Worth a closer look
- Open-market purchase with their own money (Form 4 code P), not a grant or option exercise.
- Raised their own holding by 91%.
Reasons for caution
- Similar past buys beat the S&P 500 only 46% of the time (110 cases); the typical one trailed it by 3.5%.
What happened after this filing
Insider Twins: past buys with the same traits
2 insiders buying · no CEO or CFO · $250K–$1M · stock down 20%+ in 3 months
AVTR May 11, 2026 +65.6% vs S&PFIX May 14, 2020 +65.5% vs S&PMSTR May 13, 2022 +59.7% vs S&PATXI Sep 12, 2023 -86.8% vs S&PDNA May 16, 2024 -74.3% vs S&PCDZI Dec 17, 2021 -55.9% vs S&PWhat we couldn't check
- Why they traded. Filings don't say, and we don't guess.
- Company news after the filing, and any private terms.
Michael Scott Powell (a director) bought $192K of LKQ at about $19.15 on Nov 2, 2026, reported to the SEC on Nov 3, 2026. Buys like this beat the S&P 500 46% of the time since 2020, against 46% for all insider buys. We found 2 points that make it worth a closer look and 1 reason for caution. History, not a prediction.
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