Norton Samuel H purchased ~$7.6M in Octave Specialty Group, Inc. stock
Octave Specialty Group, Inc. (OSG) · President and CEO · Data via SEC EDGAR Form 4
Price Performance · 10 days before → 90 days after trade
▲ = insider buy date
90-day return
-8.0%vs SPY +18.6%
Trade Details · Public SEC Filing
Insider
Norton Samuel H
Role
President and CEO
Transaction
Open-Market Purchase
Approx. Value
~$7.6M
Trade Date
Mar 9, 2020
Company
Octave Specialty Group, Inc.
Ticker
OSGSource
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.
~$7.6M purchase
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.
President and CEO
CEOs have the deepest knowledge of company operations. Academic research shows CEO purchases outperform other insider trades by a wide margin.
3 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.
-8.0% in 90 days (S&P 500: +18.6%)
This trade underperformed the S&P 500 by 26.6 percentage points. Not every insider trade wins. We track all of them so you can focus on the insiders with the best records.
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Norton Samuel H wasn't the only one buying.
3 insiders at Octave Specialty Group, Inc. traded within the same 30-day window.
See who else bought · FreeOn March 9, 2020, Norton Samuel H — President and CEO of Octave Specialty Group, Inc. — filed a Form 4 with the SEC disclosing an open-market purchase of approximately ~$7.6M in Octave Specialty Group, Inc. (OSG) stock.
This transaction was part of a cluster — 3 insiders at Octave Specialty Group, Inc. made open-market purchases 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.
In the 90 days following this trade, OSG returned -8.0% versus +18.6% for the S&P 500 over the same period.
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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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