SCHWARTZ STEPHEN S sold ~$15M in Brooks Automation, Inc. stock
Brooks Automation, Inc. (BRKS) · CEO · Data via SEC EDGAR Form 4
Price Performance · 10 days before → 90 days after trade
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Trade Details · Public SEC Filing
Insider
SCHWARTZ STEPHEN S
Role
CEO
Transaction
Open-Market Sale
Approx. Value
~$15M
Trade Date
Nov 12, 2021
Company
Brooks Automation, Inc.
Ticker
BRKSSource
SEC EDGAR Form 4
Why This Trade Stands Out
Very Strong conviction signal
Scored in the top tier across multiple factors. Fewer than 5% of insider trades receive this rating.
~$15M sale
Trades over $1M are rare. When insiders put this much of their own money on the line, they tend to have high conviction in their company's direction.
CEO
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8 insiders traded in the same window
When multiple insiders independently buy within 30 days, it's called a cluster. Studies show clustered insider purchases outperform solo trades significantly, because several people with inside knowledge are reaching the same conclusion.
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SCHWARTZ STEPHEN S wasn't the only one selling.
8 insiders at Brooks Automation, Inc. traded within the same 30-day window.
See who else bought · FreeOn November 12, 2021, SCHWARTZ STEPHEN S — CEO of Brooks Automation, Inc. — filed a Form 4 with the SEC disclosing an open-market sale of approximately ~$15M in Brooks Automation, Inc. (BRKS) stock.
This transaction was part of a cluster — 8 insiders at Brooks Automation, Inc. made open-market sales within the same 30-day window. Cluster activity from multiple independent insiders is one of the most studied patterns in insider trading research.
Under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, corporate insiders must report all open-market stock transactions to the SEC within two business days. These filings — known as Form 4s — are publicly available on the SEC's EDGAR database. VeritySignals filters and scores the full Form 4 stream to surface high-conviction signals like this one.
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All data sourced from publicly available SEC Form 4 filings via EDGAR · Not financial advice · Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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What is this?
When company executives buy or sell their own stock, they must report it to the SEC within 2 days. These public filings reveal what the people who know the company best are doing with their own money.
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