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VRCA

Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.

84
Insider Score Band 80+

Research score, not a recommendation.

Total bought$13.7M8 Form 4 purchases
Distinct insiders6open-market buyers
Lead insiderWhite TedCEO
Cluster window2022-07-05 → 2022-07-11closed

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
100%
Seniority executive rank of buyers (CEO/CFO/Director)
82%
Commitment purchase size relative to company & holdings
100%
Context buying into stock weakness signals conviction
100%
Timing coordinated purchases within a tight window
99%
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

8 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
2022-07-05 Manning Paul B 11 purchases with a 63-day result · median -16.5% Director 4,761,904 $2.10 $10.0M
offering
SEC filing for Manning Paul B (opens in a new tab)
2022-07-05 EDELMAN JOSEPH 3 purchases with a 63-day result · median -18.2% 10% owner 1,428,571 $2.10 $3.0M
offering
SEC filing for EDELMAN JOSEPH (opens in a new tab)
2022-07-05 Stalfort John A III history of Stalfort John A III's purchases Director 238,095 $2.10 $500.0K
offering
SEC filing for Stalfort John A III (opens in a new tab)
2022-07-05 White Ted 4 purchases with a 63-day result · median -7.6% CEO 31,309 $2.10 avg $65.7K
offering
2022-07-05 White Ted 23,809 $2.10 $50.0K
offering
SEC filing for White Ted (opens in a new tab)
2022-07-05 White Ted 7,500 $2.10 $15.8K
offering
SEC filing for White Ted (opens in a new tab)
2022-07-05 Goldenberg Gary history of Goldenberg Gary's purchases Other C-suite 23,809 $2.10 $50.0K
offering
SEC filing for Goldenberg Gary (opens in a new tab)
2022-07-05 → 2022-07-11 Hayes Christopher G. history of Hayes Christopher G.'s purchases Other C-suite 13,214 $2.84 avg $37.5K
offering
2022-07-05 Hayes Christopher G. 5,714 $2.10 $12.0K
offering
SEC filing for Hayes Christopher G. (opens in a new tab)
2022-07-11 Hayes Christopher G. 7,500 $3.40 $25.5K
SEC filing for Hayes Christopher G. (opens in a new tab)
Total $13.7M

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 +10.7%63 days +9.6%126 days +23.1%

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
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
2018-06-19 6 $19.7M 69 -1.9%-12.6%-31.1% closed