Form 4 code · General

Code P: open market or private purchase.

The insider bought the securities in an open-market or private purchase. The code most screeners treat as an insider buy. Check footnotes for weighted-average prices and whether the purchase was made through a trust or family member (indirect ownership).

Quarter: Q3 2026
Non-derivative rows: 5,184
Derivative rows: 225
Share of non-derivative: 8.7%

Recent code P transactions

Latest-dated code P rows in Q3 2026. Shares and prices are as filed.
Date	Issuer	Insider	Shares	Price	Filing
2026-09-30	Group 1 Automotive Inc	Conifer Management, L.L.C.	16,514	$243.42	4
2026-09-30	Group 1 Automotive Inc	Conifer Management, L.L.C.	16,343	$244.61	4
2026-09-30	Group 1 Automotive Inc	Conifer Management, L.L.C.	2,133	$238.37	4
2026-09-30	Group 1 Automotive Inc	Conifer Management, L.L.C.	3,151	$241.04	4
2026-09-30	Group 1 Automotive Inc	Conifer Management, L.L.C.	1,040	$245.1	4
2026-09-30	Group 1 Automotive Inc	Conifer Management, L.L.C.	14,717	$239.37	4

Query code P transactions

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curl "https://sec-api.dev/api/v1/insider-transactions?period=2026q3&transactionCode=P&limit=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SEC_API_KEY"

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Questions

What does transaction code P mean on Form 4?

How common is code P?

In Q3 2026, code P appeared on 5,184 non-derivative and 225 derivative transaction rows in the SEC insider transactions data set (8.7% of non-derivative rows).

Other codes

S: Open market or V: Voluntarily reported earlier A: Grant, award or D: Disposition to the F: Payment of exercise I: Discretionary transaction M: Exercise or conversion C: Conversion of derivative E: Expiration of short H: Expiration or cancellation O: Exercise of out-of-the-money X: Exercise of in-the-money G: Bona fide gift L: Small acquisition under W: Acquisition or disposition Z: Deposit into or J: Other acquisition or K: Transaction in equity U: Disposition pursuant to

Meaning: Form 4 General Instructions, Instruction 8. Counts and examples: SEC insider transactions data sets, Q3 2026.

Plain-text version for agents and LLMs: /form-4-transaction-codes/p.md

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