Net insider buying, 3 months (Insider net 3m)
Open-market purchases less open-market sales filed by insiders on Form 4 over the last three months, in dollars. Below zero is net selling.
People inside a small company selling into a thin market is a fact a holder is owed the day it is filed.
How it is computed here
Sum of filed open-market purchase values - sum of filed open-market sale values
Combines more than one basis. See the note. Form 4 filings over the last three months, ending on the day our Form 4 record was last read, and only when that record reaches back three months. Filed under risk. Neither a high nor a low reading is good on its own, so it is never coloured as one.
No published threshold exists for this figure, so this page prints none. Read it against the company's own history and its peers instead.
When it misleads
- Grants, vesting and option exercises are not counted: compensation on a schedule is not a decision.
- Not shown when our Form 4 record does not reach back three months, or was last read more than a week ago.
- An executive selling to pay a tax bill files the same form as one selling for any other reason.
Questions
How is net insider buying, 3 months calculated?
Sum of filed open-market purchase values - sum of filed open-market sale values. Combines more than one basis. See the note. Form 4 filings over the last three months, ending on the day our Form 4 record was last read, and only when that record reaches back three months.
What does net insider buying, 3 months tell a value investor?
People inside a small company selling into a thin market is a fact a holder is owed the day it is filed.
When does net insider buying, 3 months mislead?
Grants, vesting and option exercises are not counted: compensation on a schedule is not a decision. Not shown when our Form 4 record does not reach back three months, or was last read more than a week ago. An executive selling to pay a tax bill files the same form as one selling for any other reason.