Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
AI summary Cluster open-market purchases by CEO, CFO, COO, and another executive following Q2 2026 results.
- Research score
- 60
- AI adjustment
- +9
Research score, not a recommendation.
Market data
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Why this score
Research score: a weighted blend of the five factors, times the routine and offering discounts, minus the selling penalty.
Why are they buying?
AI · discretionary · catalyst credible · documentedInsiders purchased shares on the open market shortly after reporting second quarter 2026 financial results which highlighted record demand for YCANTH and an extended cash runway into 2028.
Verrica reported Q2 2026 total revenue of $5.9 million, with U.S. YCANTH net product revenue up 18.7% sequentially, alongside progress in its Phase 3 common warts program and a new credit facility for up to $27.5 million.
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Stock Price & Insider Purchase History
Daily close price with open-market insider purchases plotted over time
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| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 → 2026-08-17 | Rieger Jayson history of Rieger Jayson's purchases | CEO | 25,000 | $5.03 avg | $125.7K | |
| 2026-08-14 | Rieger Jayson | 20,000 | $5.06 | $101.2K | SEC filing for Rieger Jayson (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-17 | Rieger Jayson | 5,000 | $4.91 | $24.6K | SEC filing for Rieger Jayson (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-17 → 2026-08-18 | Rosenberg Noah L. history of Rosenberg Noah L.'s purchases | Other C-suite | 6,230 | $4.91 avg | $30.6K | |
| 2026-08-17 | Rosenberg Noah L. | 4,200 | $4.91 | $20.6K | SEC filing for Rosenberg Noah L. (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-18 | Rosenberg Noah L. | 2,030 | $4.92 | $10.0K | SEC filing for Rosenberg Noah L. (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-17 | Zawitz David history of Zawitz David's purchases | COO | 6,000 | $4.98 | $29.9K | SEC filing for Zawitz David (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-08-18 | Kirby John J. history of Kirby John J.'s purchases | CFO | 5,000 | $4.93 | $24.6K | SEC filing for Kirby John J. (opens in a new tab) |
| Total | $210.9K | |||||
Other buying runs at VRCA
A run ends after a pause in the buying, so one company can have several. Returns are the stock's return minus its benchmark's (IWM for small companies, SPY otherwise), from the first open after the run became a cluster. Past results, not a forecast.
After this run became a cluster: 21 days -8.8%63 days –126 days –
| Window | Insiders | Total | Score | 21 days | 63 days | 126 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-25 | 5 | $18.0M | 77 | +45.2% | -11.4% | -12.4% | closed |
| 2022-07-05 → 2022-07-11 | 6 | $13.7M | 84 | +10.7% | +9.6% | +23.1% | closed |
| 2021-06-04 | 3 | $113.7K | 56 | +5.3% | +34.0% | -5.6% | closed |
| 2020-08-13 → 2020-08-25 | 5 | $1.7M | 73 | +17.1% | -8.6% | +37.9% | closed |
| 2019-01-07 → 2019-01-16 | 3 | $658.8K | 51 | -0.4% | -13.8% | -8.1% | closed |
| 2018-08-10 → 2018-09-17 | 3 | $583.2K | 52 | -8.1% | -28.1% | -19.2% | closed |
| 2018-06-19 | 6 | $19.7M | 69 | -1.9% | -12.6% | -31.1% | closed |