WASH

WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC

Financial Services State Commercial Banks Market cap: $697.9M All insider activity → Quote and statistics → Sign in to watch WASH Sign in to set a price alert

AI summary Top executives make open-market purchases following the release of financial results.

Insider Score Band 60–79

Research score: 58
AI adjustment: +9

Research score, not a recommendation.

Total bought$1.1M4 Form 4 purchases

Distinct insiders3open-market buyers

Lead insiderHandy Edward O. IIICEO

Cluster window2026-04-23 → 2026-04-27active

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)

91%

Commitment purchase size relative to company & holdings

62%

Context buying into stock weakness signals conviction

30%

Timing coordinated purchases within a tight window

99%

Routine-purchase discount × 1.00

Company-type / offering discount × 1.00

Net insider selling penalty − 0

Why are they buying?

AI · discretionary · catalyst credible · documented

Insiders likely timed their open-market purchases to follow the company's recent earnings report and Form 8-K filing on April 20, 2026.

The CEO, CFO, and other executive officers acquired shares through open-market transactions shortly after the financial results release.

Filing references and sources

Washington Trust Bancorp Inc 8-K (opens in a new tab)

Stock Price & Insider Purchase History

Daily close price with open-market insider purchases plotted over time

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Transactions

4 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
2026-04-23	Brown James Cannon history of Brown James Cannon's purchases	Other C-suite	32,000	$31.17 avg	$997.5K
2026-04-23	Brown James Cannon		11,903	$31.51	$375.1K	SEC filing for Brown James Cannon (opens in a new tab)
2026-04-23	Brown James Cannon		20,097	$30.97	$622.4K	SEC filing for Brown James Cannon (opens in a new tab)
2026-04-27	Handy Edward O. III history of Handy Edward O. III's purchases	CEO	3,195	$31.32	$100.1K	SEC filing for Handy Edward O. III (opens in a new tab)
2026-04-24	Ohsberg Ronald S. history of Ohsberg Ronald S.'s purchases	CFO	1,606	$31.00	$49.8K	SEC filing for Ohsberg Ronald S. (opens in a new tab)
Total					$1.1M

What happened next

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 +17.2%126 days –