Top insider purchases (week of Feb 22)

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Welcome to this week’s edition of CEO Watcher.

This is the only tool that tracks the returns of insiders so we know which insider trades are worth copying.

I tracked 857 insider trades this week to find the most interesting ones.

This week we found:

• ZBIO is up 15% in just 1 day

• CEO at CMCO with 97% 1y returns bought the stock

• and more…

Have a great weekend and thanks for reading!

Connor

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💰 Previous Winner

ZBIO went up 15% in one day after we found the CEO making a 3-point purchase in Thursday’s CEO Watcher Premium (20% discount with that link) email that was sent before market open. The stock was even up a tiny bit on Friday when the market got crushed.

It opened at $6.80 and was near $8 by the end of the day (+15%).

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👀 Top Insider Trades this Week

🥇President & CEO at COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP ($CMCO)

The President & CEO purchased 10,857 shares at $20.50/share ($223K total) which increased their vested holdings by 4.2%. The current price is $18.90 (-7.8%). Their median purchase size is $426K and this is their 4th largest purchase out of 4 all time. link

Historic Returns
1m returns: 39% weighted | 45% median | 100% win rate (3/3)
3m returns: 38% weighted | 59% median | 100% win rate (3/3)
6m returns: 63% weighted | 62% median | 100% win rate (2/2)
1y returns: 102% weighted | 97% median | 100% win rate (2/2)

🥈 Director at BlackRock Science & Technology Trust ($BST)

The Director purchased 24,000 shares at $38.81/share ($931K total) which increased their vested holdings by 331.0%. The current price is $38.03 (-2.0%). Their median purchase size is $310K and this is their 2nd largest purchase out of 12 all time. link

Historic Returns
1m returns: 5% weighted | 7% median | 64% win rate (7/11)
3m returns: 6% weighted | 3% median | 55% win rate (6/11)
6m returns: 13% weighted | 20% median | 91% win rate (10/11)
1y returns: 18% weighted | 72% median | 64% win rate (7/11)

🥉 President and CEO at Fluence Energy, Inc. ($FLNC)

The President and CEO purchased 23,500 shares at $6.35/share ($149K total) which increased their vested holdings by 24.2%. The current price is $7.00 (+10.2%). Their median purchase size is $104K and this is their 2nd largest purchase out of 5 all time. link

Historic Returns
1m returns: 9% weighted | 10% median | 100% win rate (4/4)
3m returns: 6% weighted | 5% median | 50% win rate (2/4)
6m returns: 35% weighted | 37% median | 100% win rate (4/4)
1y returns: 52% weighted | 57% median | 100% win rate (3/3)

Note: 2 other insiders also purchased the stock

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