Insiders buying the dip
Shares down 30% or more from the high, and insiders buying anyway.
A falling price tests conviction. When insiders add $100K or more after a 30% drop, they are saying the market has overreacted — sometimes they are wrong, but they know the business better than anyone else.
$10,000 in this list since 2016
Rebuilt every month from the data public at the time
- Per year
- +11.0%
- All stocks +9.4%, S&P 500 +13.8%
- Worst fall from a peak
- -53%
- All stocks -35%
- Months ahead of all stocks
- 51%
- 120 months tested
- Stocks held, on average
- 118
- Equal weights
- Past 12 months
- +5.6%
- All stocks +4.1%, S&P 500 +12.4%
- Volatility, per year
- 32%
- All stocks 22%
- Sharpe ratio
- 0.41
- All stocks 0.40; return over cash per unit of volatility
- Replaced each month
- 45%
- Share of the list that changes at a rebalance
Live since Oct 19, 2026. Holding the list as published, rebought at each month end: +2.0% against +2.1% for all stocks and +0.7% for the S&P 500, to Oct 30, 2026. Too short a period to read much into.
- Insiders buying the dip
- All US stocks, equal weight
- S&P 500 (price only)
Year by year
| Portfolio | 2016from Oct 31 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026to Oct 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This list | +19% | +47% | -14% | +36% | +15% | +22% | -29% | +13% | +9% | +13% | +2% |
| All US stocks | +12% | +19% |
132 stocks on the list today
As of the close on Oct 30, 2026; 3 joined and 2 left since Oct 29, 2026
| # | Company | Share price | 1D | Market cap | From 52W high | Insider buys 3M | Buyers 3M | P/B | Debt/equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $85.46 | +2.4% | $20.6B | −35.8% | $403M | 2 | 1.0× | 0.00 | |
| 2 |
Left the list at the latest update
More following the informed money ideas
- Insider cluster buysThree or more executives or directors bought shares on the open market in the last 90 days.
- Strong quarter, insiders buyingA breakout quarter followed by net buying from insiders over six months.
- Institutions accumulating10% more 13F filers and 5% more shares held than the quarter before.
- Superinvestor favoritesStocks held by three or more of the well-known managers we follow.
A list produced by rules, not a recommendation. Past results in the backtest don't predict future returns. How the backtests work.