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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-03 00:50 | 2012-02-28 | DUNR | N/A | BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $3.45 | 757,693 | $2,614,041 | 8,068,063 | +10.4% |
| 2012-03-02 23:45 | 2012-02-28 | DUNR | N/A | BlueMountain GP Holdings, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $3.45 | 757,693 | $2,614,041 | 8,068,063 | +10.4% |
| 2012-03-03 00:30 | 2012-02-29 | GEOY | N/A | FEINBERG STEPHEN | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $20.14 | 125,000 | $2,517,013 | 4,686,379 | +2.7% |
| 2012-03-03 01:31 | 2012-02-28 | OKS | N/A | ONEOK INC /NEW/ | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $57.48 | 8,000,000 | $459,840,000 | 91,788,252 | +9.5% |
| 2012-03-02 03:36 | 2012-02-29 | PRLB | Proto Labs Inc | NBGE Manager, LLC | Director, 10% owner | Fabricated Structural Metal Products | BUY | $16.00 | 430,000 | $6,880,000 | 6,421,790 | +7.2% |
| 2012-03-02 02:08 | 2012-02-29 | BIE | N/A | MORGAN STANLEY | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $100,000.00 | 67 | $6,700,000 | 93 | +257.7% |
| 2012-03-02 02:06 | 2012-02-29 | BBF | N/A | MORGAN STANLEY | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $100,000.00 | 72 | $7,200,000 | 123 | +141.2% |
| 2012-03-02 01:19 | 2012-02-28 | OKS | N/A | ONEOK INC /NEW/ | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $57.48 | 8,000,000 | $459,840,000 | 92,288,252 | +9.5% |
| 2012-03-02 00:35 | 2012-02-29 | BLK | N/A | WILSON KENDRICK R III | Officer - Vice Chairman | Other | BUY | $198.46 | 11,580 | $2,298,151 | 89,600 | +14.8% |
| 2012-03-02 00:53 | 2012-02-28 | CUO | N/A | GIDWITZ JAMES G | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chairman of the Board | Other | BUY | $12.04 | 93,043 | $1,120,396 | 117,363 | +382.6% |
| 2012-03-01 00:27 | 2012-02-27 | MQY | BLACKROCK MUNIYIELD QUALITY FUND, INC. | MORGAN STANLEY | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $100,000.00 | 264 | $26,400,000 | 834 | +46.3% |
| 2012-03-01 01:41 | 2012-02-27 | GHDX | N/A | Baker Brothers Life Sciences Capital (GP), LLC | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $29.06 | 245,031 | $7,121,703 | 7,952,076 | +3.2% |
| 2012-02-29 21:52 | 2012-02-28 | SPIN | Bimergen Energy Corp | DONOVAN WILLIAM | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CEO | Electric Services | BUY | $1.83 | 557,486 | $1,020,199 | 3,624,427 | +18.2% |
| 2012-02-29 04:22 | 2012-02-27 | CERE | N/A | Ambergate Trust | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $13.00 | 153,846 | $1,999,998 | 2,152,366 | +7.7% |
| 2012-02-29 02:19 | 2012-02-23 | N-A | N/A | SPH Manager, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.38 | 187,315 | $1,943,393 | 3,866,362 | +5.1% |
| 2012-02-29 03:16 | 2012-02-28 | NTN | Ernexa Therapeutics Inc. | Berg Jeffrey Alan | Director, 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $0.25 | 8,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 16,024,643 | +99.7% |
| 2012-02-29 04:26 | 2012-02-27 | CERE | N/A | ARTAL LUXEMBOURG S A | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $13.00 | 846,154 | $11,000,002 | 4,056,935 | +26.4% |
| 2012-02-27 19:45 | 2012-02-15 | UMH | UMH PROPERTIES, INC. | MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORP | Other | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $10.00 | 100,000 | $1,000,000 | 738,642 | +15.7% |
| 2012-02-28 02:23 | 2012-02-23 | N-A | N/A | SPH Manager, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.38 | 187,315 | $1,943,393 | 3,886,362 | +5.1% |
| 2012-02-27 22:05 | 2012-02-23 | AMRS | N/A | Boisseau Philippe | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $5.78 | 2,288,356 | $13,226,698 | 11,939,360 | +23.7% |
| 2012-02-27 22:05 | 2012-02-23 | AMRS | N/A | TOTAL GAS & POWER USA, SAS | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $5.78 | 2,288,356 | $13,226,698 | 11,939,360 | +23.7% |
| 2012-02-27 19:45 | 2012-02-23 | BV | N/A | BOOTH SCOTT | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $12.00 | 100,000 | $1,200,000 | 51,433 | +100.0% |
| 2012-02-27 19:45 | 2012-02-23 | NLSN | N/A | POZEN ROBERT C | Director | Other | BUY | $27.84 | 152,755 | $4,252,699 | 178,588 | +591.3% |
| 2012-02-27 20:12 | 2012-01-19 | UAMY-OB | UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP | BABBITT GARY D | Director | Primary Smelting & Refining of Nonferrous Metals | BUY | $9,200.00 | 4,167 | $38,336,400 | 136,333 | +3.2% |
| 2012-02-25 00:57 | 2012-02-12 | BDE | Clarus Corp | KANDERS WARREN B | Director, Officer, 10% owner - EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN | Sporting & Athletic Goods, NEC | BUY | $7.50 | 666,667 | $5,000,003 | 3,880,644 | +20.7% |
