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ELAN

Elanco Animal Health Inc

72
Insider Score Band 60–79

Research score, not a recommendation.

Total bought$1.7M11 Form 4 purchases
Distinct insiders11open-market buyers
Lead insiderSimmons Jeffrey NCEO
Cluster window2018-09-24single day · closed

Market data

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partial data Price history is incomplete; missing inputs count as neutral in the score.

same price, one day All 11 purchases were at $24.00 on 2018-09-24. 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.

Breadth number & diversity of participating insiders
100%
Seniority executive rank of buyers (CEO/CFO/Director)
86%
Commitment purchase size relative to company & holdings
70%
Context buying into stock weakness signals conviction
50%
Timing coordinated purchases within a tight window
100%
Routine-purchase discount × 1.00
Company-type / offering discount × 0.50
Net insider selling penalty − 0

Why are they buying?

No explanation has been generated for this cluster. The filings in the table below are the primary evidence.

Stock Price & Insider Purchase History

Daily close price with open-market insider purchases plotted over time

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Transactions

11 Form 4 trades · 11 insiders Sign in to download CSV
Purchases in this cluster, grouped by insider, largest first
Date Insider Role Shares Price Value Flags Filing
2018-09-24 Simmons Jeffrey N 7 purchases with a 63-day result · median -6.1% CEO 22,000 $24.00 $528.0K
offering
SEC filing for Simmons Jeffrey N (opens in a new tab)
2018-09-24 LIN SARENA S history of LIN SARENA S's purchases Other officer 20,000 $24.00 $480.0K
offering
SEC filing for LIN SARENA S (opens in a new tab)
2018-09-24 Kurzius Lawrence Erik history of Kurzius Lawrence Erik's purchases Director 10,000 $24.00 $240.0K
offering
SEC filing for Kurzius Lawrence Erik (opens in a new tab)
2018-09-24 HOOVER R DAVID 17 purchases with a 63-day result · median -6.3% Director 10,000 $24.00 $240.0K
offering
SEC filing for HOOVER R DAVID (opens in a new tab)
2018-09-24 Hicks Michael-Bryant history of Hicks Michael-Bryant's purchases Other officer 5,000 $24.00 $120.0K
offering
SEC filing for Hicks Michael-Bryant (opens in a new tab)
2018-09-24 Kinard David S history of Kinard David S's purchases Other officer 2,500 $24.00 $60.0K
offering
SEC filing for Kinard David S (opens in a new tab)
2018-09-24 Anand Kapila K history of Anand Kapila K's purchases Director 1,200 $24.00 $28.8K
offering
SEC filing for Anand Kapila K (opens in a new tab)
2018-09-24 Cabral Ramiro Martin history of Cabral Ramiro Martin's purchases Other officer 1,000 $24.00 $24.0K
offering
SEC filing for Cabral Ramiro Martin (opens in a new tab)
2018-09-24 Urbanek David Alan history of Urbanek David Alan's purchases Other officer 500 $24.00 $12.0K
offering
SEC filing for Urbanek David Alan (opens in a new tab)
2018-09-24 Schacht Aaron L history of Schacht Aaron L's purchases Other officer 400 $24.00 $9.6K
offering
SEC filing for Schacht Aaron L (opens in a new tab)
2018-09-24 Meer James M history of Meer James M's purchases Other C-suite 225 $24.00 $5.4K
offering
SEC filing for Meer James M (opens in a new tab)
Total $1.7M

Other buying runs at ELAN

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 -3.9%63 days +4.3%126 days -5.7%

Other insider buying runs at this company, newest first, with the return against the benchmark that followed
Window Insiders Total Score 21 days63 days126 days Status
2026-08-07 → 2026-08-20 5 $1.5M 62 +3.8%–– active
2025-12-11 → 2025-12-12 4 $937.9K 62 +6.9%+14.2%-3.2% closed
2024-03-06 → 2024-03-08 3 $617.8K 46 -8.6%+7.8%-18.0% closed
2022-09-09 4 $989.9K 73 -11.6%-15.1%-36.2% closed
2021-08-11 → 2021-08-16 3 $900.5K 61 +1.4%-5.3%-20.5% closed
2020-08-03 → 2020-08-28 4 $1.0M 53 +1.9%+3.8%-1.4% closed
2020-02-28 → 2020-03-13 4 $678.8K 48 -1.7%-16.4%-4.7% closed
2019-08-22 → 2019-09-11 5 $3.0M 68 -0.4%-6.1%-6.8% closed