Top insider trades (week of May 10)

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Welcome to this week’s edition of CEO Watcher.

We have revamped the CEO Watcher backend engine and began testing the new CEO Watcher website with Premium subscribers. The website is pretty awesome. It tracks all insider trades (with returns), includes filters/search, flags insider trades (taxes, ESPP, 10b5-1 plan, etc), has stock charts with insider buys/sells marked, and a ton more.

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

This week we tracked 801 insider trades and found:

• ALMS jumps 15% in one day

• 4 insiders buy UTZ

• and more…

Have a great weekend and thanks for reading!

Connor

P.S. Make sure to follow @CEOStockWatcher on Twitter/X as I post more interesting insider trades there each day. I’m also posting a thread later today with some more interesting trades, like the DASH insider selling 100% of their shares before the stock tanked after earnings (screenshot below from CEO Watcher website)

💰 Previous Winner

The new CEO Watcher engine is off to a good start. ALMS was the first top purchase from the new engine that I shared with Premium subscribers (on Wednesday) and it was up by 15% by the open on Friday.

It opened at $4.69 on Wednesday and then at $5.41 (+15%) on Friday.

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👀 Top Insider Trades this Week

🥇 Director at KKR & Co. Inc. ($KKR)

ROBERT W SCULLY (Director) at KKR & Co. Inc. ($KKR) purchased 13,250 shares at $113.49/share ($1.5M total) which increased their vested holdings by N/A. The current price is $118.08 (+4.0%). Their median purchase size is $1.25M and this is their 1st largest purchase out of 4 all time. link

Historic Returns
1m returns: +8.0% weighted | 67% win rate (2/3)
3m returns: +11.9% weighted | 100% win rate (3/3)
6m returns: +23.3% weighted | 100% win rate (3/3)
1y returns: +25.2% weighted | 100% win rate (3/3)

🥈 CEO (and 4 other insiders) buy Utz Brands, Inc. ($UTZ)

Howard A Friedman (CEO) at Utz Brands, Inc. ($UTZ) purchased 6,350 shares at $11.85/share ($75.26K total) which increased their vested holdings by +2.4%. The current price is $12.47 (+5.2%). Their median purchase size is $77.11K and this is their 2nd largest purchase out of 3 all time. link

Historic Returns
1m returns: +4.4% weighted | 50% win rate (1/2)
3m returns: +20.3% weighted | 100% win rate (1/1)
6m returns: +20.6% weighted | 100% win rate (1/1)
1y returns: +14.4% weighted | 100% win rate (1/1)

Note: 3 other insiders also purchased the stock.

UTZ is up 5% since we shared it with Premium subscribers on Tuesday.

🥉 [SELL] Chief Executive Officer at ThredUp Inc. ($TDUP)

James G. Reinhart (Chief Executive Officer) at ThredUp Inc. ($TDUP) sold 276,378 shares at $6.29/share ($1.74M total) which decreased their vested holdings by -19.5%. The current price is $6.23 (-1.0%). Their median sale size is $199.42K and this is their 1st largest sale out of 24 all time. link

Historic Returns
1m returns: +6.4% weighted | 78% win rate (18/23)
3m returns: +17.7% weighted | 87% win rate (20/23)
6m returns: +30.8% weighted | 96% win rate (22/23)
1y returns: +41.8% weighted | 77% win rate (17/22)

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 📈 Largest Insider Buys (last week)

• 10% Owner at Cantor Equity Partners II, Inc. ($CEPT) purchased 580,000 shares at $10.00/share ($5.8M total) which increased their vested holdings by N/A. Their median purchase size is $5.8M and this is their 1st largest purchase out of 1 all time. Is part of a purchase agreement. Is part of a private placement. - link

• Chief Executive Officer at NKGen Biotech, Inc. ($NKGN) purchased 41,699,449 shares at $0.13/share ($5.3M total) which increased their vested holdings by N/A. Their median purchase size is $1.33M and this is their 1st largest purchase out of 6 all time. - link

• 10% Owner at UTG, Inc. ($UTGN) purchased 86,957 shares at $40.00/share ($3.48M total) which increased their vested holdings by +21.7%. Their median purchase size is $1.69M and this is their 1st largest purchase out of 3 all time. 1 other insider also purchased the stock. - link

