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Frank Porter Stansberry bought $547k of MKTW

director, owner at MARKETWISE, INC.. 30,000 shares at an average of $18.25, traded May 12, 2026, filed May 14, 2026.

Conviction score
42
Value
$547k
30,000 shares
Holdings after
331,756
+10% from before
From 52-week low
+38%
low $12.46, close $17.18
From 52-week high
-13%
high $19.68, as of May 12, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $547k at market
    +19
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 10%
    +3
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    3 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (1 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.

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.

MKTWOct 9, 2026 · close 19.25
Since filing May 14, 2026: +17.2%SPY +4.6% · excess +12.6%

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 0001628280-26-035297, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 12, 2026POpen-market purchase
Class A Common Stock
+10,000$18.50$185k311,756May 14, 2026
May 14, 2026POpen-market purchase
Class A Common Stock
+10,000$17.99$180k321,756May 14, 2026
May 14, 2026POpen-market purchase
Class A Common Stock
+10,000$18.25$183k331,756May 14, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at MARKETWISE, INC. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
32Weak
MKTWbuy
MARKETWISE, INC.
Frank Porter Stansberry
director, owner
$179k
10,000 shares
+3%
38Weak
MKTWbuy
MARKETWISE, INC.
Frank Porter Stansberry
director, owner
$346k
20,100 shares
+6%
31Weak
MKTWbuy
MARKETWISE, INC.
Frank Porter Stansberry
director, owner
$60k
3,634 shares
+1%
51Moderate
MKTWbuy
MARKETWISE, INC.
Frank Porter Stansberry
director, owner
$975k
51,375 shares
+21%
31Weak
MKTWsell
MARKETWISE, INC.
Erik Mickels
Chief Financial Officer
$88k
6,000 shares
-7%
41Moderate
MKTWbuy
MARKETWISE, INC.
Frank Porter Stansberry
director, owner
$592k
40,373 shares
+19%
38Weak
MKTWsell
MARKETWISE, INC.
Erik Mickels
Chief Financial Officer
$140k
10,000 shares
-11%
38Weak
MKTWsell
MARKETWISE, INC.
Erik Mickels
Chief Financial Officer
$149k
10,000 shares
-15%
22Weak
MKTWbuy
MARKETWISE, INC.
Erik Mickels
Chief Financial Officer
$17k
940 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.