EASTERN CO
AI summary Directors mix open-market purchases and fee-plan issuances following aerospace acquisition
- Research score
- 47
- AI adjustment
- -4
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 · mixed · catalyst credible · documentedOn June 2, 2026, Eastern announced the acquisition of Sungear and Crown Precision for $7.85 million to establish an aerospace and defense operating platform. Directors Frederick DiSanto and James Mitarotonda likely initiated open-market purchases in reaction to the strategic transaction, alongside scheduled director fee program share issuances on June 16.
The acquired businesses generated approximately $22.8 million in combined trailing revenue. Form 4 footnotes document that transactions on June 16 for Scott, Galbato, Everets, and Mitarotonda were shares issued under The Eastern Company Director's Fee Program.
Stock Price & Insider Purchase History
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| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 → 2026-06-16 | MITAROTONDA JAMES A 17 purchases with a 63-day result · median -5.0% | Director | 7,337 | $21.62 avg | $158.6K | |
| 2026-06-04 | MITAROTONDA JAMES A | 1,922 | $21.58 | $41.5K | SEC filing for MITAROTONDA JAMES A (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-06-05 | MITAROTONDA JAMES A | 3,736 | $21.73 | $81.2K | SEC filing for MITAROTONDA JAMES A (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-06-16 | MITAROTONDA JAMES A | 1,679 | $21.40 | $35.9K | SEC filing for MITAROTONDA JAMES A (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-06-04 → 2026-06-16 | DiSanto Frederick D. 35 purchases with a 63-day result · median -4.3% | Director | 3,501 | $21.20 avg | $74.2K | |
| 2026-06-04 | DiSanto Frederick D. | 213 | $21.50 | $4.6K | SEC filing for DiSanto Frederick D. (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-06-05 | DiSanto Frederick D. | 288 | $21.50 | $6.2K | SEC filing for DiSanto Frederick D. (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-06-11 | DiSanto Frederick D. | 1,000 | $21.25 | $21.2K | SEC filing for DiSanto Frederick D. (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-06-12 | DiSanto Frederick D. | 1,000 | $20.96 | $21.0K | SEC filing for DiSanto Frederick D. (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-06-16 | DiSanto Frederick D. | 1,000 | $21.25 | $21.2K | SEC filing for DiSanto Frederick D. (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-06-16 | EVERETS JOHN 3 purchases with a 63-day result · median +7.9% | Director | 1,310 | $21.40 | $28.0K | SEC filing for EVERETS JOHN (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-06-16 | Scott Peggy 4 purchases with a 63-day result · median +6.6% | Director | 1,176 | $21.40 | $25.2K | SEC filing for Scott Peggy (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-06-16 | Galbato Chan 3 purchases with a 63-day result · median +7.9% | Director | 940 | $21.40 | $20.1K | SEC filing for Galbato Chan (opens in a new tab) |
| Total | $306.1K | |||||
Other buying runs at EML
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 +9.4%63 days +17.7%126 days –
| Window | Insiders | Total | Score | 21 days | 63 days | 126 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | 4 | $118.0K | 32 | +0.7% | – | – | active |
| 2026-03-06 → 2026-03-18 | 7 | $347.2K | 52 | +1.0% | -6.9% | +8.9% | closed |
| 2025-11-12 → 2025-12-16 | 7 | $403.2K | 53 | -15.7% | +7.9% | -1.2% | closed |
| 2023-03-15 → 2023-03-17 | 4 | $177.7K | 41 | -1.4% | +0.6% | +4.3% | closed |
| 2020-03-03 → 2020-03-23 | 3 | $100.7K | 47 | -12.4% | -33.5% | -26.5% | closed |
| 2017-11-09 → 2017-11-15 | 4 | $161.6K | 57 | -0.2% | -7.9% | +4.9% | closed |
| 2017-05-19 | 5 | $3.0M | 69 | -0.3% | -13.2% | -14.4% | closed |