Insider Activity

What is Net Insider Buying (12M)?

The dollar value of open-market shares insiders bought minus the value they sold over the last twelve months.

How it is calculated

Sum of shares times price for open-market purchases (Form 4 code P) minus the same for open-market sales (code S), non-derivative, priced transactions only.

How to read it

The longer window smooths out a single large sale. Compare with the six-month figure to see whether the tone has changed recently.

Keep in mind

Option exercises, grants, gifts, tax withholding and transactions whose price appears only in a footnote are excluded.

Where the numbers come from

Scrutar computes Net Insider Buying (12M) from the Form 4 reports insiders file with the SEC, using the transaction code, share count and price on each line.

More Insider Activity metrics

Net Insider Buying (6M)The dollar value of open-market shares insiders bought minus the value they sold over the last six months. Positive means insiders were net buyers.How to read it →Insider Buys (6M)How many open-market purchases insiders reported in the last six months.How to read it →Insider Sells (6M)How many open-market sales insiders reported in the last six months.How to read it →Insider Buys (12M)How many open-market purchases insiders reported in the last twelve months.How to read it →Insider Sells (12M)How many open-market sales insiders reported in the last twelve months.How to read it →

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Net Insider Buying (12M) and every other metric on this page, for every company Scrutar covers, from SEC filings.

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