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VRCA

Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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Insider Score Band 60–79

Research score, not a recommendation.

Total bought$19.7M7 Form 4 purchases
Distinct insiders6open-market buyers
Lead insiderWhite TedCEO
Cluster window2018-06-19single day · closed

Market data

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partial data Price history is incomplete; missing inputs count as neutral in the score.

check The $19.7M bought is a large share of the $59.1M market cap. That can come from a data error or an entity subscription. Check the filings below.

same price, one day All 7 purchases were at $15.00 on 2018-06-19. 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.

Breadth number & diversity of participating insiders
100%
Seniority executive rank of buyers (CEO/CFO/Director)
78%
Commitment purchase size relative to company & holdings
70%
Context buying into stock weakness signals conviction
50%
Timing coordinated purchases within a tight window
100%
Routine-purchase discount × 1.00
Company-type / offering discount × 0.50
Net insider selling penalty − 0

Why are they buying?

No explanation has been generated for this cluster. 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

7 Form 4 trades · 6 insiders Sign in to download CSV
Purchases in this cluster, grouped by insider, largest first
Date Insider Role Shares Price Value Flags Filing
2018-06-19 EDELMAN JOSEPH 3 purchases with a 63-day result · median -18.2% 10% owner 1,000,000 $15.00 $15.0M
offering
SEC filing for EDELMAN JOSEPH (opens in a new tab)
2018-06-19 Manning Paul B 11 purchases with a 63-day result · median -16.5% Director 300,000 $15.00 avg $4.5M
offering
2018-06-19 Manning Paul B 100,000 $15.00 $1.5M
offering
SEC filing for Manning Paul B (opens in a new tab)
2018-06-19 Manning Paul B 200,000 $15.00 $3.0M
offering
SEC filing for Manning Paul B (opens in a new tab)
2018-06-19 White Ted 4 purchases with a 63-day result · median -7.6% CEO 4,500 $15.00 $67.5K
offering
SEC filing for White Ted (opens in a new tab)
2018-06-19 Degnan Chris history of Degnan Chris's purchases CFO 3,000 $15.00 $45.0K
offering
SEC filing for Degnan Chris (opens in a new tab)
2018-06-19 Palczuk Linda history of Palczuk Linda's purchases COO 3,000 $15.00 $45.0K
offering
SEC filing for Palczuk Linda (opens in a new tab)
2018-06-19 Bonaccorso Joe history of Bonaccorso Joe's purchases Other C-suite 1,000 $15.00 $15.0K
offering
SEC filing for Bonaccorso Joe (opens in a new tab)
Total $19.7M

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 -1.9%63 days -12.6%126 days -31.1%

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
2019-01-07 → 2019-01-16 3 $658.8K 51 -0.4%-13.8%-8.1% closed
2018-08-10 → 2018-09-17 3 $583.2K 52 -8.1%-28.1%-19.2% closed