EASTERN CO
AI summary Eastern Co Directors Receive Shares Under Director Fee Program
- Research score
- 44
- AI adjustment
- -12
Research score, not a recommendation.
Market data
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same price, one day All 4 purchases were at $25.25 on 2026-09-16. That pattern also occurs in IPO or conversion subscriptions, which are not open-market conviction buying.
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 · plan · catalyst none · documentedThe directors acquired shares under The Eastern Company Director's Fee Program, which dictates the issuance schedule based on director compensation rather than discretionary open-market timing.
Form 4 filings explicitly note that all shares for the four directors were issued under The Eastern Company Director's Fee Program pursuant to rule 16b-3(d).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | MITAROTONDA JAMES A 17 purchases with a 63-day result · median -5.0% | Director | 1,423 | $25.25 | $35.9K | SEC filing for MITAROTONDA JAMES A (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-09-16 | Galbato Chan 3 purchases with a 63-day result · median +7.9% | Director | 1,217 | $25.25 | $30.7K | SEC filing for Galbato Chan (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-09-16 | EVERETS JOHN 3 purchases with a 63-day result · median +7.9% | Director | 1,037 | $25.25 | $26.2K | SEC filing for EVERETS JOHN (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-09-16 | Scott Peggy 4 purchases with a 63-day result · median +6.6% | Director | 996 | $25.25 | $25.1K | SEC filing for Scott Peggy (opens in a new tab) |
| Total | $118.0K | |||||
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 +0.7%63 days –126 days –
| Window | Insiders | Total | Score | 21 days | 63 days | 126 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 → 2026-06-16 | 5 | $306.1K | 43 | +9.4% | +17.7% | – | 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 |