Top insider trades (Tue, Aug 4)

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Connor Van Ooyen
August 04, 2026

Today’s Largest Unscheduled Trades

There were 133 new insider trades filed.

1 insider trade was flagged as High Signal and added to the CEO Watcher Portfolio. It is a company we owned last year after the same insider bought and it performed very well. They are now pushing into the Power space, which is very compelling in the age of AI.

Our system gave high scores to 3 insider purchases (I shared our system’s notes on those in the High Scoring Purchases - Quick Notes).

We also found 7 insider purchases from insiders who average 20%+ 1y returns.

CEO Watcher Premium subs can see those notes in later sections of this email.

Today’s largest unscheduled insider trades:

  • 10% Owner (ADAR1 Capital Management, LLC) at NextCure, Inc. $NXTC purchased $1.62M. This increased their listed holdings by 83%. Dip Buy: the stock was down -55% in the previous 3 months. This insider has purchased the stock 2 times in the last 30 days.

  • Director (NOVA DANIEL J) at HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC. $HOG purchased $982.70K (largest purchase ever, out of 8). This increased their listed holdings by 525%.

  • Chairman, President & CEO at Huntsman CORP $HUN purchased $981.00K (4th largest purchase, out of 20). Dip Buy: the stock was down -32% in the previous 3 months. Their last purchase was 452 days ago.

  • 10% Owner (Stilwell Joseph) at PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/ $PFBX purchased $949.09K (3rd largest purchase, out of 323). This insider has purchased the stock 4 times in the last 30 days.

  • President at FTAI Aviation Ltd. $FTAI purchased $498.14K (3rd largest purchase, out of 3). Large price difference: Current: $225.15 | Tx: $201.27 | Diff: (+11.86%).

  • President & Chief Exec Officer at V F CORP $VFC purchased $492.75K (4th largest purchase, out of 12). Dip Buy: the stock was down -16% in the previous week. Their last purchase was 433 days ago.

  • Chief Executive Officer at ProQR Therapeutics N.V. $PRQR purchased $353.96K (largest purchase ever, out of 3). This increased their listed holdings by 66%. 1 other insider also purchased the stock in the last 30 days.

  • President at Hanover Bancorp, Inc. /MD $HNVR purchased $268.80K (largest purchase ever, out of 19). This increased their listed holdings by 434%.

  • Director (LUDWIG EDWARD J) at BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP $BSX purchased $227.40K (3rd largest purchase, out of 14). This increased their listed holdings by 19%. Dip Buy: the stock was down -48% in the previous 6 months.

  • Director (PERDUE MICHAEL J) at BayCom Corp $BCML purchased $150.85K (5th largest purchase, out of 37). This increased their listed holdings by 80%.

  • President & CFO at Albertsons Companies, Inc. $ACI purchased $103.32K (largest purchase ever, out of 3). 2 other insiders also purchased the stock in the last 30 days.

  • Director (Lane Peter R.) at Goosehead Insurance, Inc. $GSHD purchased $101.02K (first-ever purchase). Rip Buy: the stock was up 42% in the previous 3 months. Reversal: they made 2 straight sales before this purchase. 1 other insider also purchased the stock in the last 30 days.

  • Director (Rogerson Donald Scott) at EQUITY BANCSHARES INC $EQBK purchased $100.50K (largest purchase ever, out of 2). This increased their listed holdings by 32%. 1 other insider also purchased the stock in the last 30 days.

  • Director (Yeary Frank D) at Mobileye Global Inc. $MBLY purchased $98.63K (5th largest purchase, out of 5). This increased their listed holdings by 16%.

  • Director (ROBBINS LARRY) at Butterfly Network, Inc. $BFLY sold $13.98M (3rd largest sale, out of 3). Rip Sell: the stock was up 31% in the previous 3 months. Reversal: they made 7 straight purchases before this sale. 5 other insiders also sold the stock in the last 30 days. Large price difference: Current: $8.22 | Tx: $7.45 | Diff: (+10.31%).

  • Director (PAISLEY CHRISTOPHER B) at EQUINIX INC $EQIX sold $4.08M (largest sale ever, out of 150). This decreased their listed holdings by -21%.

  • Director (BASSWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.) at Dime Commercial Bancshares, Inc. /NY/ $DCOM sold $3.21M (12th largest sale, out of 142). This insider has sold the stock 2 times in the last 30 days.

  • Executive Vice President at ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP $ASB sold $2.79M (largest sale ever, out of 5). This decreased their listed holdings by -54%. 2 other insiders also sold the stock in the last 30 days.

  • Director (MEHTA NIKHIL RAMESH) at F5, INC. $FFIV sold $1.56M (first-ever sale). This decreased their listed holdings by -36%.

  • Director (MCGRAW EDWARD ROBINSON) at RENASANT CORP $RNST sold $1.54M (largest sale ever, out of 9). This decreased their listed holdings by -14%. Their last sale was 2000 days ago.

  • 10% Owner (Gilde Healthcare Holding B.V.) at SHOULDER INNOVATIONS, INC. $SI sold $1.12M (3rd largest sale, out of 4). Rip Sell: the stock was up 68% in the previous 3 months. Reversal: they made 1 straight purchases before this sale.

  • Director (Carter Margot Lebenberg) at EAGLE MATERIALS INC $EXP sold $1.07M (largest sale ever, out of 24). This decreased their listed holdings by -43%.

  • President and COO at NUCOR CORP $NUE sold $1.02M (2nd largest sale, out of 4). Rip Sell: the stock was up 16% in the previous month.

  • EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL at CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC $CAKE sold $819.02K (3rd largest sale, out of 10). This decreased their listed holdings by -30%. Rip Sell: the stock was up 28% in the previous month. 3 other insiders also sold the stock in the last 30 days.

  • Director (PARMAR KUSH) at Entrada Therapeutics, Inc. $TRDA sold $807.03K (7th largest sale, out of 7). Dip Sell: the stock was down -53% in the previous 3 months. 1 other insider also sold the stock in the last 30 days.

  • Director (Wells Laura L) at Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. $SYBT sold $588.76K. This decreased their listed holdings by -41%.

  • EVP & CAO at FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC $FCX sold $475.65K (5th largest sale, out of 5). Rip Sell: the stock was up 58% in the previous year.

  • Director (Mitzman Robert) at Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. $ESQ sold $388.79K (first-ever sale). Reversal: they made 5 straight purchases before this sale.

  • Vice President at PACCAR INC $PCAR sold $387.91K (2nd largest sale, out of 2). Rip Sell: the stock was up 11% in the previous month. 3 other insiders also sold the stock in the last 30 days.

  • Director (Distler Stephen) at Princeton Bancorp, Inc. $BPRN sold $364.03K (largest sale ever, out of 3).

  • and more…

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