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Paul B Manning bought $18M of VRCA

director, owner at Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.. 4,126,142 shares at an average of $4.24, traded Nov 25, 2025, filed Nov 25, 2025.

Conviction score
73
Value
$18M
4,126,142 shares
Holdings after
3,348,372
+160% from before
From 52-week low
+56%
low $3.28, close $5.12
From 52-week high
-60%
high $12.80, as of Nov 25, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $17.5M at market
    +25
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 160%
    +10
  • Price context
    60% below the 52-week high
    +8
  • Cluster
    5 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • 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.

VRCAOct 9, 2026 · close 4.11
Since filing Nov 25, 2025: -19.7%SPY +16.6% · excess -36.3%

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 0001494695-25-000004, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Nov 25, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+1,375,380$4.24$5.8M3,958,189Nov 25, 2025
Nov 25, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: See footnote
+2,750,762$4.24$12M3,348,372Nov 25, 2025
Nov 25, 2025POpen-market purchase
Series C Warrant (right to buy)derivative
+343,845--343,845Nov 25, 2025
Nov 25, 2025POpen-market purchase
Series C Warrant (right to buy)derivativeindirect: See footnote
+687,690--687,690Nov 25, 2025

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
55Moderate
VRCAbuy 5
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
John J. Kirby
Interim CFO
$15k
3,536 shares
+65%
74Notable
VRCAbuy 5
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Jayson Rieger
CEO and President
$400k
94,311 shares
+107%
46Moderate
VRCAbuy 5
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Noah L. Rosenberg
CMO
$10,000
2,357 shares
-
59Moderate
VRCAbuy 5
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
David Zawitz
Chief Operating Officer
$42k
10,000 shares
+91%
15Weak
VRCAsell
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Christopher G. Hayes
CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
$2,805
4,315 shares
-2%

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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