Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc.
AI summary Insiders purchase open-market shares following Q2 2026 financial results.
- Research score
- 61
- 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 and directors including the CEO and Chair made open-market purchases shortly after the release of second-quarter 2026 financial results on August 11, 2026, indicating confidence despite lower quarterly earnings caused by the timing of repayments and deployment.
The company reported $59.2 million in gross originations for Q2 2026 and noted that its portfolio continues to perform well with positive outlooks regarding strategic moves and the pending merger with Chicago Atlantic BDC, Inc.
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Stock Price & Insider Purchase History
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| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 → 2026-08-27 | Mazarakis John 6 purchases with a 63-day result · median -5.8% | Chair | 72,856 | $10.53 avg | $766.8K | |
| 2026-08-17 | Mazarakis John | 25,000 | $10.25 | $256.3K | SEC filing for Mazarakis John (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-21 | Mazarakis John | 145 | $10.67 | $1.5K | SEC filing for Mazarakis John (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-26 | Mazarakis John | 40,181 | $10.67 | $428.6K | SEC filing for Mazarakis John (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-27 | Mazarakis John | 7,530 | $10.67 | $80.3K | SEC filing for Mazarakis John (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-17 | Cappell Anthony history of Cappell Anthony's purchases | CEO | 45,000 | $10.40 | $468.2K | SEC filing for Cappell Anthony (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-08-18 → 2026-08-19 | Sack Peter history of Sack Peter's purchases | CEO | 5,000 | $10.44 avg | $52.2K | |
| 2026-08-18 | Sack Peter | 1,500 | $10.43 | $15.6K | SEC filing for Sack Peter (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-19 | Sack Peter | 2,000 | $10.39 | $20.8K | SEC filing for Sack Peter (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-19 | Sack Peter | 1,500 | $10.53 | $15.8K | SEC filing for Sack Peter (opens in a new tab) | |
| Total | $1.3M | |||||
Other buying runs at REFI
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 +4.4%63 days –126 days –
| Window | Insiders | Total | Score | 21 days | 63 days | 126 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 → 2025-10-16 | 5 | $673.2K | 63 | +0.9% | -8.5% | -14.9% | closed |
| 2022-12-12 | 4 | $475.0K | 57 | +0.8% | -8.8% | +6.0% | closed |
| 2022-04-22 → 2022-05-23 | 3 | $390.2K | 39 | -9.0% | -14.8% | – | closed |
| 2021-12-07 → 2021-12-08 | 11 | $25.4M | 75 | +6.8% | +16.6% | +18.8% | closed |