TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
AI summary Top TKO executives and directors purchase over $7 million in open-market shares following strong Q1 financial results and an increased share repurchase authorization.
- Research score
- 75
- 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 · documentedTop executives including CEO Ari Emanuel, CFO Andrew Schleimer, and directors Mark Shapiro and Jonathan Kraft made substantial open-market purchases shortly after TKO reported strong first-quarter 2026 financial results, reaffirmed its full-year guidance, and announced an additional $1 billion share repurchase authorization. The purchases reflect strong insider confidence in the company's financial momentum and long-term value.
On May 6, 2026, TKO released its Q1 2026 results showing revenue of $1.597 billion and Adjusted EBITDA of $549.8 million alongside a new $1 billion share repurchase authorization. Management explicitly highlighted their conviction in TKO's growth trajectory and underlying business durability prior to these mid-May insider open-market purchases.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | Emanuel Ariel 10 purchases with a 63-day result · median +9.5% | CEO | 10,805 | $185.09 avg | $2.0M | |
| 2026-05-13 | Emanuel Ariel | 6,937 | $185.36 | $1.3M | SEC filing for Emanuel Ariel (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-13 | Emanuel Ariel | 3,868 | $184.60 | $714.0K | SEC filing for Emanuel Ariel (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-13 | SHAPIRO MARK S history of SHAPIRO MARK S's purchases | Director | 10,807 | $185.05 avg | $2.0M | |
| 2026-05-13 | SHAPIRO MARK S | 6,000 | $185.40 | $1.1M | SEC filing for SHAPIRO MARK S (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-13 | SHAPIRO MARK S | 4,807 | $184.62 | $887.5K | SEC filing for SHAPIRO MARK S (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-14 | KRAFT JONATHAN 3 purchases with a 63-day result · median -1.0% | Director | 5,200 | $189.96 avg | $987.8K | |
| 2026-05-14 | KRAFT JONATHAN | 700 | $190.61 | $133.4K | SEC filing for KRAFT JONATHAN (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-14 | KRAFT JONATHAN | 4,500 | $189.86 | $854.4K | SEC filing for KRAFT JONATHAN (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-13 | Schleimer Andrew M history of Schleimer Andrew M's purchases | CFO | 2,696 | $185.44 avg | $500.0K | |
| 2026-05-13 | Schleimer Andrew M | 1,000 | $186.21 | $186.2K | SEC filing for Schleimer Andrew M (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-13 | Schleimer Andrew M | 1,696 | $184.99 | $313.7K | SEC filing for Schleimer Andrew M (opens in a new tab) | |
| Total | $5.5M | |||||
Other buying runs at TKO
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 +6.5%63 days +3.4%126 days –
| Window | Insiders | Total | Score | 21 days | 63 days | 126 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-03 → 2025-06-05 | 3 | $500.2M | 59 | -0.2% | +9.9% | +8.9% | closed |
| 2025-01-17 → 2025-03-17 | 5 | $906.1M | 62 | +10.7% | +15.4% | +10.4% | closed |
| 2024-12-11 → 2024-12-17 | 3 | $376.6M | 70 | +0.2% | +11.5% | +23.6% | closed |
| 2024-04-09 | 3 | $438.7M | 71 | -5.1% | +12.9% | +24.4% | closed |
| 2023-11-14 | 5 | $2.8M | 72 | -8.9% | -3.4% | +14.4% | closed |