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sellWeak cluster of 210b5-1 plan

Robert Buckley sold $1.2M of NOVT

Chief Financial Officer at NOVANTA INC. 9,957 shares at an average of $116.77, traded Mar 16, 2026, filed Mar 18, 2026.

Warning score
20
Value
$1.2M
9,957 shares
Holdings after
96,616
-9% from before
From 52-week low
+19%
low $99.22, close $118.01
From 52-week high
-19%
high $146.39, as of Mar 16, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CFO
    +22
  • Trade size
    $1.2M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 9.3% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    2 insiders selling within 14 days
    +8
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15
  • 10b5-1 plan
    Pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan
    -20

What happened after comparable sells

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 +8.0%, 3m +26.9%, 6m +11.3%.

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.

NOVTOct 9, 2026 · close 141.28
Since filing Mar 18, 2026: +18.4%SPY +18.5% · excess -0.1%

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 0001076930-26-000074, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Mar 16, 2026MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+9,957$14.13$141k106,573Mar 18, 2026
Mar 16, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-3,215$116.02$373k103,358Mar 18, 2026
Mar 16, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-4,719$116.84$551k98,639Mar 18, 2026
Mar 16, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-1,937$117.74$228k96,702Mar 18, 2026
Mar 16, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-86$118.80$10k96,616Mar 18, 2026
Mar 16, 2026MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative10b5-1
-9,957$0.00$00Mar 18, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at NOVANTA INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
25Weak
NOVTsell10b5-1
NOVANTA INC
Thomas N Secor
director
$98k
663 shares
-50%
35Weak
NOVTsell10b5-1
NOVANTA INC
Matthijs Glastra
Chief Executive Officer
$1.0M
6,500 shares
-18%
35Weak
NOVTsell10b5-1
NOVANTA INC
Matthijs Glastra
Chief Executive Officer
$1.1M
6,500 shares
-15%
35Weak
NOVTsell10b5-1
NOVANTA INC
Matthijs Glastra
Chief Executive Officer
$1.1M
7,500 shares
-15%
33Weak
NOVTsell10b5-1
NOVANTA INC
Matthijs Glastra
Chief Executive Officer
$852k
6,500 shares
-11%
33Weak
NOVTsell10b5-1
NOVANTA INC
Matthijs Glastra
Chief Executive Officer
$845k
6,500 shares
-10%
37Weak
NOVTsell 210b5-1
NOVANTA INC
Matthijs Glastra
Chief Executive Officer
$899k
6,500 shares
-9%
7Weak
NOVTsell 210b5-1
NOVANTA INC
Robert Buckley
Chief Financial Officer
$200k
1,423 shares
-1%
43Moderate
NOVTsell 210b5-1
NOVANTA INC
Matthijs Glastra
Chief Executive Officer
$1.1M
7,500 shares
-12%
36Weak
NOVTsell 210b5-1
NOVANTA INC
Matthijs Glastra
Chief Executive Officer
$878k
6,500 shares
-9%

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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