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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-20 23:09 | 2024-08-16 | APEI | American Public Education Inc. | Braner Michael David | Director, 10% owner, Other | Services-Educational Services | BUY | $14.67 | 86,492 | $1,268,924 | 1,735,738 | +5.2% |
| 2024-08-20 01:14 | 2024-08-15 | SUNS | Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc. | TANNENBAUM LEONARD M | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Executive Chairman | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $12.44 | 118,163 | $1,469,593 | 302,966 | +63.9% |
| 2024-08-19 23:26 | 2024-08-15 | SNDA | SONIDA SENIOR LIVING, INC. | Levinson Sam | 10% owner | Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities | BUY | $27.00 | 250,000 | $6,750,000 | 2,699,593 | +10.2% |
| 2024-08-20 01:35 | 2024-08-15 | ALGN | Align Technology, Inc. | LARKIN C RAYMOND JR | Director | Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies | BUY | $235.33 | 6,500 | $1,529,645 | 28,247 | +29.9% |
| 2024-08-16 23:30 | 2024-08-15 | POCI | PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. | Lawande Mahesh | Officer - Chief Operating Officer | Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | BUY | $9,993.54 | 1,726 | $17,248,850 | 1,726 | +100.0% |
| 2024-08-17 00:13 | 2024-08-16 | CRK | COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC | Arkoma Drilling, L.P. | 10% owner | Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas | BUY | $10.64 | 573,453 | $6,101,253 | 203,450,946 | +0.3% |
| 2024-08-16 23:39 | 2024-08-14 | DNP | DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC | MetLife Investment Management, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $14,000,000.00 | 14,000,000 | $196,000,000,000,000 | 0 | +100.0% |
| 2024-08-16 19:04 | 2024-08-14 | ANAB | AnaptysBio Inc. | EcoR1 Capital, LLC | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $36.50 | 273,972 | $9,999,978 | 7,794,996 | +3.6% |
| 2024-08-17 03:05 | 2024-08-14 | APPN | Appian Corporation | Abdiel Capital Advisors, LP | 10% owner | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $30.36 | 826,356 | $25,084,863 | 9,644,390 | +9.4% |
| 2024-08-16 23:30 | 2024-08-15 | POCI | PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. | Forkey Joseph Norman | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | BUY | $9,987.75 | 1,725 | $17,228,869 | 122,572 | +1.4% |
| 2024-08-16 23:30 | 2024-08-15 | POCI | PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. | COLL WAYNE M | Officer - Chief Financial Officer | Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | BUY | $24,995.43 | 4,317 | $107,905,271 | 4,317 | +100.0% |
| 2024-08-17 00:45 | 2024-08-15 | FOX | Fox Corp | MURDOCH LACHLAN K | Director, Officer - Executive Chair, CEO | Television Broadcasting Stations | BUY | $39.06 | 119,705 | $4,675,677 | 1,076,407 | +12.5% |
| 2024-08-17 02:01 | 2024-08-14 | LGF | STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ | Liberty 77 Capital L.P. | 10% owner | Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production | BUY | $7.56 | 562,733 | $4,255,331 | 147,835 | +100.0% |
| 2024-08-17 00:11 | 2024-08-15 | SPFI | SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL, INC. | Valles Noe G | Director | State Commercial Banks | BUY | $30.00 | 50,000 | $1,500,000 | 336,437 | +17.5% |
| 2024-08-17 02:52 | 2024-08-14 | LAB | STANDARD BIOTOOLS INC. | Casdin Partners Master Fund, L.P. | Director, 10% owner | Laboratory Analytical Instruments | BUY | $1.59 | 1,200,000 | $1,913,520 | 51,775,821 | +2.4% |
