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Buford H Ortale bought $35k of FBRT

director at Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.. 4,000 shares at an average of $8.82, traded Feb 17, 2026, filed Feb 19, 2026.

Conviction score
46
Value
$35k
4,000 shares
Holdings after
51,851
+8% from before
From 52-week low
+2%
low $8.05, close $8.21
From 52-week high
-26%
high $11.03, as of Feb 17, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $35k at market
    +6
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 8%
    +3
  • Price context
    2% above the 52-week low; 26% below the 52-week high
    +14
  • 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 -0.6%, 3m +0.7%, 6m -4.6%.

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.

FBRTOct 12, 2026 · close 6.12
Since filing Feb 19, 2026: -25.4%SPY +14.6% · excess -40.0%

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 0001104659-26-017606, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 17, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+2,000$8.88$18k49,851Feb 19, 2026
Feb 18, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+2,000$8.77$18k51,851Feb 19, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
43Moderate
FBRTbuy
Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.
Buford H Ortale
director
$492k
39,597 shares
+671%
58Moderate
FBRTbuy 2
Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.
Brian Buffone
President
$254k
27,000 shares
+12%
15Weak
FBRTsell
Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.
Peter J McDonough
director
$15k
1,500 shares
-3%

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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