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3 Stocks Insiders Are Buying... and Why Investors Should Care
When corporate insiders buy shares of their own company, especially in open-market transactions, it’s worth paying attention. These are the people with the closest view of sales pipelines, customer churn, pricing power, cost pressures, and what’s really happening inside the business. While insider buying is not a guarantee of future returns, it can be a high-signal data point when it shows up as a cluster (multiple insiders buying around the same time) and when purchases are made with personal capital rather than through routine equity compensation.
Below are three stocks that have recently seen notable insider buying activity. For each, I’ll summarize what the company does, what insiders bought, and how to think about the opportunity and risks.
1) Rapid7, Inc. (SYM: RPD)
Recent price: about $15.89
Insider activity (cluster buying): In late November 2025, Rapid7 saw a wave of open-market purchases from multiple insiders and a large shareholder.
What insiders did (high level):
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JANA Partners Management (a >10% owner) reported open-market purchases including 150,000 shares at ~$14.13 and 50,000 shares at ~$15.01.
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JANA also disclosed another purchase of 41,545 shares at ~$15.71 (about $652,672).
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CEO Corey Thomas purchased 14,500 shares at a weighted average ~$13.82 (about $200,390).
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Directors Thomas Schodorf (6,300 shares) and Marc Evan Brown (3,000 shares), plus director Mike Burns (2,000 shares), also bought in the open market.
Put together, these filings imply roughly $3.9 million in open-market buying across five insiders/insider entities over a short window (based on the reported transaction values above).
What the company does: Rapid7 is a cybersecurity company focused on vulnerability management, detection/response, and security analytics—tools enterprises use to identify exposures and respond to threats.
Why the insider buys may matter:
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Activist involvement can be catalytic. Rapid7 previously reached a settlement with activist investor JANA Partners to add directors to the board, reflecting active pressure to improve execution and shareholder value.
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“Many buyers, same time” is the point. A single insider buy can be noise; clustered buying suggests a broader internal view that the risk/reward is improving at current prices.
What to watch (practical checklist):
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Evidence of stabilizing growth (billings/revenue) and improving margins.
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Any updates around strategic alternatives and capital allocation.
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Continued insider behavior: do buys persist if the stock rises?
Key risks: Cybersecurity spending can be cyclical for mid-market customers; competitive intensity is high; activist situations can take longer than expected to translate into fundamentals.
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2) Park Dental Partners, Inc. (SYM: PARK)
Recent price: about $13.80
Context: Park Dental Partners recently completed its IPO and began trading on Nasdaq on December 3, 2025, under ticker PARK.
Insider activity (cluster buying): A set of C-suite executives and directors disclosed purchases around the IPO period. For example:
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CEO/Chairman Peter G. Swenson disclosed purchases including 3,846 shares at $13 (about $49,998) and an additional buy of 3,169 shares at $13 (about $41.2k).
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Multiple additional executives/directors also reported buying at $13 (Form 4 activity summarized as a multi-insider cluster).
Aggregating the disclosed buys in that cluster points to roughly $351K purchased across six insiders, concentrated at the IPO price level.
What the company does: Park Dental Partners operates as a dental resource organization, providing management and operational support services to affiliated dental practices (Minnesota and Wisconsin), enabling clinicians to focus on patient care.
Why the insider buys may matter:
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Alignment post-IPO. Right after a public listing, insider purchases can signal that leadership is comfortable owning stock at the new public-market valuation, not just holding pre-IPO equity.
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Healthcare services stability. Dental demand can be resilient over time, and scaled support services can improve practice-level economics if executed well.
What to watch:
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Post-IPO disclosures around clinic productivity, new practice additions, and margin profile.
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Whether the company deploys IPO proceeds into accretive expansion (organic + M&A) consistent with its stated plans.
Key risks: Newly public companies can be volatile; integration risk is real in practice roll-ups; reimbursement and labor dynamics can pressure margins.
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3) QuidelOrtho Corporation (SYM: QDEL)
Recent price: about $28.84
Insider activity (cluster buying): QuidelOrtho has seen multiple open-market purchases from senior leadership and directors in late November and December.
What insiders did (examples with reported values):
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CEO Brian Blaser bought 23,500 shares at about $21.34 (roughly $501,490).
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CFO Joseph Busky (via a trust) bought 4,770 shares at $26.0598 (about $124,305).
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Insider Mary Lake PhD Polan bought 1,000 shares (about $22,430).
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Director Ann Rhoads bought 750 shares (about $21,202.50).
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Director Joseph Jr. Wilkins bought 370 shares (about $10,341.50).
These transactions total approximately $679K across five insiders, consistent with a meaningful “cluster buy” pattern rather than a one-off purchase.
What the company does: QuidelOrtho provides diagnostic testing solutions across lab instruments and assays, point-of-care testing, molecular diagnostics, and transfusion medicine.
Why the insider buys may matter:
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CEO purchases tend to carry weight. A CEO materially increasing ownership is often interpreted as a high-conviction signal, particularly after volatility.
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Multiple functions buying. Seeing both finance leadership (CFO) and board members buying can indicate internal agreement that the stock price is discounting overly negative assumptions.
What to watch:
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Progress on margin recovery, mix, and demand normalization across product lines.
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Management commentary on capital allocation and operational priorities.
Key risks: Diagnostics demand can fluctuate by testing cycles and healthcare utilization; competitive and pricing pressures may persist; turnarounds can be uneven.
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