Step 01
Find a company you’re curious about.
Use company search to enter at least two characters of a company name or ticker. If you know the company’s SEC identifier, you can also search its ten-digit CIK. Select a returned company to see its public profile.
A company profile connects reported acquisitions, filing owners, transaction timelines, and summary windows. A ticker identifies a listing and may change; use the company profile link when you want to return to the same company.
Want to browse first? Open recent acquisitions and follow a company name. The archive is ordered by filing date, newest first. Its date filters apply to the filing date.
Step 02
Ask what actually changed.
Start with the transaction type. An acquisition means securities were received, and the category explains how. Open a transaction to check the security, quantity, price notes, and reporting owners together.
- Purchase
- A reported purchase. Check the security type: a purchase can involve a derivative security.
- Stock award
- Securities granted or awarded by a company. Keep this category separate when researching purchases.
- Gift received
- A gift recorded as an acquisition. The filing provides the circumstances.
- Exercise / conversion
- An event involving a security’s rights or conversion. Read the original code and footnotes for its terms.
The transaction date tells you when the reported event happened. The filing date tells you when the source filing was submitted. A filing appearing near the top of the archive can describe an earlier event.
“Not reported” marks missing information. A reported zero stays zero. When the currency is unspecified, the site says so. A reference value describes quantity multiplied by price; the filing’s notes help explain what that figure represents.
Step 03
Read the source before drawing a conclusion.
Open “Read filing” or “View” to reach the transaction detail. Follow its SEC source link and review the footnotes, ownership description, and security terms. Reporting owners can include individuals, funds, or organizations.
For a joint filing, the owners share one reported event. The site does not divide its quantity or value among them. Similarly, a timeline shows the events loaded on that page; its filters focus that sample. Company summary windows overlap, so keep their 7-, 30-, and 90-day figures separate.
The Market Log currently covers acquisitions from Forms 4 and 5 and their amendments. Historical coverage is still being built. An empty result means no matching records are loaded. Read sources and coverage and our detailed methodology to understand these boundaries.
For the underlying disclosure forms and transaction codes, consult the SEC investor bulletin on insider transactions and official Form 4 instructions.
Ready to explore?
Choose a company you recognize or begin with reported purchases.