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James Buchan sold $87k of APT

director at ALPHA PRO TECH LTD. 15,000 shares at an average of $5.82, traded Mar 15, 2024, filed Mar 26, 2024.

Warning score
44
Value
$87k
15,000 shares
Holdings after
9,413
-61% from before
From 52-week low
+56%
low $3.69, close $5.74
From 52-week high
-7%
high $6.18, as of Mar 15, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $87k at market
    +9
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 61% of holdings
    +20
  • Cluster
    3 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

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.

APTOct 12, 2026 · close 5.74
Since filing Mar 26, 2024: -12.2%SPY +54.4% · excess -66.6%

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 0001415889-24-009113, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Mar 15, 2024MOption exercise
options
+15,000$3.42$51k24,413Mar 26, 2024
Mar 15, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-14,000$5.82$81k10,413Mar 26, 2024
Mar 15, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-1,000$5.78$5,7809,413Mar 26, 2024
Mar 15, 2024MOption exercise
Optionsderivative
-5,000$0.00$024,180Mar 26, 2024
Mar 15, 2024MOption exercise
Optionsderivative
-5,000$0.00$019,180Mar 26, 2024
Mar 15, 2024MOption exercise
Optionsderivative
-5,000$0.00$014,180Mar 26, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at ALPHA PRO TECH LTD and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
43Moderate
APTsell 2
ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
Charles D Montgomery
director
$111k
21,943 shares
-46%
29Weak
APTsell 2
ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
Donna Millar
director, owner
$35k
6,971 shares
-1%
44Moderate
APTsell 2
ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
Charles D Montgomery
director
$152k
23,886 shares
-28%
19Weak
APTsell 2
ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
David R Garcia
director
$34k
6,186 shares
-24%
18Weak
APTsell 2
ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
David R Garcia
director
$29k
4,900 shares
-20%
44Moderate
APTsell 2
ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
Charles D Montgomery
director
$152k
23,886 shares
-49%
26Weak
APTsell
ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
John Ritota
director
$34k
7,000 shares
-14%
25Weak
APTsell
ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
James Buchan
director
$22k
4,740 shares
-46%
41Moderate
APTsell
ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
James Buchan
director
$46k
9,413 shares
-67%
37Weak
APTsell
ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
John Ritota
director
$214k
15,050 shares
-30%

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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