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David Henry Hoffmann bought $122k of LEE

director, owner at LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc. 15,500 shares at an average of $7.90, traded May 12, 2026, filed May 14, 2026.

Conviction score
24
Value
$122k
15,500 shares
Holdings after
11,281,949
+0% from before
From 52-week low
+135%
low $3.40, close $8.00
From 52-week high
-17%
high $9.68, as of May 12, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $122k at market
    +10
  • Relative to holdings
    Under 1% of holdings (0.1%)
    -5
  • Price context
    17% below the 52-week high
    +4
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    8 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return -25% over 7 past buys
    -5

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.

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.

LEEOct 9, 2026 · close 7.61
Since filing May 14, 2026: -3.1%SPY +4.5% · excess -7.6%

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 0001183010-26-000026, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 12, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+8,100$7.82$63k11,274,549May 14, 2026
May 13, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+7,400$7.99$59k11,281,949May 14, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
48Moderate
LEEsell
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
Herbert W Moloney III
director
$236k
24,000 shares
-51%
17Weak
LEEbuy
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
David Henry Hoffmann
director, owner
$58k
5,566 shares
+0%
27Weak
LEEbuy
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
David Henry Hoffmann
director, owner
$474k
43,325 shares
+0%
26Weak
LEEbuy
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
David Henry Hoffmann
director, owner
$391k
36,400 shares
+0%
23Weak
LEEbuy
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
David Henry Hoffmann
director, owner
$507k
45,600 shares
+0%
26Weak
LEEbuy
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
David Henry Hoffmann
director, owner
$376k
38,000 shares
+0%
24Weak
LEEbuy
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
David Henry Hoffmann
director, owner
$304k
31,800 shares
+0%
27Weak
LEEbuy
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
David Henry Hoffmann
director, owner
$228k
26,800 shares
+0%
45Moderate
LEEbuy 2
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
David Henry Hoffmann
director, owner
$781k
83,400 shares
+1%
44Moderate
LEEbuy 2
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
David Henry Hoffmann
director, owner
$683k
74,600 shares
+1%

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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