HCW Biologics Inc.
AI summary Insiders buy shares in a private placement offering
- Research score
- 71
- AI adjustment
- -7
Research score, not a recommendation.
Market data
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same price, one day All 3 purchases were at $1.41 on 2026-05-22. 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 · ipo_offering · catalyst explicit · documentedInsiders purchased shares directly from the company in a private placement offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules alongside institutional healthcare investors.
On May 21, 2026, HCW Biologics announced the pricing of a private placement offering of units consisting of common stock (or pre-funded warrants) and warrants to raise approximately $4.0 million to fund clinical trials and general corporate purposes.
Filing references and sources
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 | Flags | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-22 | GARRETT SCOTT T history of GARRETT SCOTT T's purchases | Director | 177,936 | $1.41 | $250.9K | SEC filing for GARRETT SCOTT T (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-22 | Wong Hing C 11 purchases with a 63-day result · median -21.0% | CEO | 113,879 | $1.41 | $160.6K | SEC filing for Wong Hing C (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-22 | Byam Rebecca 16 purchases with a 63-day result · median -16.1% | CFO | 14,235 | $1.41 | $20.1K | SEC filing for Byam Rebecca (opens in a new tab) | |
| Total | $431.5K | ||||||
Other buying runs at HCWB
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 -61.8%63 days -78.6%126 days –
| Window | Insiders | Total | Score | 21 days | 63 days | 126 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-29 | 3 | $100.0K | 56 | +5.3% | – | – | active |
| 2025-05-16 | 3 | $170.0K | 64 | -52.0% | -73.7% | -91.9% | closed |
| 2023-09-05 → 2023-09-14 | 3 | $69.9K | 46 | -8.7% | -53.6% | -31.8% | closed |
| 2023-05-22 → 2023-06-09 | 4 | $351.1K | 57 | +23.4% | +10.3% | -36.8% | closed |
| 2022-06-02 → 2022-06-14 | 4 | $192.7K | 58 | +20.8% | +15.8% | -4.6% | closed |
| 2021-07-22 → 2021-08-31 | 6 | $6.9M | 65 | -29.4% | -57.7% | -61.4% | closed |