TENNANT CO
AI summary Multiple directors purchase shares on the open market in August 2026.
- Research score
- 49
- AI adjustment
- +5
Research score, not a recommendation.
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.
Why are they buying?
AI · discretionary · catalyst none · documentedNo specific operational or financial catalyst was disclosed in filings or news during this period to explain the timing of these open-market purchases.
Directors Timothy R. Morse, Donal L. Mulligan, and Patrick E. Allen acquired shares between $67.34 and $69.42 per share following the company's Q2 earnings and CFO retirement announcement in late July/early August 2026.
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 | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | Mulligan Donal L history of Mulligan Donal L's purchases | Director | 8,000 | $67.34 | $538.7K | SEC filing for Mulligan Donal L (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-08-31 | ALLEN PATRICK E history of ALLEN PATRICK E's purchases | Director | 3,000 | $69.42 | $208.3K | SEC filing for ALLEN PATRICK E (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-08-12 | Morse Timothy R. history of Morse Timothy R.'s purchases | Director | 1,500 | $68.18 | $102.3K | SEC filing for Morse Timothy R. (opens in a new tab) |
| Total | $849.2K | |||||
Other buying runs at TNC
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 –63 days –126 days –
| Window | Insiders | Total | Score | 21 days | 63 days | 126 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 → 2026-03-02 | 3 | $1.3M | 66 | +14.2% | +25.3% | -1.0% | closed |