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James G McArthur bought $48k of PEPG

President and CEO at PepGen Inc.. 41,500 shares at an average of $1.15, traded Apr 8, 2025, filed Apr 9, 2025.

Conviction score
60
Value
$48k
41,500 shares
Holdings after
103,913
+66% from before
From 52-week low
0%
low $1.00, close $1.00
From 52-week high
-90%
high $9.76, as of Apr 8, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $48k at market
    +7
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 66%
    +10
  • Price context
    0% above the 52-week low; 90% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • 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 +32.7%, 3m +4.4%, 6m +331.0%.

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.

PEPGOct 12, 2026 · close 2.49
Since filing Apr 9, 2025: +120.4%SPY +44.2% · excess +76.2%

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 0001127602-25-011837, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Apr 8, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+41,500$1.15$48k103,913Apr 9, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at PepGen Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
0Weak
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Kasra Kasraian
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1,233 shares
-2%
17Weak
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Noel Donnelly
Chief Financial Officer
$13k
2,084 shares
-2%
26Weak
PEPGsell 310b5-1
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James G McArthur
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$33k
5,275 shares
-2%
10Weak
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$12k
1,879 shares
-2%
44Moderate
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+4%
61Notable
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Ra Capital Management, L.p.
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+102%
29Weak
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Paul Streck
EVP, Head of R&D
$10k
8,375 shares
+43%
41Moderate
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James G McArthur
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$14k
10,000 shares
+10%
13Weak
PEPGsell 210b5-1
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Mary Beth DeLena
General Counsel
$2,406
1,432 shares
-48%
20Weak
PEPGsell 210b5-1
PepGen Inc.
Noel Donnelly
Chief Financial Officer
$2,565
1,527 shares
-48%

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.

James G McArthur bought $48k of PEPG | InsiderTell