| 2024-08-16 22:50 | 2024-08-15 | FCCN | SPECTRAL CAPITAL Corp | Brehm Sean Michael | Director, 10% owner | Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation | BUY | $0.20 | 5,050,000 | $1,010,000 | 5,050,000 | +100.0% |
| 2024-08-16 03:37 | 2024-08-13 | CPNG | Coupang, Inc. | GREENOAKS CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC | Director, Other | Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses | BUY | $22.42 | 501,300 | $11,237,191 | 50,376,224 | +1.0% |
| 2024-08-16 04:39 | 2024-08-13 | ISPO | Inspirato Inc | One Planet Group LLC | 10% owner | Blank Checks | BUY | $4,579,980.00 | 1,335,271 | $6,115,514,474,580 | 1,335,271 | +100.0% |
| 2024-08-15 23:31 | 2024-08-13 | CRK | COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC | Arkoma Drilling, L.P. | 10% owner | Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas | BUY | $10.43 | 2,945,694 | $30,709,744 | 202,877,493 | +1.5% |
| 2024-08-16 00:25 | 2024-08-13 | ACDC | ProFrac Holding Corp. | THRC Holdings, LP | 10% owner | Oil & Gas Field Services, NEC | BUY | $6.05 | 470,000 | $2,845,239 | 76,670,545 | +0.6% |
| 2024-08-16 04:56 | 2024-08-13 | ISPO | Inspirato Inc | Zamani Payam | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | Blank Checks | BUY | $4,579,980.00 | 1,335,271 | $6,115,514,474,580 | 1,335,271 | +100.0% |
| 2024-08-16 04:12 | 2024-08-14 | APEI | American Public Education Inc. | Braner Michael David | Director, 10% owner, Other | Services-Educational Services | BUY | $14.01 | 89,042 | $1,247,692 | 1,658,349 | +5.7% |
| 2024-08-15 23:51 | 2024-08-13 | SCPH | N/A | ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $4.00 | 500,000 | $2,000,000 | 252,858 | +100.0% |
| 2024-08-15 22:04 | 2024-08-14 | CEP | Cantor Equity Partners, Inc. | Cantor EP Holdings, LLC | 10% owner | Blank Checks | BUY | $10.00 | 300,000 | $3,000,000 | 300,000 | +100.0% |
| 2024-08-15 03:54 | 2024-08-14 | ACTU | Actuate Therapeutics Inc. | Bios Equity COF, LP | Director, 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $8.00 | 500,000 | $4,000,000 | 125,000 | +100.0% |
| 2024-08-15 03:49 | 2024-08-14 | ACTU | Actuate Therapeutics Inc. | Fletcher Aaron G.L. | Director, 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $8.00 | 500,000 | $4,000,000 | 125,000 | +100.0% |
| 2024-08-15 03:44 | 2024-08-14 | ACTU | Actuate Therapeutics Inc. | Kreis Leslie W. | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $8.00 | 500,000 | $4,000,000 | 125,000 | +100.0% |
| 2024-08-14 23:16 | 2024-08-12 | RXO | RXO, Inc. | MFN Partners, LP | 10% owner | Transportation Services | BUY | $20.21 | 10,266,810 | $207,492,230 | 27,577,666 | +59.3% |
| 2024-08-15 03:24 | 2024-08-14 | ANTX | AN2 Therapeutics, Inc. | Leonard Braden Michael | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $1.04 | 1,500,000 | $1,560,000 | 5,749,432 | +35.3% |
| 2024-08-15 00:15 | 2024-08-12 | APPN | Appian Corporation | Abdiel Capital Advisors, LP | 10% owner | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $29.39 | 437,187 | $12,848,795 | 8,818,034 | +5.2% |
| 2024-08-14 23:10 | 2024-08-08 | APEI | American Public Education Inc. | Braner Michael David | Director, 10% owner, Other | Services-Educational Services | BUY | $13.46 | 613,105 | $8,252,025 | 1,578,679 | +63.5% |
| 2024-08-15 01:54 | 2024-08-12 | MGTX | MeiraGTx Holdings plc | PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC | Director, 10% owner | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $4.00 | 1,250,000 | $5,000,000 | 12,531,103 | +11.1% |
| 2024-08-14 01:49 | 2024-08-13 | CRC | California Resources Corp | Kendall Christian S | Director | Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas | BUY | $47.97 | 20,895 | $1,002,291 | 24,600 | +564.0% |
