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VRCA

Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.

51
Insider Score Band below 60

AI score not needed: the AI review runs from a match score of 55.

Research score, not a recommendation.

Total bought$658.8K9 Form 4 purchases
Distinct insiders3open-market buyers
Lead insiderPalczuk LindaCOO
Cluster window2019-01-07 → 2019-01-16closed

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.

Breadth number & diversity of participating insiders
37%
Seniority executive rank of buyers (CEO/CFO/Director)
75%
Commitment purchase size relative to company & holdings
58%
Context buying into stock weakness signals conviction
94%
Timing coordinated purchases within a tight window
95%
Routine-purchase discount × 1.00
Company-type / offering discount × 1.00
Net insider selling penalty − 0

Why are they buying?

AI score not needed: the AI review runs only on clusters with a match score of 55 or more. 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

9 Form 4 trades · 3 insiders Sign in to download CSV
Purchases in this cluster, grouped by insider, largest first
Date Insider Role Shares Price Value Filing
2019-01-07 Manning Paul B 11 purchases with a 63-day result · median -16.5% Director 47,500 $11.17 avg $530.8K
2019-01-07 Manning Paul B 911 $11.99 $10.9K SEC filing for Manning Paul B (opens in a new tab)
2019-01-07 Manning Paul B 6,706 $11.55 $77.5K SEC filing for Manning Paul B (opens in a new tab)
2019-01-07 Manning Paul B 4,258 $10.41 $44.3K SEC filing for Manning Paul B (opens in a new tab)
2019-01-07 Manning Paul B 2,734 $11.99 $32.8K SEC filing for Manning Paul B (opens in a new tab)
2019-01-07 Manning Paul B 20,116 $11.55 $232.3K SEC filing for Manning Paul B (opens in a new tab)
2019-01-07 Manning Paul B 12,775 $10.41 $133.0K SEC filing for Manning Paul B (opens in a new tab)
2019-01-07 Stalfort Sean history of Stalfort Sean's purchases Director 9,221 $10.45 avg $96.4K
2019-01-07 Stalfort Sean 1,200 $10.94 $13.1K SEC filing for Stalfort Sean (opens in a new tab)
2019-01-07 Stalfort Sean 8,021 $10.38 $83.3K SEC filing for Stalfort Sean (opens in a new tab)
2019-01-16 Palczuk Linda history of Palczuk Linda's purchases COO 3,000 $10.53 $31.6K SEC filing for Palczuk Linda (opens in a new tab)
Total $658.8K

Other buying runs at VRCA

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 -0.4%63 days -13.8%126 days -8.1%

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
2026-08-14 → 2026-08-18 4 $210.9K 69 -8.8%–– active
2025-11-25 5 $18.0M 77 +45.2%-11.4%-12.4% closed
2022-07-05 → 2022-07-11 6 $13.7M 84 +10.7%+9.6%+23.1% closed
2021-06-04 3 $113.7K 56 +5.3%+34.0%-5.6% closed
2020-08-13 → 2020-08-25 5 $1.7M 73 +17.1%-8.6%+37.9% closed
2018-08-10 → 2018-09-17 3 $583.2K 52 -8.1%-28.1%-19.2% closed
2018-06-19 6 $19.7M 69 -1.9%-12.6%-31.1% closed