Top insider trades (week of Fri, May 3)

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 tracked 399 insider trades and found:

  • CATX is up 20% after 3 insiders bought the stock

  • CEO at ENPH with 200% 1y returns bought the stock

  • and more…

Have a great weekend and thanks for reading!

Connor

💰 Previous Winner

CATX is up 17% in a few weeks after we found the CEO and two directors buying the stock at the beginning of April.

It opened at $2.04 and is up to $2.47 (+21%).

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👀 Top Insider Trades this Week

🥇President & CEO at Enphase Energy, Inc. ($ENPH)

The President & CEO purchased 4,000 shares at $46.35/share ($185K total) which increased their vested holdings by 0.2%. The current price is $44.81 (-3.3%). Their median purchase size is $133K and this is their 4th largest purchase out of 11 all time. link

Historic Returns
1m returns: 15% weighted | 14% median | 80% win rate (8/10)
3m returns: 37% weighted | 30% median | 90% win rate (9/10)
6m returns: 85% weighted | 99% median | 100% win rate (8/8)
1y returns: 182% weighted | 211% median | 75% win rate (6/8)

🥈 [SALE] Chief Executive Officer at Virtu Financial, Inc. ($VIRT)

The Chief Executive Officer sold 355,881 shares at $38.73/share ($13.78M total) which decreased their vested holdings by 6.5%. The current price is $39.82 (+2.8%). Their median sale size is $2.92M and this is their 1st largest sale out of 9 all time. link

Historic Returns
1m returns: -8% weighted | -9% median | 0% win rate (0/8)
3m returns: -15% weighted | -17% median | 25% win rate (2/8)
6m returns: -14% weighted | -14% median | 0% win rate (0/8)
1y returns: -23% weighted | -28% median | 12% win rate (1/8)

🥉 President, COO at Merchants Bancorp ($MBIN)

The President, COO purchased 4,000 shares at $30.59/share ($122K total) which increased their vested holdings by 2.0%. The current price is $31.10 (+1.7%). Their median purchase size is $55,787.50 and this is their 1st largest purchase out of 4 all time. link

Historic Returns
1m returns: 11% weighted | 11% median | 100% win rate (3/3)
3m returns: 23% weighted | 23% median | 67% win rate (2/3)
6m returns: 20% weighted | 22% median | 67% win rate (2/3)
1y returns: 62% weighted | 34% median | 67% win rate (2/3)

Note: 1 other insiders also purchased the stock

 📈 Largest Insider Buys (last week)

  • 10% owner at NPAC purchased 611,075 shares at $10.0 for $6.11M on 2025-04-24. This increased their position to 8,114,820 (+8.14%) shares. link

  • director at TSLA purchased 4,000 shares at $256.31 for $1.03M on 2025-04-23. This increased their position to 4,111 (+3603.6%) shares. link

  • President and CEO at SKAS purchased 108,817 shares at $8.63 for $939.09K on 2025-04-27. This increased their position to 291,026 (+59.72%) shares. link

  • 10% owner at MCFT purchased 50,000 shares at $16.52 for $825.9K on 2025-04-30. This increased their position to 1,802,980 (+2.85%) shares. link

  • 10% owner at CCO purchased 644,601 shares at $1.02 for $657.49K on 2025-04-24. This increased their position to 62,143,700 (+1.05%) shares. link

  • director at WFRD purchased 12,000 shares at $42.04 for $504.53K on 2025-04-23. This increased their position to 25,311 (+90.15%) shares. link

  • EVP and COO at JBHT purchased 3,038 shares at $131.58 for $399.75K on 2025-04-23. This increased their position to 159,535 (+1.94%) shares. link

  • President and CEO at PHIN purchased 10,000 shares at $39.73 for $397.33K on 2025-04-29. This increased their position to 436,486 (+2.34%) shares. link

  • Chief Financial Officer at TCBX purchased 10,000 shares at $29.21 for $292.09K on 2025-04-27. This increased their position to 278,705 (+3.72%) shares. link

  • other at DMLP purchased 10,000 shares at $28.76 for $287.6K on 2025-04-29. This increased their position to 58,017 (+20.83%) shares. link

📉 Largest Insider Sells (last week)

  • President & CEO at APH sold 2,000,000 shares at $75.73 for $151.46M on 2025-04-24. This decreased their position to 2,870,650 (-41.06%) shares. link

  • director at TSLA sold 112,390 shares at $285.58 for $32.1M on 2025-04-28. This decreased their position to 273,050 (-29.16%) shares. This was part of a 10b5-1 plan. link

  • SR VP & CFO at APH sold 400,000 shares at $75.93 for $30.37M on 2025-04-24. This decreased their position to 458,000 (-46.62%) shares. link

  • President, HES Division at APH sold 390,000 shares at $75.91 for $29.61M on 2025-04-24. This decreased their position to 733,790 (-34.7%) shares. link

  • 10% owner at ACT sold 561,977 shares at $34.59 for $19.44M on 2025-04-29. This decreased their position to 121,612,000 (-0.46%) shares. link

  • Chairman and CEO at BLK sold 16,485 shares at $917.17 for $15.12M on 2025-04-28. This decreased their position to 287,201 (-5.43%) shares. link

  • director at KDP sold 416,000 shares at $34.04 for $14.16M on 2025-04-30. This decreased their position to 3,593,210 (-10.38%) shares. This was part of a 10b5-1 plan. link

  • Chief Executive Officer at VIRT sold 355,881 shares at $38.73 for $13.78M on 2025-04-27. This decreased their position to 5,117,450 (-6.5%) shares. link

  • Executive Chairman of Board at WBA sold 832,258 shares at $11.01 for $9.16M on 2025-04-26. This decreased their position to 2,651,320 (-23.89%) shares. link

  • Senior Managing Director at BLK sold 10,000 shares at $912.5 for $9.12M on 2025-04-23. This decreased their position to 180,049 (-5.26%) shares. link

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