| 2024-08-13 16:04 | 2024-08-12 | ELAN | Elanco Animal Health Inc | Simmons Jeffrey N | Director, Officer - PRESIDENT, CEO AND DIRECTOR | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $13.01 | 100,000 | $1,300,610 | 145,000 | +222.2% |
| 2024-08-13 23:46 | 2024-08-12 | ET | Energy Transfer LP | WARREN KELCY L | Director | Natural Gas Transmission | BUY | $15.68 | 3,000,000 | $47,040,000 | 123,385,650 | +2.5% |
| 2024-08-13 14:58 | 2024-08-09 | LGF | STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ | Liberty 77 Capital L.P. | 10% owner | Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production | BUY | $8.37 | 2,054,228 | $17,185,877 | 13,255,125 | +18.3% |
| 2024-08-14 03:15 | 2024-08-09 | LAB | STANDARD BIOTOOLS INC. | Casdin Partners Master Fund, L.P. | Director, 10% owner | Laboratory Analytical Instruments | BUY | $1.62 | 1,575,408 | $2,559,565 | 50,575,821 | +3.2% |
| 2024-08-13 23:15 | 2024-08-09 | PGEN | PRECIGEN, INC. | KIRK RANDAL J | Director, 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $0.85 | 23,529,411 | $19,999,999 | 64,547,214 | +57.4% |
| 2024-08-14 00:32 | 2024-08-09 | GEO | GEO GROUP INC | ZOLEY GEORGE C | Director, Officer - Executive Chairman | General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs | BUY | $12.28 | 250,000 | $3,071,000 | 3,950,904 | +6.8% |
| 2024-08-13 04:13 | 2024-08-08 | CPNG | Coupang, Inc. | GREENOAKS CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC | Director, Other | Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses | BUY | $22.34 | 950,000 | $21,227,275 | 49,874,924 | +1.9% |
| 2024-08-13 01:20 | 2024-08-08 | CRK | COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC | Arkoma Drilling, L.P. | 10% owner | Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas | BUY | $9.79 | 2,633,634 | $25,788,807 | 199,931,799 | +1.3% |
| 2024-08-12 23:05 | 2024-08-08 | LILA | Liberty Latin America Ltd. | PADDICK BRENDAN J | Director | Cable & Other Pay Television Services | BUY | $9.28 | 200,000 | $1,855,440 | 1,237,033 | +19.3% |
| 2024-08-12 23:30 | 2024-08-08 | CLVT | CLARIVATE PLC | Snyder Andrew Miles | Director | Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation | BUY | $5.65 | 290,938 | $1,644,411 | 550,334 | +112.2% |
| 2024-08-12 21:56 | 2024-08-09 | N/A | N/A | Golub Lawrence E | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CHAIRMAN | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 600,063 | $9,000,945 | 5,473,766 | +12.3% |
| 2024-08-12 21:55 | 2024-08-09 | N/A | N/A | Golub David | Director, Officer, 10% owner - President, CEO | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 600,063 | $9,000,945 | 5,473,766 | +12.3% |
| 2024-08-09 23:41 | 2024-08-07 | ZI | ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. | Schuck Henry | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $8.49 | 1,500,000 | $12,736,650 | 11,788,001 | +14.6% |
| 2024-08-09 23:12 | 2024-08-07 | ONEW | OneWater Marine Inc. | Lamkin Jeffrey B. | Director | Retail-Auto & Home Supply Stores | BUY | $22.21 | 56,705 | $1,259,458 | 56,705 | +100.0% |
| 2024-08-10 01:02 | 2024-08-07 | TBPH | Theravance Biopharma, Inc. | Samaha Eli | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $7.80 | 999,800 | $7,798,440 | 9,511,150 | +11.7% |
| 2024-08-09 19:38 | 2024-08-08 | ACHR | Archer Aviation Inc. | Stellantis N.V. | 10% owner | Aircraft | BUY | $3.35 | 2,982,089 | $9,989,998 | 59,734,962 | +5.3% |
| 2024-08-10 02:42 | 2024-08-07 | APPN | Appian Corporation | Abdiel Capital Advisors, LP | 10% owner | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $27.58 | 275,000 | $7,585,628 | 8,380,847 | +3.4% |
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.