Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
AI summary Insiders including CEO, Chair, and Directors make open-market purchases of common stock.
- Research score
- 69
- AI adjustment
- +5
Research score, not a recommendation.
Market data
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same price, one day All 5 purchases were at $0.04 on 2026-04-21. That pattern also occurs in IPO or conversion subscriptions, which are not open-market conviction buying.
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 none · documentedInsiders purchased shares on the open market without a stated explicit catalyst or recent definitive filing explanation regarding the timing.
CEO Gary S. Stetz, Chair Vincent S. LoPriore, and Directors Sireesh Appajosyula and Michael J. Purcell acquired shares at $0.04 per share across multiple filings on April 21, 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | LoPriore Vincent S history of LoPriore Vincent S's purchases | Chair | 6,250,000 | $0.04 avg | $250.0K | |
| 2026-04-21 | LoPriore Vincent S | 1,250,000 | $0.04 | $50.0K | SEC filing for LoPriore Vincent S (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-04-21 | LoPriore Vincent S | 5,000,000 | $0.04 | $200.0K | SEC filing for LoPriore Vincent S (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-04-21 | Stetz Gary S. history of Stetz Gary S.'s purchases | CEO | 1,250,000 | $0.04 | $50.0K | SEC filing for Stetz Gary S. (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-04-21 | Appajosyula Sireesh history of Appajosyula Sireesh's purchases | Director | 1,250,000 | $0.04 | $50.0K | SEC filing for Appajosyula Sireesh (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-04-21 | Purcell Michael J. history of Purcell Michael J.'s purchases | Director | 1,250,000 | $0.04 | $50.0K | SEC filing for Purcell Michael J. (opens in a new tab) |
| Total | $400.0K | |||||
Other buying runs at HEPA
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 -17.2%63 days -38.9%126 days –
| Window | Insiders | Total | Score | 21 days | 63 days | 126 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | 5 | $825.0K | 56 | +13.6% | – | – | active |
| 2021-02-16 → 2021-02-18 | 3 | $82.0K | 53 | -10.9% | -24.8% | -35.8% | closed |
| 2020-11-25 → 2020-12-18 | 5 | $115.6K | 63 | +27.3% | -2.3% | -8.3% | closed |