| 2012-02-25 00:42 | 2012-02-22 | BDE | Clarus Corp | Duff Philip N | Director | Sporting & Athletic Goods, NEC | BUY | $7.50 | 200,000 | $1,500,000 | 370,000 | +117.6% |
| 2012-02-25 01:02 | 2012-02-22 | PTI | N/A | ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $171.18 | 178,525 | $30,560,570 | 9,151,622 | +2.0% |
| 2012-02-25 01:01 | 2012-02-22 | PTI | N/A | ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $171.32 | 96,129 | $16,468,618 | 4,927,799 | +2.0% |
| 2012-02-24 18:40 | 2012-02-23 | DELL | N/A | Swainson John A | Officer - President | Other | BUY | $17.25 | 100,000 | $1,724,990 | 100,000 | +100.0% |
| 2012-02-25 00:53 | 2012-02-22 | BDE | Clarus Corp | SCHILLER ROBERT | Director, Officer - EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN | Sporting & Athletic Goods, NEC | BUY | $7.50 | 338,133 | $2,535,998 | 18,532 | +100.0% |
| 2012-02-23 19:28 | 2012-02-15 | UMH | UMH PROPERTIES, INC. | MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORP | Other | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $10.00 | 100,000 | $1,000,000 | 648,642 | +18.2% |
| 2012-02-24 01:11 | 2012-02-21 | CHRS | N/A | COOPERMAN LEON G | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $5.21 | 291,900 | $1,521,879 | 5,461,136 | +5.6% |
| 2012-02-23 16:51 | 2012-02-22 | OPK | OPKO HEALTH, INC. | FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CEO & Chairman | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $4.72 | 500,000 | $2,362,400 | 109,543,854 | +0.5% |
| 2012-02-24 02:11 | 2012-02-21 | GHDX | N/A | Baker Brothers Life Sciences Capital (GP), LLC | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $28.06 | 114,518 | $3,213,009 | 7,707,045 | +1.5% |
| 2012-02-24 02:11 | 2012-02-21 | CRDACRDB | CRAWFORD & CO | CRAWFORD JESSE C | Director, 10% owner | Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service | BUY | $3.87 | 275,000 | $1,062,875 | 275,000 | +100.0% |
| 2012-02-24 00:25 | 2012-02-21 | AN | AutoNation Inc. | CASCADE INVESTMENT LLC | 10% owner | Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations | BUY | $35.06 | 592,600 | $20,776,734 | 14,753,872 | +4.2% |
| 2012-02-24 00:07 | 2012-02-21 | GEOY | N/A | FEINBERG STEPHEN | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $21.52 | 127,800 | $2,750,678 | 4,550,879 | +2.9% |
| 2012-02-24 00:02 | 2012-02-21 | SFSF | N/A | SAP AG | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $40.00 | 4,761,778 | $190,471,120 | 81,023,843 | +6.2% |
| 2012-02-23 00:23 | 2012-02-17 | SFES | N/A | FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $0.40 | 4,500,000 | $1,800,000 | 10,478,735 | +75.3% |
| 2012-02-23 02:56 | 2012-02-17 | PTI | N/A | ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $334.79 | 120,693 | $40,406,870 | 8,976,097 | +1.4% |
| 2012-02-23 02:55 | 2012-02-17 | PTI | N/A | ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $334.76 | 64,990 | $21,756,228 | 4,831,671 | +1.4% |
| 2012-02-23 00:22 | 2012-02-17 | SFES | N/A | HSIAO JANE PH D | Director, 10% owner, Other | Other | BUY | $0.40 | 4,500,000 | $1,800,000 | 7,303,965 | +160.5% |
| 2012-02-23 00:17 | 2012-02-17 | AN | AutoNation Inc. | CASCADE INVESTMENT LLC | 10% owner | Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations | BUY | $34.86 | 156,100 | $5,441,006 | 14,161,272 | +1.1% |
| 2012-02-23 02:55 | 2012-02-22 | KRO | KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC | SIMMONS HAROLD C | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chairman of the Board | Industrial Inorganic Chemicals | BUY | $22.29 | 100,000 | $2,229,100 | 777,940 | +14.8% |
| 2012-02-21 20:57 | 2012-02-21 | N/A | N/A | APARTMENT INVESTMENT & MANAGEMENT CO | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $332.29 | 22,119 | $7,349,923 | 0 | +100.0% |
| 2012-02-21 23:14 | 2012-02-21 | N/A | N/A | APARTMENT INVESTMENT & MANAGEMENT CO | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $167.15 | 12,152 | $2,031,207 | 0 | +100.0% |
| 2012-02-21 23:25 | 2012-02-21 | N/A | N/A | APARTMENT INVESTMENT & MANAGEMENT CO | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $41.83 | 24,124 | $1,009,093 | 0 | +100.0% |
| 2012-02-21 16:46 | 2012-02-21 | FAC | N/A | FAC PROPERTYS LLC | Director | Other | BUY | $1.45 | 2,651,034,483 | $3,844,000,000 | 384,400,075 | +100.0% |
| 2012-02-22 00:16 | 2012-02-16 | AN | AutoNation Inc. | CASCADE INVESTMENT LLC | 10% owner | Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations | BUY | $34.52 | 251,300 | $8,675,479 | 14,005,172 | +1.8% |
| 2012-02-22 04:10 | 2012-02-16 | GEOY | N/A | FEINBERG STEPHEN | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $21.32 | 500,000 | $10,661,750 | 4,423,079 | +12.7% |
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.