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John C Hill bought $11k of CET

CEO & President at CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP. 300 shares at an average of $35.15, traded Oct 25, 2023, filed Oct 26, 2023.

Conviction score
38
Value
$11k
300 shares
Holdings after
206
+0% from before
From 52-week low
+9%
low $27.71, close $30.09
From 52-week high
-5%
high $31.81, as of Oct 25, 2023

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $11k at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    Under 1% of holdings (0.5%)
    -5
  • Price context
    9% above the 52-week low
    +10
  • Cluster
    2 insiders buying within 14 days
    +8
  • Repeat buying
    2 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return -1% over 5 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.

This signal so far: 1m +9.6%, 3m +13.1%, 6m +22.0%.

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.

CETOct 9, 2026 · close 55.87
Since filing Oct 26, 2023: +86.4%SPY +95.6% · excess -9.1%

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 0001664799-23-000003, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Oct 25, 2023POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+260$35.15$9,13964,841Oct 26, 2023
Oct 25, 2023POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Children
+40$35.15$1,406206Oct 26, 2023

Related signals

Other insiders at CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
25Weak
CETbuy
CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP
John C Hill
CEO & President
$28k
500 shares
+1%
18Weak
CETbuy 2
CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP
Leo Price Blackford
director
$11k
204 shares
+0%
28Weak
CETbuy 2
CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP
John C Hill
CEO & President
$12k
233 shares
+0%
30Weak
CETbuy
CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP
John C Hill
CEO & President
$25k
500 shares
+1%
30Weak
CETbuy
CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP
John C Hill
CEO & President
$25k
500 shares
+1%
20Weak
CETbuy
CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP
John C Hill
CEO & President
$5,070
100 shares
+0%
35Weak
CETbuy 2
CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP
Andrew J O'Neill
Vice President
$60k
1,309 shares
+2%
38Weak
CETbuy 2
CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP
John C Hill
CEO & President
$32k
700 shares
+1%
39Weak
CETbuy 2
CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP
John C Hill
CEO & President
$37k
800 shares
+1%
30Weak
CETbuy 2
CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP
Andrew J O'Neill
Vice President
$62k
1,354 shares
+2%

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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