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Michael Cowan bought $99k of GENK

director at GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.. 30,000 shares at an average of $3.30, traded May 30, 2025, filed Jun 2, 2025.

Conviction score
61
Value
$99k
30,000 shares
Holdings after
34,167
+720% from before
From 52-week low
+2%
low $3.20, close $3.28
From 52-week high
-68%
high $10.15, as of May 30, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $99k at market
    +10
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 720%
    +10
  • Price context
    2% above the 52-week low; 68% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • Cluster
    2 insiders buying within 14 days
    +8
  • 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 +16.7%, 3m -3.2%, 6m -26.5%.

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.

GENKOct 12, 2026 · close 1.58
Since filing Jun 2, 2025: -52.2%SPY +33.5% · excess -85.7%

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 0000950170-25-080397, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 30, 2025POpen-market purchase
Class A Common Stock
+30,000$3.30$99k34,167Jun 2, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
56Moderate
GENKbuy 2
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
Thomas Croal
Chief Financial Officer
$8,000
2,000 shares
-
35Weak
GENKbuy
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
David Wook Jin Kim
Co-Chief Executive Officer
$31k
4,277 shares
+3%
43Moderate
GENKbuy
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
David Wook Jin Kim
Co-Chief Executive Officer
$101k
12,500 shares
+9%
35Weak
GENKbuy
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
David Wook Jin Kim
Co-Chief Executive Officer
$31k
3,954 shares
+3%
20Weak
GENKbuy
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
David Wook Jin Kim
Co-Chief Executive Officer
$8,263
1,046 shares
+1%
42Moderate
GENKbuy 6
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
Jose Manzanarez
owner
$48k
6,000 shares
+5%
42Moderate
GENKbuy 6
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
Don Kim
owner
$48k
6,000 shares
+5%
42Moderate
GENKbuy 6
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
Lauren Wang
owner
$48k
6,000 shares
+5%
55Moderate
GENKbuy 6
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
David Wook Jin Kim
Co-Chief Executive Officer
$48k
6,000 shares
+5%
63Notable
GENKbuy 6
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
Jae Chang
Co-Chief Executive Officer
$13k
2,000 shares
+83%

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.

Michael Cowan bought $99k of GENK | InsiderTell