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David F Melcher bought $33k of EMBC

director at Embecta Corp.. 2,000 shares at an average of $16.25, traded Feb 12, 2024, filed Feb 12, 2024.

Conviction score
29
Value
$33k
2,000 shares
Holdings after
45,080
+5% from before
From 52-week low
+17%
low $11.46, close $13.44
From 52-week high
-53%
high $28.65, as of Feb 12, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $32k at market
    +6
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 4.6%
    0
  • Price context
    53% below the 52-week high
    +8
  • 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 (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.

EMBCOct 12, 2026 · close 5.99
Since filing Feb 12, 2024: -55.4%SPY +60.4% · excess -115.8%

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 0000947871-24-000123, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 12, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+2,000$16.25$33k45,080Feb 12, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at Embecta Corp. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
26Weak
EMBCsell
Embecta Corp.
Milton Mayo Morris
director
$37k
6,293 shares
-10%
58Moderate
EMBCbuy 4
Embecta Corp.
Jacob Elguicze
SVP and CFO
$93k
20,000 shares
+7%
60Notable
EMBCbuy 4
Embecta Corp.
Robert J. Hombach
director
$224k
45,000 shares
+70%
51Moderate
EMBCbuy 4
Embecta Corp.
Jeffrey Z Mann
Pres, Pharm Svc&Prod Mgmt, CLO
$100k
20,000 shares
+8%
59Moderate
EMBCbuy 4
Embecta Corp.
Devdatt Kurdikar
President and CEO
$141k
30,000 shares
+4%
51Moderate
EMBCbuy
Embecta Corp.
David F Melcher
director
$106k
10,000 shares
+13%
33Weak
EMBCbuy
Embecta Corp.
David F Melcher
director
$178k
13,000 shares
+20%
22Weak
EMBCsell
Embecta Corp.
Milton Mayo Morris
director
$51k
3,100 shares
-8%

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.

David F Melcher bought $33k of EMBC | InsiderTell