Insider buying report — Thursday, October 15, 2026: 27 open-market buys worth $25.0M
On Thursday, October 15, 2026 the SEC published 27 open-market insider purchases worth $25.0M across 25 companies, against 14 insider sales of $1M or more worth $244.0M. By dollar value the selling outweighed the buying, which is the usual state of affairs — executives at large companies sell on schedule, and buy only on purpose.
The largest purchase
Life Insurance Co Nippon (10% owner) at Corebridge Financial, Inc. (CRBG) filed the day's largest purchase: 253,776 shares at $34.68, $8.8M in total, transacted on Oct 13, 2026 and filed Oct 15, 2026.
Behind it: Troim Tor Olav at BORR ($3.5M), Cha Albert at FLSC ($3.0M), Devasini Giancarlo at GOLD ($2.7M).
Top ten insider buys
| Filed | Insider | Company | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | Life Insurance Co Nippon 10% owner | CRBG Corebridge Financial, Inc. | Bought | 253,776 | $34.68 | $8.8M |
| 2026-10-15 | Troim Tor Olavdip Director | BORR Borr Drilling Ltd | Bought | 750,000 | $4.72 | $3.5M |
| 2026-10-15 | Cha AlbertCEOfirst buy Chief Executive Officer | FLSC Frazier Life Sciences Acquisition Corp. | Bought | 300,000 | $10.00 | $3.0M |
| 2026-10-15 | Devasini Giancarlodip 10% owner | GOLD Gold.com, Inc. | Bought | 67,882 | $39.81 | $2.7M |
| 2026-10-15 | Alexandria Venture Investments, LLCfirst buy 10% owner | TRXB TRex Bio, Inc. | Bought | 178,571 | $14.00 | $2.5M |
| 2026-10-15 | de Oliveira Andre Luis Duartecluster Executive Officer | BBD BANK BRADESCO | Bought | 63,861 | $17.98 | $1.1M |
| 2026-10-15 | William P Scullydip 10% owner | PRTA PROTHENA CORP PUBLIC LTD CO | Bought | 110,000 | $8.36 | $920k |
| 2026-10-15 | Jr Stephen M Wardfirst buydip Director | CXM Sprinklr, Inc. | Bought | 150,000 | $5.67 | $850k |
| 2026-10-15 | Saba Capital Management, L.P.largest ever 10% owner | ECF ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD | Bought | 56,083 | $11.74 | $658k |
| 2026-10-15 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. 10% owner | MXF MEXICO EQUITY & INCOME FUND INC | Bought | 12,791 | $19.88 | $254k |
Showing 10 of 27 open-market purchases filed on 2026-10-15. The full list, sortable and filterable by role and size, is in the members Filings Browser; the same rows are available as JSON through the API.
Signals in the day's buying
Of the purchases filed: 5 purchases by a chief executive (API, DGXX, DUOT, FLSC, UXIN); 5 that belong to an active cluster (BBD, BPRE, IMSR, UNB); 10 first-ever purchases by the insider; 14 bought at least 25% below the recent high. These are the flags the members area scores on — a CFO buying with their own money has historically been the strongest single-insider signal, and a cluster of three or more buyers the strongest of all. The cluster guide explains the scoring.
CRBG — two years of insider activity on the price
BORR — two years of insider activity on the price
GOLD — two years of insider activity on the price
Largest insider sales ($1M and up)
| Filed | Insider | Company | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | Bhandari Gautam 10% owner | KNTK Kinetik Holdings Inc. | Sold | 2,000,000 | $54.77 | $109.5M |
| 2026-10-15 | Control Empresarial de Capitales S.A. de C.V. 10% owner | TALO TALOS ENERGY INC. | Sold | 2,965,446 | $17.49 | $51.9M |
| 2026-10-15 | Eddy Robert W. President & CEO | BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. | Sold | 184,584 | $102.06 | $18.8M |
| 2026-10-15 | Melissa A. Neugebauer 2020 Trust 10% owner | FRMI Fermi Inc. | Sold | 4,047,200 | $3.55 | $14.4M |
| 2026-10-15 | Wang Xiaodong Director | ONC BeOne Medicines Ltd. | Sold | 29,767 | $350.89 | $10.4M |
The largest sale was Bhandari Gautam at Kinetik Holdings Inc. (KNTK), $109.5M. Sales are shown from $1M upward only; below that they are overwhelmingly scheduled 10b5-1 plans and tax-driven, and listing them would bury the signal.
Context: the market-wide picture
For the week starting Oct 5, 2026, 22% of open-market insider filings across the whole market were buys (166 buys against 597 sales). The long-run average sits near a third, because insiders buy for one reason and sell for many. The full weekly series since 2019 is on the insider sentiment index.
Questions this post answers
Which insiders bought stock on Oct 15, 2026?
27 open-market purchases were filed with the SEC on Oct 15, 2026, worth $25.0M across 25 companies. The largest was Life Insurance Co Nippon at Corebridge Financial, Inc. (CRBG), $8.8M. The ten largest are listed above.
Were insiders net buyers or net sellers on Oct 15, 2026?
By dollar value, sellers: $25.0M bought against $244.0M in sales of $1M or more. Selling normally dominates because executives sell on pre-set schedules; what matters is the buying, which is voluntary.
What counts as an insider buy here?
Only Form 4 transactions with code P — an open-market purchase paid for with the insider's own money. Grants (A), option exercises (M) and shares withheld for tax (F) are excluded, because they follow vesting schedules set years earlier and say nothing about what the insider thinks of the price.
How current is this?
The SEC publishes Form 4 filings through about 10 pm Eastern each business day. This report covers everything published on Oct 15, 2026 and was generated early the next morning from the same data the members area uses.