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Haldeman Lucas Merwan purchased ~$407K in SmartRent, Inc. stock

SmartRent, Inc. (SMRT)  ·  Chief Executive Officer  ·  Data via SEC EDGAR Form 4

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= insider buy date

90-day return

-20.8%

vs SPY -5.8%

SMRT price after insider trade by Haldeman Lucas Merwan

Insider

Haldeman Lucas Merwan

Role

Chief Executive Officer

Transaction

Open-Market Purchase

Approx. Value

~$407K

Trade Date

Nov 15, 2021

Company

SmartRent, Inc.

Ticker

SMRT

Source

SEC EDGAR Form 4

Strong conviction signal

Scored above average across multiple factors. Roughly 15% of insider trades qualify as Strong.

~$407K purchase

A meaningful investment of personal capital. The average insider purchase is around $150K, putting this in the typical range for serious positions.

Chief Executive Officer

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.

-20.8% in 90 days (S&P 500: -5.8%)

This trade underperformed the S&P 500 by 15.0 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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Haldeman Lucas Merwan wasn't the only one buying.

3 insiders at SmartRent, Inc. traded within the same 30-day window.

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On November 15, 2021, Haldeman Lucas Merwan — Chief Executive Officer of SmartRent, Inc. — filed a Form 4 with the SEC disclosing an open-market purchase of approximately ~$407K in SmartRent, Inc. (SMRT) stock.

This transaction was part of a cluster — 3 insiders at SmartRent, 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, SMRT returned -20.8% versus -5.8% 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.

Signal strength Strong
Trade size ~$407K
Insider role Chief Executive Officer
Cluster 3 insiders
90-day return -20.8%
vs S&P 500 -15.0%

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.

Why does it matter?

Insiders can sell for many reasons (taxes, diversification, expenses), but they generally only buy for one: they think the stock is going up. That's why insider purchases are more predictive than sales.

What makes a trade "strong"?

We score trades on 15+ factors: the insider's role (CEO > director), trade size relative to their salary, whether other insiders also bought (clusters), and historical accuracy of the insider.

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