October 2026: insiders bought $1.13B, and sold about 6 times that
Company insiders reported $1.13B of open-market purchases filed in October 2026, across 220 companies and 280 insiders. Most of the dollars came from large outside holders rather than executives. And the look-back: 20 of 82 insider buys from July 2026 beat the S&P 500 over the next 90 days.
Filings from Oct 1, 2026 to Oct 31, 2026 · Data: SEC EDGAR · Last updated Nov 13, 2026 · Download the CSV
Who did the buying
CEOs and CFOs put in $129M across 80 filings at 57 companies.
Insider selling was larger: $6.33B across 4,881 sale transactions. Most insider selling is routine, often scheduled in advance under Rule 10b5-1, so the sales total says less than the buys.
Insider buying by filing day
Dollars of open-market purchases by the day the Form 4 reached the SEC.
The 10 largest purchases
One insider, one company, one filing day; several transactions in a filing are added together.
| Stock | Buyer | Value | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|
| LENLennar | Berkshire Hathaway Inc10% Owner · 14 transactions | $193M | Oct 5 |
| PAMPampa Energy Inc. | Damian Miguel MindlinVicepresident · 2 transactions | $110M | Oct 2 |
| LYCALycia Therapeutics, Inc. | Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners III, L.P.10% Owner · 6 transactions | $37.7M | Oct 27 |
| PAMPampa Energy Inc. | Marcos Marcelo MindlinDirector | $35.1M | Oct 16 |
| GGRGogoro Inc. | Chung-Yao YinDirector · 2 transactions | $35.1M | Oct 9 |
| COE51Talk Online Education Group | Jack Jiajia HuangCEO · 6 transactions | $32.3M | Oct 8 |
| MSMMSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC | Mitchell JacobsonDirector · 3 transactions | $29.0M | Oct 27 |
| GPIGROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC | Conifer Management, L.L.C.10% Owner · 29 transactions | $24.2M | Oct 26 |
| PEPPepsiCo | Robert C. PohladDirector · 4 transactions | $23.7M | Oct 16 |
| GMEGameStop Corp. | Ryan CohenCEO, President · 2 transactions | $22.8M | Oct 13 |
CEO and CFO purchases
The buyers many investors watch most closely. Totals for the month per executive.
| Stock | Executive | Value | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMEGameStop Corp. | Ryan CohenCEO, President | $39.9M | 2 |
| COE51Talk Online Education Group | Jack Jiajia HuangCEO | $32.3M | 1 |
| ZONEZone Frontier Inc. | Tyler Lewis HassenCEO | $16.5M | 3 |
| SLBTSL Science Holding Ltd | Ching-Dong WangCEO | $8.3M | 1 |
| PORT-UNSouthport Acquisition Corp. II | Jeb S. SpencerCEO, CFO | $5.0M | 1 |
| ACCVAccelevation Holdings Corp. | Michael RubieraCEO | $3.7M | 1 |
| ACNAccenture | Julie Spellman SweetCEO, Chair | $3.0M | 1 |
| FLSCFrazier Life Sciences Acquisition Corp. II | Albert ChaCEO | $3.0M | 1 |
| NYAXNayax Ltd. | Yair NechmadCEO, Chair | $2.1M | 1 |
| NPBNORTHPOINTE BANCSHARES INC | Charles Alan WilliamsCEO, Chair | $1.5M | 1 |
Cluster buys
Three or more different insiders buying the same stock within 14 days. 15 in October.
| Stock | Insiders | Total | Trade dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAPPRapport Therapeutics, Inc. CEO/CFO | 7 | $22.0M | Oct 21 – Oct 28 |
| BPREBluerock Private Real Estate Fund | 3 | $18.7M | Oct 1 – Oct 15 |
| ACCVAccelevation Holdings Corp. CEO/CFO | 5 | $4.1M | Oct 1 same day |
| NPBNORTHPOINTE BANCSHARES INC CEO/CFO | 4 | $1.8M | Oct 23 – Oct 28 |
| HEIHEICO CORP CEO/CFO | 8 | $1.4M | Oct 8 same day |
| FULFULLER H B CO | 3 | $622K | Sep 29 – Oct 7 |
| NXGNXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund CEO/CFO | 3 | $526K | Oct 19 – Oct 23 |
| STCSTEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP CEO/CFO | 5 | $461K | Oct 23 – Oct 26 |
| SPGSimon Property Group | 9 | $448K | Sep 30 same day |
| AGMBAgomAb Therapeutics NV CEO/CFO | 3 | $311K | Oct 5 – Oct 8 |
| BBTBeacon Financial Corp | 6 | $274K | Oct 26 – Oct 30 |
| PRHIPresurance Holdings, Inc. CEO/CFO | 5 | $249K | Sep 30 same day |
Same-day buys by many directors often follow a board-wide or scheduled purchase, which usually says less than an executive buying on their own.
How did July 2026's insider buys do?
Each month we check the buys from three months earlier, now that 90 days of prices are in.
Best 90 days
Measured buy events dated Jul 1, 2026 to Jul 21, 2026, the same set as the Time Machine. CEO or CFO buys: 7 of 17 beat the S&P 500; cluster buys: 2 of 5. One month is a small sample: a record of what happened, not a pattern. Check any trade with Spy Mode.
Use this data
Free to quote, chart or republish with a link to this page. Download every purchase as CSV (726 rows, with SEC filing links).
Source: InsiderPrint Insider Buying Report, October 2026 (www.insiderprint.com/reports/2026-10)
How we counted
- Open-market purchases (Form 4 code P) of $10K or more, filed with the SEC from Oct 1, 2026 to Oct 31, 2026, for the companies InsiderPrint tracks. Months go by filing date; some filings report older trades.
- Trades whose price or share units could not be verified against the market price are left out of every total (the same checks as the rest of the site).
- Roles come from the filer's title: CEO and CFO, other officers, directors, and 10% owners (often funds or other companies).
- Not investment advice. Insider purchases are one input, and most don't beat the market.
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