Insider buying report — Friday, October 16, 2026: 31 open-market buys worth $227.9M
On Friday, October 16, 2026 the SEC published 31 open-market insider purchases worth $227.9M across 26 companies, against 24 insider sales of $1M or more worth $230.9M. 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
EEME Energy SPV I, LLC (10% owner) at XCF Global, Inc. (SAFX) filed the day's largest purchase: 119,397,858 shares at $1.19, $142.1M in total, transacted on Oct 16, 2026 and filed Oct 16, 2026. What makes it notable: it is this insider's first open-market purchase on record.
Behind it: Mindlin Marcos Marcelo at PAM ($35.1M), Robert C Pohlad at PEP ($23.7M), Life Insurance Co Nippon at CRBG ($20.5M).
Top ten insider buys
| Filed | Insider | Company | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | EEME Energy SPV I, LLCfirst buy 10% owner | SAFX XCF Global, Inc. | Bought | 119,397,858 | $1.19 | $142.1M |
| 2026-10-16 | Mindlin Marcos Marceloclusterlargest ever Director · 10% owner | PAM Pampa Energy Inc. | Bought | 435,000 | $80.78 | $35.1M |
| 2026-10-16 | Robert C Pohladfirst buy Director | PEP PEPSICO INC | Bought | 184,646 | $128.28 | $23.7M |
| 2026-10-16 | Life Insurance Co Nippon 10% owner | CRBG Corebridge Financial, Inc. | Bought | 602,103 | $34.03 | $20.5M |
| 2026-10-16 | Troim Tor Olavdip Director | BORR Borr Drilling Ltd | Bought | 500,000 | $4.60 | $2.3M |
| 2026-10-16 | Snowling Harvey Edwardfirst buydip Chief Operating Officer | BORR Borr Drilling Ltd | Bought | 300,000 | $4.91 | $1.5M |
| 2026-10-16 | Rusnak Paul P.dip 10% owner | SAH SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | Bought | 12,555 | $59.90 | $752k |
| 2026-10-16 | Batista de Lima Filho Pedro Director | AXIA3 AXIA Energia S.A. | Bought | 62,800 | $11.54 | $725k |
| 2026-10-16 | Cosio Pando Antoniofirst buydip Director | AERO Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V. | Bought | 15,446 | $16.18 | $250k |
| 2026-10-16 | AMC Fund, L.P.dip 10% owner | NUAI New ERA Energy & Digital, Inc. | Bought | 500,000 | $0.48 | $242k |
Showing 10 of 31 open-market purchases filed on 2026-10-16. 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: 4 purchases by a chief executive (BZUN, KWY, UXIN, ZONE); 2 by a CFO (KWY, UMH); 8 that belong to an active cluster (GABC, KWY, PAM, UMH); 8 first-ever purchases by the insider; 16 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.
SAFX — two years of insider activity on the price
PAM — two years of insider activity on the price
PEP — two years of insider activity on the price
Largest insider sales ($1M and up)
| Filed | Insider | Company | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | C.K. Ltd 10% owner | INSW International Seaways, Inc. | Sold | 1,105,990 | $97.00 | $107.3M |
| 2026-10-16 | Hoge Stephen President | MRNA Moderna, Inc. | Sold | 77,919 | $217.11 | $16.9M |
| 2026-10-16 | Rabinowitz Matthew EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN | NTRA Natera, Inc. | Sold | 39,207 | $403.67 | $15.8M |
| 2026-10-16 | AMC Fund, L.P. 10% owner | NUAI New ERA Energy & Digital, Inc. | Sold | 4,090,000 | $3.61 | $14.8M |
| 2026-10-16 | Colgrove John Chief Visionary Officer | P Everpure, Inc. | Sold | 89,299 | $144.94 | $12.9M |
The largest sale was C.K. Ltd at International Seaways, Inc. (INSW), $107.3M. 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 16, 2026?
31 open-market purchases were filed with the SEC on Oct 16, 2026, worth $227.9M across 26 companies. The largest was EEME Energy SPV I, LLC at XCF Global, Inc. (SAFX), $142.1M. The ten largest are listed above.
Were insiders net buyers or net sellers on Oct 16, 2026?
By dollar value, sellers: $227.9M bought against $230.9M 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 16, 2026 and was generated early the next morning from the same data the members area uses.