Top insider trades (week of Mar 23, 2024)

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.

This week we found:

• $HRTG is up 64% since we found them 1 month ago

• A director with 180% 1-year returns bought $XELB

• and much more…

Have a great weekend and thanks for reading!

Connor

💰 Previous Winner

We found this $HRTG purchase on February 22nd when the stock was trading around $6.31. Just one month later and it is up to $10.34 (+64%).

Turns out that copying the trades of insiders with a history of huge returns works out.

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👀 Top Insider Trades this Week

We had a pretty killer week for CEO Watcher. We found 12 top insider purchases this week and 5 of them are already up over 9% and all of them are green so far.

🥇Director at XCel Brands, Inc. ($XELB)

The Director purchased 146,250 shares at $0.65/share ($95,062.50 total) which increased their vested holdings by 12.5%. The current price is $0.82 (+25.5%). Their median purchase size is $7,994.22 and this is their 4th largest purchase out of 13 all time. (trade link)

Historic Returns
1m returns: 31% weighted | 24% median | 100% win rate (9/9)
3m returns: 43% weighted | 48% median | 78% win rate (7/9)
6m returns: 109% weighted | 74% median | 100% win rate (9/9)
1y returns: 185% weighted | 178% median | 100% win rate (9/9)

Note: 2 other insiders also purchased the stock

🥈 10% Owner at ISSUER DIRECT CORP ($ISDR)

The 10% Owner purchased 10,498 shares at $11.90/share ($125K total) which increased their vested holdings by 1.9%. The current price is $11.99 (+0.8%). Their median purchase size is $299K and this is their 13th largest purchase out of 15 all time. (trade link)

Historic Returns
1m returns: 20% weighted | 5% median | 70% win rate (7/10)
3m returns: 121% weighted | 196% median | 100% win rate (6/6)
6m returns: 119% weighted | 88% median | 100% win rate (7/7)
1y returns: 80% weighted | 166% median | 83% win rate (5/6)

🥉 President and CEO at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. ($AAOI)

The President and CEO purchased 11,780 shares at $12.66/share ($149K total) which increased their vested holdings by 1.0%. The current price is $14.92 (+18%). Their median purchase size is $148K and this is their 3rd largest purchase out of 6 all time. (trade link)

Historic Returns

1m returns: -21% weighted | -23% median | 0% win rate (0/5)
3m returns: 23% weighted | 20% median | 80% win rate (4/5)
6m returns: 45% weighted | 46% median | 80% win rate (4/5)
1y returns: 348% weighted | 348% median | 100% win rate (1/1)

Note: 1 other insiders also purchased the stock

This stock is up 14% since we shared it in the CEO Watcher Premium daily email on Tuesday before the market opened.

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