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Robert E Cauley bought $111k of ORC

Chief Executive Officer at Orchid Island Capital, Inc.. 15,000 shares at an average of $7.40, traded Oct 13, 2023, filed Oct 13, 2023.

Conviction score
66
Value
$111k
15,000 shares
Holdings after
112,309
+15% from before
From 52-week low
0%
low $4.25, close $4.25
From 52-week high
-33%
high $6.31, as of Oct 13, 2023

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $111k at market
    +10
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 15%
    +3
  • Price context
    0% above the 52-week low; 33% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return +14% over 3 past buys
    +10

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 -5.4%, 3m +24.3%, 6m +23.6%.

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.

ORCOct 12, 2026 · close 5.05
Since filing Oct 13, 2023: +18.8%SPY +87.0% · excess -68.1%

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 0001437749-23-028218, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Oct 13, 2023POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+2,500$7.43$19k99,809Oct 13, 2023
Oct 13, 2023POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+2,500$7.42$19k102,309Oct 13, 2023
Oct 13, 2023POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+5,000$7.42$37k107,309Oct 13, 2023
Oct 13, 2023POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+5,000$7.37$37k112,309Oct 13, 2023

Related signals

Other insiders at Orchid Island Capital, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
10Weak
ORCbuy
Orchid Island Capital, Inc.
W Coleman Bitting
director
$309
39 shares
+1%
31Weak
ORCbuy
Orchid Island Capital, Inc.
G Hunter Haas IV
Chief Financial Officer
$19k
2,194 shares
+4%
22Weak
ORCsell
Orchid Island Capital, Inc.
G Hunter Haas IV
Chief Financial Officer
$19k
2,194 shares
-4%

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.

Robert E Cauley bought $111k of ORC | InsiderTell