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Michael J. Purcell bought $100k of HEPA

director at Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. 2,000,000 shares at an average of $0.05, traded Aug 3, 2026, filed Aug 12, 2026.

Conviction score
54
Value
$100k
2,000,000 shares
Holdings after
3,250,000
+160% from before
From 52-week low
+106%
low $0.04, close $0.07
From 52-week high
-24%
high $0.09, as of Aug 3, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $100k at market
    +10
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 160%
    +10
  • Price context
    24% below the 52-week high
    +4
  • Cluster
    5 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.

HEPAOct 12, 2026 · close 0.12
Since filing Aug 12, 2026: +143.1%SPY +1.0% · excess +142.2%

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 0001493152-26-037493, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 3, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+2,000,000$0.05$100k3,250,000Aug 12, 2026
Aug 3, 2026POpen-market purchase
Warrantsderivative
+2,000,000$0.00$02,000,000Aug 12, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
23Weak
HEPAbuy
Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Danina Fisher
director
$10k
200,000 shares
-
59Moderate
HEPAbuy 5
Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Sireesh Appajosyula
Chief Operating Officer
$100k
2,000,000 shares
+160%
67Notable
HEPAbuy 5
Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Vincent S LoPriore
Executive Chairman
$500k
10,000,000 shares
+160%
64Notable
HEPAbuy 5
Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Gary S. Stetz
Interim CEO
$100k
2,000,000 shares
+160%
47Moderate
HEPAbuy 5
Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Gary S. Stetz II
director
$25k
500,000 shares
-
53Moderate
HEPAbuy 4
Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Sireesh Appajosyula
Chief Operating Officer
$50k
1,250,000 shares
-
63Notable
HEPAbuy 4
Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Gary S. Stetz
Interim CEO
$50k
1,250,000 shares
-
64Notable
HEPAbuy 4
Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Vincent S LoPriore
Executive Chairman
$250k
6,250,000 shares
-
53Moderate
HEPAbuy 4
Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Michael J. Purcell
director
$50k
1,250,000 shares
-
33Weak
HEPAbuy
Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Peter Wijngaard
director
$15k
5,000 shares
+111%

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.

Michael J. Purcell bought $100k of HEPA | InsiderTell