CFO Thomas W. McGee buys $1 million of HMH Holding Inc (HMH)

Thomas W. McGee, chief financial officer of HMH Holding Inc, bought 50,000 shares on the open market on April 2, 2026 at an average of $20.00 a share, for a total of $1 million. The purchase was reported to the SEC on Form 4 on April 6, 2026.

It raised their holding by 51%, to 147,338 shares.

4 other insiders also bought at least $10,000 of HMH within 30 days, which makes this a cluster buy.

In the 12 months up to this filing, HMH Holding Inc insiders reported 5 open-market purchases and 0 sales.

WallStPal Score: 67 out of 100, because of raised their holding by 51%; a large purchase; 4 other insiders also bought; bought by a top executive.

What happened next: after 1 month the stock was up 0.6% (12 points worse than the S&P 500); after 3 months the stock was up 0.2% (14.8 points worse than the S&P 500); after 6 months the stock was down 4.2% (25.8 points worse than the S&P 500). Based on weekly prices from the week of the purchase.

Our read

This one purchase is 68% of all insider buying at HMH in the past year, the first open-market purchase by Thomas W. McGee in our records. It is worth reading next to the company's own results and news before drawing conclusions.

Source: SEC Form 4 filing ↗. This story was written automatically from the filing and weekly price data. Information, not investment advice.

Examples

Big insider purchases have made news before. In January 2016, with bank stocks falling, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon bought 500,000 JPMorgan shares, about $26 million of his own money, and the purchase was widely reported as a sign of confidence.

Explain it like I'm 13

Thomas W. McGee helps run HMH Holding Inc. Spending $1 million of their own money on the company's stock is like a coach buying a big stack of tickets to their own team's games: it suggests they think the team will do well. It is not a promise, and insiders can be wrong.

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