How many insider purchases were reported last quarter?

In Q3 2026, the SEC insider transactions data set holds 5,184 open-market purchases (code P) and 25,441 sales (code S). Across all codes there were 59,885 non-derivative transactions on 38,152 Forms 3, 4 and 5 for 4,716 companies.

Counts are rows in the SEC data set, one per transaction line. A single filing can carry several purchases at different prices.

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Written by sec-api.dev, updated 9 November 2026. Numbers recompute from SEC data every six hours.

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