PARSONS CORP
AI summary Insider cluster open-market purchases follow Q1 earnings release and record backlog.
- Research score
- 75
- 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 · documentedThe CEO and multiple directors purchased shares in the open market shortly following the company's first-quarter 2026 earnings release, which highlighted record total and funded backlog despite a slight revenue miss, signaling strong insider confidence.
The company reported a record first-quarter adjusted EBITDA margin and a robust book-to-bill ratio of 1.4x, reinforcing management's positive long-term outlook.
Stock Price & Insider Purchase History
Daily close price with open-market insider purchases plotted over time
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| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Smith Carey A. 3 purchases with a 63-day result · median -8.9% | CEO | 12,500 | $49.97 avg | $624.6K | |
| 2026-05-08 | Smith Carey A. | 500 | $50.73 | $25.4K | SEC filing for Smith Carey A. (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-08 | Smith Carey A. | 12,000 | $49.94 | $599.3K | SEC filing for Smith Carey A. (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-12 | Holdsworth Mark Keith history of Holdsworth Mark Keith's purchases | Director | 10,000 | $51.27 avg | $512.7K | |
| 2026-05-12 | Holdsworth Mark Keith | 6,754 | $51.54 | $348.1K | SEC filing for Holdsworth Mark Keith (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-12 | Holdsworth Mark Keith | 3,246 | $50.70 | $164.6K | SEC filing for Holdsworth Mark Keith (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-13 | Ball George L. 10 purchases with a 63-day result · median +12.5% | Director | 10,000 | $50.00 | $500.0K | SEC filing for Ball George L. (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-05-11 | McMahon Harry T. 4 purchases with a 63-day result · median +0.6% | Director | 10,000 | $49.14 | $491.4K | SEC filing for McMahon Harry T. (opens in a new tab) |
| Total | $2.1M | |||||
Other buying runs at PSN
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 +7.1%63 days -10.9%126 days –
| Window | Insiders | Total | Score | 21 days | 63 days | 126 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-15 → 2021-12-16 | 3 | $1.4M | 64 | +3.2% | +23.7% | +36.9% | closed |
| 2020-03-12 → 2020-03-16 | 4 | $2.1M | 70 | +14.9% | +14.2% | -10.3% | closed |