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Insider trades reported on SEC Form 4: when the people who run a company buy or sell its shares with their own money.
How to read it
- Form 4
- The form a company insider (officer, director or owner of more than 10%) must file with the SEC within two business days of buying or selling the company's shares.
- Buy (P) and Sell (S)
- Open-market purchases and sales. Gifts, option exercises and automatic tax withholding are left out because they say little about what the insider thinks.
- Value
- Shares times price, as reported on the filing.
- 10b5-1
- A trade made under a plan set up in advance. Planned sales are common and usually say less than an unplanned purchase.
- Late filing
- A Form 4 filed more than two business days after the trade.
- Vs. S&P 500
- How the stock did after the trade minus how the overall market did in the same weeks.
A real example
In January 2016, when bank stocks were falling, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon bought 500,000 JPMorgan shares with his own money, worth about $26 million. His Form 4 made the purchase public within days, and investors read it as a strong sign of confidence.
Explain it like I'm 13
If the coach of a team bets his own allowance that his team will win, that tells you something. A Form 4 is the note a company boss must hand in whenever he buys or sells his own company's shares, so everyone can see it.
Data from public SEC filings and congressional reports. Information, not investment advice. Check every number against the filing linked on the page.
Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT): Insider Trades and Fund Holdings
In the past 12 months, Essent Group Ltd. insiders reported no open-market purchases and 15 sales worth $14.5M; 14 of the sales were reported as made under a 10b5-1 trading plan.
Timeline: news and trades
Company filings (8-K), insider trades, notices of planned sales (Form 144), Congress trades and fund moves in the past year, newest first.
- Sep 15, 2026Insider saleCFO David B. Weinstock sold $376,970 under a 10b5-1 plan
- Sep 14, 2026Insider saleDirector Roy James Kasmar sold $332,372 under a 10b5-1 plan
- Sep 14, 2026Planned saleKASMAR ROY JAMES (director) filed notice to sell about $171,550 around Sep 14, 2026
- Sep 14, 2026Planned saleKASMAR ROY JAMES (director) filed notice to sell about $160,622 around Sep 14, 2026
- Sep 3, 2026Insider saleCEO Mark Casale sold $55,868 under a 10b5-1 plan
- Aug 24, 2026Insider saleDirector Douglas J. Pauls sold $174,250
- Aug 24, 2026Planned salePAULS DOUGLAS J (director) filed notice to sell about $171,578 around Aug 24, 2026
- Aug 19, 2026Insider saleCEO Mark Casale sold $1.5 million under a 10b5-1 plan
- Aug 18, 2026Insider saleCEO Mark Casale sold $1.4 million under a 10b5-1 plan
- Aug 18, 2026Insider saleSVP Vijay Bhasin sold $992,250 under a 10b5-1 plan
- Aug 18, 2026Planned saleMark Casale (chairman, ceo, president) filed notice to sell about $6.9 million around Aug 18, 2026
- Aug 18, 2026Planned saleBhasin Vijay (officer) filed notice to sell about $992,250 around Aug 18, 2026
- Aug 7, 2026NewsCompany reported: Quarterly or annual results
- Aug 7, 2026Insider saleSVP Vijay Bhasin sold $33,810 under a 10b5-1 plan (0 days after: quarterly or annual results)
- Aug 7, 2026Planned saleBhasin Vijay (officer) filed notice to sell about $33,810 around Aug 7, 2026
- Jul 17, 2026Insider saleGeneral Counsel Mary Lourdes Gibbons sold $313,613 under a 10b5-1 plan
- Jul 14, 2026Insider saleCEO Mark Casale sold $5.1 million under a 10b5-1 plan
- Jul 13, 2026Insider saleCEO Mark Casale sold $1.6 million under a 10b5-1 plan
- Jul 7, 2026Insider saleCEO Mark Casale sold $1.9 million under a 10b5-1 plan
- Jul 6, 2026Insider saleCEO Mark Casale sold $81,025 under a 10b5-1 plan
- Jun 30, 2026Insider saleCEO Mark Casale sold $244,633 under a 10b5-1 plan
- Jun 26, 2026Insider saleCFO David B. Weinstock sold $349,305 under a 10b5-1 plan
Recent insider trades
Open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) from Form 4. Grants, option exercises and gifts are not shown. Latest filing: Sep 17, 2026.
| Filed | Insider | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | David B. WeinstockCFO | ▼ SELL10b5-1 | $377K |
| Sep 14 | Roy James KasmarDirector | ▼ SELL10b5-1 | $332K |
| Sep 8 | Mark CasaleCEO | ▼ SELL10b5-1 | $56K |
| Aug 25 | Douglas J. PaulsDirector | ▼ SELL | $174K |
| Aug 20 | Mark CasaleCEO | ▼ SELL10b5-1 | $1.51M |
| Aug 20 | Mark CasaleCEO | ▼ SELL10b5-1 | $1.42M |
| Aug 18 | Vijay BhasinSVP | ▼ SELL10b5-1 | $992K |
| Aug 14 | Vijay BhasinSVP | ▼ SELL10b5-1 | $34K |
| Jul 20 | Mary Lourdes GibbonsGeneral Counsel | ▼ SELL10b5-1 | $314K |
| Jul 16 | Mark CasaleCEO | ▼ SELL10b5-1 | $5.13M |
Insiders who traded in the past year
| Insider | Role | Buys | Bought | Sells | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David B. Weinstock | CFO | 0 | $0 | 2 | $726K |
| Roy James Kasmar | Director | 0 | $0 | 1 | $332K |
| Mark Casale | CEO | 0 | $0 | 8 | $11.9M |
| Douglas J. Pauls | Director | 0 | $0 | 1 | $174K |
| Vijay Bhasin | SVP | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.03M |
| Mary Lourdes Gibbons | General Counsel | 0 | $0 | 1 | $314K |
Trades by members of Congress
Reported under the STOCK Act. Amounts are ranges from the form. All Congress trades →
| Filed | Member | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13 |  Rep. Lisa C. McClainR-MI-9 | ▼ SELL | $1K–$15K |
| Aug 13 | Rep. Lisa C. McClainR-MI-9 | ▲ BUY | $1K–$15K |
Buybacks and executive pay
Essent Group Ltd. spent $587.7 million buying back its own shares in 2025.
From the company's XBRL data filed with the SEC. "Actually paid" is the SEC's pay-versus-performance measure, which counts changes in the value of stock awards. "Value of $100 invested" is the company's cumulative shareholder return as reported, usually measured from five years earlier. See all buybacks and CEO pay across companies.
A 2 of 15 insider trades reported after the deadline. How it is graded
Reading these numbers
Insiders sell for many reasons: taxes, diversification, a house. Purchases with their own money are rarer and are usually read as more informative. A Form 4 is due within two business days of the trade. How to read a Form 4 →