Hand of the Market Industries
Insider buying breadth
40.0% +20.0 pp

Share of the companies with an open-market insider purchase (no 10b5-1 plan) in the last 90 days.

Insiders buying broadly — top 20%
Insider buying ($, 90d)
$3.01M

Dollars directors and officers spent on open-market purchases, all companies together, last 90 days.

Insider selling ($, 90d)
$19.75M

Dollars directors and officers received from open-market sales, all companies together, last 90 days.

Insider net buying (90d)
-$16.75M

Dollars bought minus sold on the open market by directors and officers, all companies together, last 90 days.

Conviction-fund buys
1

Companies the tracked conviction funds (Berkshire, Pershing Square, …) net bought in their latest 13F.

Active managers adding
40.0%

Share of the companies whose stake the largest active managers raised in their latest 13F.

Active funds adding
30.0%

Share of the companies whose stake the largest active mutual funds and ETFs raised in their latest N-PORT.

Growth accelerating
20.0% −30.0 pp

Share of the companies whose revenue growth is faster than a quarter earlier.

Margins improving
40.0% −10.0 pp

Share of the companies whose operating margin is up over 3 years.

Expected growth (HoM est.)
2.0% −1.1 pp

Median expected earnings growth in Hand of the Market's own model (HoM est.) (revenue-growth based).

Quality breadth
62.5%

Share of the companies with a return on invested capital of at least 10%.

Short interest (median)
11.2% +1.8 pp

Median shares sold short as % of shares outstanding (FINRA).

Heavily shorted — top 20%

Companies

Ticker
Company
Quality checks
Revenue growth YoY
Op. margin change 3y
ROIC
Insiders buying (90d)
Insider $ bought (90d)
VFCV F CORP2/6-5.2%−2.4 pp9.6%2$787.35K
GIIIG III APPAREL GROUP LTD /DE/5/6-9.7%+10.9 pp10.2%1$1.12M
PVHPVH CORP. /DE/2/5-3.2%−0.6 pp0.0%1$1M
UAUnder Armour, Inc.1/4-3.2%−6.8 pp-5.8%1$100.18K
CTASCINTAS CORP6/610.9%+2.6 pp28.9%——
KTBKontoor Brands, Inc.5/618.6%−0.2 pp16.2%——
RLRALPH LAUREN CORP5/514.0%+4.2 pp44.1%——
CRICARTERS INC4/65.2%−0.3 pp23.6%——
LULUlululemon athletica inc.4/4-4.3%+0.3 pp———
COLMCOLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO2/41.5%−2.6 pp———

Source: SEC EDGAR (Forms 4, 10-Q, 10-K, 13F, N-PORT) and FINRA short interest. Aggregated by Hand of the Market from each company's filings and the latest fund filings; fund signals are as of the funds' latest reports, so they lag by up to a quarter.

Not investment advice. These signals are starting points for research, not recommendations. Data may contain errors or lag the filings.