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Michael Halpin sold $405k of VCEL

Chief Operating Officer at Vericel Corp. 10,000 shares at an average of $40.48, traded Jan 7, 2026, filed Jan 9, 2026.

Warning score
11
Value
$405k
10,000 shares
Holdings after
16,080
-38% from before
From 52-week low
+35%
low $29.84, close $40.35
From 52-week high
-35%
high $61.80, as of Jan 7, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    COO
    +20
  • Trade size
    $405k at market
    +16
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 38% of holdings
    +10
  • Cluster
    No other insider selling within 14 days
    0
  • 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.

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.

VCELOct 9, 2026 · close 40.10
Since filing Jan 9, 2026: +4.0%SPY +13.1% · excess -9.1%

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 0001140361-26-000834, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jan 7, 2026MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+10,000$16.66$167k26,080Jan 9, 2026
Jan 7, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-10,000$40.48$405k16,080Jan 9, 2026
Jan 7, 2026MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative10b5-1
+10,000$0.00$046,250Jan 9, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at Vericel Corp and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
8Weak
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Heidi Hagen
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-32%
30Weak
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$754k
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-279%
33Weak
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Michael Halpin
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$364k
10,305 shares
-39%
3Weak
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Kevin F McLaughlin
director
$243k
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-32%
0Weak
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Jonathan Mark Hopper
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$65k
1,652 shares
-2%
40Moderate
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Paul K Wotton
director
$190k
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-16%
8Weak
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Michael Halpin
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$107k
2,642 shares
-14%
11Weak
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Kevin F McLaughlin
director
$270k
7,000 shares
-32%
17Weak
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Michael Halpin
Chief Operating Officer
$298k
7,358 shares
-32%
0Weak
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Jonathan Mark Hopper
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$358k
10,000 shares
-13%

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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