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Jerry M Bauer bought $258k of MRTN

director at MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD. 20,000 shares at an average of $12.88, traded Apr 28, 2025, filed Apr 29, 2025.

Conviction score
45
Value
$258k
20,000 shares
Holdings after
176,444
+13% from before
From 52-week low
+2%
low $12.34, close $12.57
From 52-week high
-29%
high $17.62, as of Apr 28, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $258k at market
    +13
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 13%
    +3
  • Price context
    2% above the 52-week low; 29% below the 52-week high
    +14
  • 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.

This signal so far: 1m +2.1%, 3m -2.0%, 6m -22.5%.

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.

MRTNOct 9, 2026 · close 12.75
Since filing Apr 29, 2025: +1.8%SPY +42.7% · excess -40.9%

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 0001253975-25-000005, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Apr 28, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+20,000$12.88$258k176,444Apr 29, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
29Weak
MRTNbuy
MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD
Jerry M Bauer
director
$158k
10,000 shares
+7%

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.

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