01 · INSIDER CLUSTERSHEICO: eight buyers, one day
Six companies had three or more insiders make discretionary open-market buys in the seven days to Oct 18. The largest was HEICO (HEI), where 8 insiders, one of them in the C-suite, bought a combined $1.40M on Oct 13.
| Ticker | Sector (SIC) | Buyers | C-suite | Bought | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEI | Aircraft engines & parts | 8 | 1 | $1.40M | Oct 13 |
| BPRE | — | 3 | 1 | $5.52M | Oct 14–15 |
| IMSR | Fabricated plate work | 3 | 1 | $112K | Oct 13–15 |
| GABC | State commercial banks | 3 | 0 | $17K | Oct 16 |
Form 4, discretionary open-market buys only; awards, exercises and plan trades excluded · Console /buyers, HEI INS
02 · BUYERS WITH A RECORD38 proven buyers in a month
Over the last 30 days, 336 insiders made 657 open-market buys worth $1.40B. 169 of them have enough past buys to grade, and 38 have a record of beating the S&P 500 over the following 90 days. The two biggest proven buyers this month were both 10% owners: Paul Rusnak bought $4.58M of Sonic Automotive (SAH) over five days to Oct 14, and Tether Global Investments bought $3.98M of GOLD over four days to Oct 14.
03 · PRIVATE RAISES614 new Form Ds
Issuers filed 614 new Form Ds in the week of Oct 12, down from 739 the week before. They reported $6.29B sold against $8.35B offered; 361 of the filers were pooled funds. Over the last eight weeks the count has held between 585 and 739 a week.
New Form D filings per week
Excludes amendments · weeks starting Monday · hover a bar for amounts
Form D, filing date as it hit EDGAR · amount offered is a ceiling, not money raised · Console /private
04 · DILUTIONA month of reverse splits
In the 30 days to Oct 18, listed companies made 42 primary offerings raising $11.4B outside ATMs, filed 11 ATM programmes, and announced 30 reverse splits, most of them to keep an exchange listing. This week Beauty Health (SKIN) did a 1-for-20 split on Oct 14, and Alector (ALEC) sold 36.6M shares at $2.05 on Oct 16 for $70.2M.
Next up: X-Energy's (XE) 180-day lock-up on 44.3M IPO shares ends Oct 24. It priced at $23 on Apr 27.
S-1, S-3, 424B, 8-K and proxy filings · Console /ecm, SKIN ECM