Director Marc Walder buys $842,820 of Sportradar Group AG (SRAD)
Marc Walder, director, bought $842,820 of stock after a 33.5% fall. WallStPal Score 66.
Marc Walder, director of Sportradar Group AG, bought 66,000 shares on the open market on April 30, 2026 at an average of $12.77 a share, for a total of $842,820. The purchase was reported to the SEC on Form 4 on May 4, 2026.
It raised their holding by 24%, to 342,563 shares.
The purchase came after a fall: Sportradar Group AG stock was down 33.5% over the 13 weeks before.
6 other insiders also bought at least $10,000 of SRAD within 30 days, which makes this a cluster buy.
In the 12 months up to this filing, Sportradar Group AG insiders reported 9 open-market purchases and 0 sales.
WallStPal Score: 66 out of 100, because of raised their holding by 24%; a large purchase; 6 other insiders also bought; the stock had fallen 33.5% in the 13 weeks before.
What happened next: after 1 month the stock was up 7.8% (1.8 points better than the S&P 500); after 3 months the stock was down 3.4% (6.9 points worse than the S&P 500). Based on weekly prices from the week of the purchase.
Our read
It is one of 9 insider purchases at SRAD in the past year, the first open-market purchase by Marc Walder in our records, made after a 33.5% fall in 13 weeks, a setup where insider buying has historically mattered most. Insiders buy for many reasons and can be wrong; one purchase is a reason to look closer, not a reason to buy.
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
Marc Walder helps run Sportradar Group AG. Spending $842,820 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.
Sources
- Form 4: Marc Walder, purchase of SRAD · filed 2026-05-04
- Form 4: Carsten Koerl, purchase · filed 2026-05-04
- Form 4: Carsten Koerl, purchase · filed 2026-05-04
- Form 4: William Kurtz, purchase · filed 2026-05-04
- Form 4: Rajani Ramanathan, purchase · filed 2026-05-04
The purchase filing and the other most recent Form 4 filings for the same company.