | $22.00 | 250,000 | $5,500,000 | 250,000 | +100.0% |
| 2013-10-18 03:39 | 2013-10-15 | QTS | N/A | TRAHANAS PHILIP P | Director | Other | BUY | $21.00 | 2,000,000 | $42,000,000 | 16,643,645 | +13.7% |
| 2013-10-18 00:23 | 2013-10-16 | AR | Antero Resources Corporation | Manning Christopher Reid | Director | Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas | BUY | $44.00 | 35,750 | $1,573,000 | 35,750 | +100.0% |
| 2013-10-17 19:11 | 2013-10-17 | EOX | N/A | Edelman & Guill Energy L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $6.39 | 5,092,852 | $32,543,324 | 434,160 | +100.0% |
| 2013-10-18 03:50 | 2013-10-15 | QTS | N/A | GA QTS Interholdco, LLC | 10% owner, Other | Other | BUY | $21.00 | 2,000,000 | $42,000,000 | 16,643,645 | +13.7% |
| 2013-10-17 00:25 | 2013-10-15 | CATS | Ontrak, Inc. | PEIZER TERREN S | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chairman & CEO | Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, NEC | BUY | $0.58 | 3,448,276 | $2,000,000 | 11,855,470 | +41.0% |
| 2013-10-17 01:04 | 2013-10-15 | USCR | N/A | WHIPPOORWILL ASSOCIATES, INC. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $20.06 | 103,965 | $2,085,039 | 2,971,955 | +3.6% |
| 2013-10-16 16:35 | 2013-10-14 | ACHN | N/A | RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 10% owner, Other | Other | BUY | $2.79 | 2,369,229 | $6,615,835 | 19,275,000 | +14.0% |
| 2013-10-16 22:27 | 2013-10-16 | GRIF | N/A | DANZIGER LUCY C | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $30.91 | 35,000 | $1,081,675 | 127,134 | +38.0% |
| 2013-10-16 20:56 | 2013-10-16 | GRIF | N/A | DANZIGER LUCY C | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $31.91 | 35,000 | $1,116,675 | 63,534 | +122.7% |
| 2013-10-16 19:49 | 2013-10-16 | GRIF | N/A | DANZIGER FREDERICK M | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chief Executive Officer | Other | BUY | $31.91 | 35,000 | $1,116,675 | 434,424 | +8.8% |
| 2013-10-16 22:59 | 2013-10-15 | ACCL | N/A | RGM Capital, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $9.40 | 200,000 | $1,880,000 | 6,697,717 | +3.1% |
| 2013-10-15 15:39 | 2013-10-10 | VTNC | N/A | CLARKE INC. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $5.27 | 489,461 | $2,578,970 | 2,133,591 | +29.8% |
| 2013-10-15 17:45 | 2013-09-26 | LILM | Creatd, Inc. | Campbell Kent | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chief Executive Officer | Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production | BUY | $0.32 | 5,000,000 | $1,600,000 | 6,466,225 | +341.0% |
| 2013-10-15 13:51 | 2013-09-03 | KODK | EASTMAN KODAK CO | KARFUNKEL GEORGE | Director | Photographic Equipment & Supplies | BUY | $9.93 | 1,245,844 | $12,375,342 | 1,245,844 | +100.0% |
| 2013-10-15 22:39 | 2013-10-11 | ACHN | N/A | RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 10% owner, Other | Other | BUY | $2.56 | 2,448,710 | $6,278,982 | 16,905,771 | +16.9% |
| 2013-10-11 18:24 | 2013-10-09 | SGM | N/A | Levinson Sam | Director | Other | BUY | $16.00 | 450,000 | $7,200,000 | 1,638,407 | +37.9% |
| 2013-10-11 22:43 | 2013-10-09 | PBYI | PUMA BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. | ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP LLC | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $40.44 | 140,900 | $5,697,559 | 5,383,419 | +2.7% |
| 2013-10-11 17:02 | 2013-10-10 | YUM | YUM BRANDS INC | WALTER ROBERT D | Director | Retail-Eating Places | BUY | $66.09 | 20,000 | $1,321,716 | 108,301 | +22.6% |
| 2013-10-10 22:35 | 2013-10-09 | HA | N/A | Hirzel Capital Management LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $7.41 | 340,000 | $2,520,998 | 4,739,443 | +7.7% |
| 2013-10-11 00:07 | 2013-10-08 | CCXI | N/A | BVF PARTNERS L P/IL | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $5.34 | 1,289,354 | $6,886,955 | 985,656 | +100.0% |
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.