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David F Melcher bought $178k of EMBC

director at Embecta Corp.. 13,000 shares at an average of $13.67, traded Feb 25, 2025, filed Feb 25, 2025.

Conviction score
33
Value
$178k
13,000 shares
Holdings after
76,681
+20% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $178k at market
    +12
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 20%
    +6
  • Price context
    No price history yet
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

EMBCOct 9, 2026 · close 5.68
Since filing Feb 25, 2025: -54.3%SPY +33.6% · excess -87.9%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0000947871-25-000221, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 25, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+13,000$13.67$178k76,681Feb 25, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Embecta Corp. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
26Weak
EMBCsell
Embecta Corp.
Milton Mayo Morris
director
$37k
6,293 shares
-10%
51Moderate
EMBCbuy
Embecta Corp.
David F Melcher
director
$106k
10,000 shares
+13%
22Weak
EMBCsell
Embecta Corp.
Milton Mayo Morris
director
$51k
3,100 shares
-8%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

David F Melcher bought $178k of EMBC | InsiderTell