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Ernest Michael Freedman bought $246k of WD

director at Walker & Dunlop, Inc.. 5,000 shares at an average of $49.21, traded Mar 5, 2026, filed Mar 6, 2026.

Conviction score
71
Value
$246k
5,000 shares
Holdings after
6,097
+456% from before
From 52-week low
+10%
low $43.98, close $48.28
From 52-week high
-42%
high $82.82, as of Mar 5, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $246k at market
    +13
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 456%
    +10
  • Price context
    10% above the 52-week low; 42% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • Cluster
    4 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.

This signal so far: 1m -6.4%, 3m +9.4%, 6m -7.5%.

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.

WDOct 13, 2026 · close 32.08
Since filing Mar 6, 2026: -30.4%SPY +16.6% · excess -47.0%

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 0001104659-26-024734, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Mar 5, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+5,000$49.21$246k6,097Mar 6, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
47Moderate
WDbuy 2
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
Dana L Schmaltz
director
$46k
1,000 shares
+1%
51Moderate
WDbuy 3
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
Donna Wells
director
$23k
500 shares
+10%
75Notable
WDbuy 3
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
William M Walker
Chairman & CEO
$475k
10,000 shares
+2%
42Moderate
WDsell
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
Paula A. Pryor
EVP and Chief HR Officer
$460k
5,336 shares
-36%
35Weak
WDsell
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
Stephen P Theobald
EVP & Chief Operating Officer
$1.5M
13,870 shares
-20%
42Moderate
WDsell
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
Paula A. Pryor
EVP and Chief HR Officer
$441k
4,533 shares
-33%
13Weak
WDsell 210b5-1
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
Howard W Smith III
President
$1.9M
20,166 shares
-10%
63Notable
WDsell 3
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
Gregory Florkowski
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
$386k
4,000 shares
-25%
52Moderate
WDsell 3
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
Paula A. Pryor
EVP and Chief HR Officer
$180k
1,908 shares
-34%
13Weak
WDsell 210b5-1
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
Howard W Smith III
President
$1.9M
20,000 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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