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Craig D. Cairns bought $100k of TRNS

director at TRANSCAT INC. 1,140 shares at an average of $87.92, traded Nov 7, 2023, filed Nov 7, 2023.

Conviction score
37
Value
$100k
1,140 shares
Holdings after
910
change unknown
From 52-week low
+34%
low $67.42, close $90.33
From 52-week high
-21%
high $114.48, as of Nov 7, 2023

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $100k at market
    +10
  • Relative to holdings
    First purchase: no shares before this trade
    +8
  • Price context
    21% below the 52-week high
    +4
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • 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.

This signal so far: 1m +9.7%, 3m +19.9%, 6m +26.7%.

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.

TRNSOct 12, 2026 · close 86.02
Since filing Nov 7, 2023: -4.8%SPY +84.6% · excess -89.4%

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 0001062993-23-020273, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Nov 7, 2023POpen-market purchase
Common Stock, $.50 par valueindirect: By Howe & Rusling 401(k) Plan FBO Craig D. Cairns
+230$87.78$20k230Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023POpen-market purchase
Common Stock, $.50 par valueindirect: By Howe & Rusling Roth 401(k) Plan FBO Craig D. Cairns
+910$87.96$80k910Nov 7, 2023

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
55Moderate
TRNSsell
TRANSCAT INC
Oksana S. Dominach
director
$626k
7,312 shares
-63%
41Moderate
TRNSsell
TRANSCAT INC
Christopher P. Gillette
director
$47k
504 shares
-72%
35Weak
TRNSbuy
TRANSCAT INC
Craig D. Cairns
director
$99k
1,050 shares
+244%
42Moderate
TRNSsell
TRANSCAT INC
Christopher P. Gillette
director
$55k
456 shares
-100%
34Weak
TRNSbuy
TRANSCAT INC
Craig D. Cairns
director
$92k
1,200 shares
+522%
27Weak
TRNSsell
TRANSCAT INC
Charles P Hadeed
director
$177k
1,358 shares
-6%
67Notable
TRNSsell 2
TRANSCAT INC
James M. Jenkins
Chief Legal & Corp Dev Officer
$899k
6,514 shares
-91%
63Notable
TRNSsell 2
TRANSCAT INC
Lee D. Rudow
President and CEO
$1.6M
12,000 shares
-12%
49Moderate
TRNSsell 2
TRANSCAT INC
Lee D. Rudow
President and CEO
$415k
3,343 shares
-3%
23Weak
TRNSsell
TRANSCAT INC
Lee D. Rudow
President and CEO
$264k
2,373 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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