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Brian J. Cobb bought $22k of HGBL

CFO at Heritage Global Inc.. 20,000 shares at an average of $1.10, traded Aug 20, 2026, filed Aug 20, 2026.

Conviction score
58
Value
$22k
20,000 shares
Holdings after
245,353
+9% from before
From 52-week low
+7%
low $1.02, close $1.09
From 52-week high
-45%
high $1.97, as of Aug 20, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CFO
    +22
  • Trade size
    $22k at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 9%
    +3
  • Price context
    7% above the 52-week low; 45% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • Cluster
    3 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • 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.

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.

HGBLOct 12, 2026 · close 1.26
Since filing Aug 20, 2026: +15.6%SPY +2.3% · excess +13.3%

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 0001193125-26-359359, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 20, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+20,000$1.10$22k245,353Aug 20, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at Heritage Global Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
3Weak
HGBLsell 210b5-1
Heritage Global Inc.
James Edward Sklar
EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary
$3,175
2,500 shares
-1%
39Weak
HGBLbuy
Heritage Global Inc.
William L Burnham
director
$399k
300,000 shares
-
54Moderate
HGBLsell 2
Heritage Global Inc.
Ross Dove
CEO
$399k
300,000 shares
-13%
0Weak
HGBLsell10b5-1
Heritage Global Inc.
James Edward Sklar
EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary
$3,175
2,500 shares
-1%
62Notable
HGBLbuy 3
Heritage Global Inc.
Nicholas Kirk Dove
President, Industrial Assets
$66k
60,000 shares
+48%
51Moderate
HGBLbuy 3
Heritage Global Inc.
Bruce Kenneth Hounsell
President, Heritage DebtX LLC
$11k
10,000 shares
-
49Moderate
HGBLbuy
Heritage Global Inc.
Nicholas Kirk Dove
President, Industrial Assets
$32k
26,000 shares
+26%
0Weak
HGBLsell10b5-1
Heritage Global Inc.
James Edward Sklar
EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary
$4,966
3,734 shares
-1%
0Weak
HGBLsell10b5-1
Heritage Global Inc.
James Edward Sklar
EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary
$5,041
3,734 shares
-1%
0Weak
HGBLsell10b5-1
Heritage Global Inc.
James Edward Sklar
EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary
$4,854
3,734 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.

Brian J. Cobb bought $22k of HGBL | InsiderTell