• Chairman & CEO at UTG, Inc. ($UTGN) purchased 86,957 shares at $40.00/share ($3.48M total) which increased their vested holdings by +21.7%. Their median purchase size is $1.69M and this is their 1st largest purchase out of 3 all time. 1 other insider also purchased the stock. - link

• 10% Owner at Heartland Express, Inc. ($HTLD) purchased 396,693 shares at $7.80/share ($3.09M total) which increased their vested holdings by +30.4%. Their median purchase size is $1.01M and this is their 1st largest purchase out of 16 all time. 1 other insider also purchased the stock. - link

• Chief Executive Officer at NKGen Biotech, Inc. ($NKGN) purchased 20,849,725 shares at $0.13/share ($2.65M total) which increased their vested holdings by +12184.2%. Their median purchase size is $530.5K and this is their 2nd largest purchase out of 5 all time. - link

• 10% Owner at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. ($CBRL) purchased 53,000 shares at $44.60/share ($2.36M total) which increased their vested holdings by +1.9%. Their median purchase size is $2.45M and this is their 7th largest purchase out of 19 all time. - link

• Director at Ardelyx, Inc. ($ARDX) purchased 381,377 shares at $4.22/share ($1.61M total) which increased their vested holdings by +18.9%. Their median purchase size is $3.32M and this is their 18th largest purchase out of 44 all time. - link

• 10% Owner at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. ($CBRL) purchased 35,607 shares at $42.77/share ($1.52M total) which increased their vested holdings by +1.3%. Their median purchase size is $2.45M and this is their 9th largest purchase out of 18 all time. - link

• Director at KKR & Co. Inc. ($KKR) purchased 13,250 shares at $113.49/share ($1.5M total) which increased their vested holdings by N/A. Their median purchase size is $1.25M and this is their 1st largest purchase out of 4 all time. - link

📉 Largest Insider Sells (last week)

• 10% Owner at Global Net Lease, Inc. ($GNL) sold 16,020 shares at $317421.10/share ($5.09B total) which decreased their vested holdings by -99.9%. Their median sale size is $5.09B and this is their 1st largest sale out of 1 all time. - link

• Director at CVS Health Corporation ($CVS) sold 3,750,000 shares at $67.65/share ($253.7M total) which decreased their vested holdings by -31.4%. Their median sale size is $253.7M and this is their 1st largest sale out of 1 all time. - link

• President & CEO at Roblox Corporation ($RBLX) sold 1,899,997 shares at $72.19/share ($137.16M total) which decreased their vested holdings by -100.0%. Their median sale size is $20.36M and this is their 1st largest sale out of 38 all time. 5 other insiders also sold the stock. - link

• Director at Stryker Corporation ($SYK) sold 200,000 shares at $376.96/share ($75.39M total) which decreased their vested holdings by -5.5%. Their median sale size is $63.57M and this is their 5th largest sale out of 10 all time. - link

• Director at TransDigm Group Incorporated ($TDG) sold 49,241 shares at $1475.85/share ($72.67M total) which decreased their vested holdings by -69.6%. Their median sale size is $9.98M and this is their 1st largest sale out of 86 all time. - link

• Director at Roblox Corporation ($RBLX) sold 973,875 shares at $72.11/share ($70.23M total) which decreased their vested holdings by -98.9%. Their median sale size is $6.94M and this is their 2nd largest sale out of 29 all time. 5 other insiders also sold the stock. - link

• 10% Owner at Prothena Corporation plc ($PRTA) sold 6,279,684 shares at $8.10/share ($50.84M total) which decreased their vested holdings by -54.2%. Their median sale size is $18.61M and this is their 1st largest sale out of 8 all time. - link

• 10% Owner at Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc. ($SEI) sold 1,850,000 shares at $20.60/share ($38.11M total) which decreased their vested holdings by -100.0%. Their median sale size is $38.11M and this is their 1st largest sale out of 1 all time. - link

• Vice Chair and President at Microsoft Corporation ($MSFT) sold 81,000 shares at $435.84/share ($35.3M total) which decreased their vested holdings by -14.7%. Their median sale size is $20.7M and this is their 2nd largest sale out of 9 all time. Is part of an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. - link

• Director at Tesla, Inc. ($TSLA) sold 112,395 shares at $274.12/share ($30.81M total) which decreased their vested holdings by -56.9%. Their median sale size is $25.58M and this is their 8th largest sale out of 23 all time. 1 other insider also sold the stock. - link

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