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William A Ackman bought $19M of PS

CEO & Chairman at PERSHING SQUARE INC.. 800,000 shares at an average of $23.77, traded Apr 30, 2026, filed May 4, 2026.

Conviction score
60
Value
$19M
800,000 shares
Holdings after
1,500,000
+114% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $19.0M at market
    +25
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 114%
    +10
  • Price context
    No price history yet
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • 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 +3.7%, 3m +2.8%, 6m -.

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.

PSOct 13, 2026 · close 47.65
Since filing May 4, 2026: +40.0%SPY +8.9% · excess +31.1%

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 0001140361-26-018949, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Apr 30, 2026JOther
Common Stock
+700,000--700,000May 4, 2026
Apr 30, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+81,762$22.61$1.8M781,762May 4, 2026
Apr 30, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+659,540$23.88$16M1,441,302May 4, 2026
Apr 30, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+58,698$24.20$1.4M1,500,000May 4, 2026
Apr 30, 2026JOther
Common Stockindirect: See footnotes
+168,200--168,200May 4, 2026
Apr 30, 2026JOther
Common Stockindirect: See footnotes
+4,240--304,240May 4, 2026
Apr 30, 2026AGrant or award
Common Stockindirect: See footnotes
+10,489--314,729May 4, 2026
Apr 28, 2026GGift
Common Stockindirect: See footnote
-300,000$0.00$083,700,000May 4, 2026
Apr 30, 2026DDisposition to issuer
Common Stockindirect: See footnote
-6,874,237$0.00$076,825,763May 4, 2026
Apr 28, 2026AGrant or award
M Units of Pershing Square Partner Group, LLCderivativeindirect: See footnote
+92,878,204--92,878,204May 4, 2026

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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