Biggest Insider Buys This Week: CRBG Leads $233.6M of Insider Buying
The week's largest insider purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, Oct 22 to Oct 28: CRBG, LYCA, MSM and GPI and more, with cluster buys.
Between October 22, 2026 and October 28, 2026, company insiders filed 167 open-market purchases worth $233.6M on SEC Form 4, against $583.5M of sales. Insiders sell for many reasons, from taxes to diversification, but they buy for one: they expect the stock to rise. That is why purchases are the signal worth cloning.
The 10 largest insider purchases this week
| Ticker | Company | Insider | Role | Bought | Avg price | Since | 13F owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRBG | Corebridge Financial, Inc. | Nippon Life Insurance Co | 10% Owner | $49.7M | $34.65 | +1.9% | 21 |
| LYCA | Lycia Therapeutics, Inc. | Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners III, L.P. | 10% Owner | $37.7M | $18.41 | +36.1% | 0 |
| MSM | MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc | Jacobson Mitchell | Director, 10% Owner | $29.0M | $115.94 | +5.7% | 29 |
| GPI | Group 1 Automotive Inc | Conifer Management, L.L.C. | 10% Owner | $24.2M | $242.32 | +3.0% | 12 |
| LRN | Stride, Inc. | Haggart Dylan G. | Director | $12.2M | $78.98 | +1.4% | 28 |
| SRRK | Scholar Rock Holding Corp | Akkaraju Srinivas | Director | $12.0M | $41.45 | +4.3% | 29 |
| — | 5C Lending Partners Corp. | Msd Capital, L.P. | 10% Owner | $9.6M | $24.48 | — | 0 |
| DOLE | Dole plc | Pale Fire Capital SE | 10% Owner | $8.6M | $13.19 | -0.4% | 9 |
| BPRE | Bluerock Private Real Estate Fund | Kamfar Ramin | Director | $4.4M | $12.48 | -0.4% | 0 |
| GOLD | Gold.com, Inc. | Tether Global Investments Fund, S.I.C.A.F., S.A. | 10% Owner | $3.9M | $39.27 | -0.6% | 0 |
"Since" is the change from the insider's average price to the latest close. "13F owners" counts the 13F filers holding the stock among their 50 largest positions. Every row links to the company's and the insider's full Form 4 history.
Cluster buys: several insiders buying the same stock
When two or more insiders buy on the same day, it is rarely a coincidence. These companies had several insiders filing purchases this week:
- RENT (Rent the Runway, Inc.): 3 insiders, $6.1M
- Blackstone Private Real Estate Credit & Income Fund: 2 insiders, $5.5M
- ACN (Accenture plc): 2 insiders, $3.2M
- NPB (Northpointe Bancshares Inc): 3 insiders, $1.8M
- RAPP (Rapport Therapeutics, Inc.): 4 insiders, $1.4M
- TTMI (TTM Technologies Inc): 2 insiders, $1.3M
- THRM (Gentherm Inc): 2 insiders, $663K
- NXG (NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund): 2 insiders, $479K
Every day this week
- October 28, 2026: 29 buys ($19.9M), 66 sales ($113.9M)
- October 27, 2026: 38 buys ($122.9M), 57 sales ($131.1M)
- October 26, 2026: 37 buys ($42.0M), 56 sales ($70.5M)
- October 23, 2026: 30 buys ($21.2M), 56 sales ($172.6M)
- October 22, 2026: 33 buys ($27.6M), 70 sales ($95.5M)
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Questions and answers
What were the biggest insider buys the week of October 22, 2026?
Nippon Life Insurance Co bought $49.7M of CRBG; Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners III, L.P. bought $37.7M of LYCA; Jacobson Mitchell bought $29.0M of MSM; Conifer Management, L.L.C. bought $24.2M of GPI; Haggart Dylan G. bought $12.2M of LRN.
Why follow insider buying?
Officers, directors and 10% owners must report their trades on SEC Form 4 within two business days. Open-market purchases use their own money, so they are a direct vote of confidence; studies and our own backtests find buying, especially clustered buying, has beaten the market over time.
Sources: SEC Form 4 filings via EDGAR. Written from the data on this site on Oct 30, 2026; every figure links to the page it comes from. Not investment advice.