Monthly report
Insider buying in 35 markets: April 2026
In April 2026, directors and officers filed 2,162 share purchases and 2,480 sales across the 15 feeds whose director records cover the month, and companies filed 2,737 buyback reports. Counting every filer, including 5% holders, there were 3,269 purchase filings and 3,447 sale filings.
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Totals by market
| Market | Director buys | Buy value | Director sells | Sell value | Buys per sell | Buyback filings | Buyback value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States * | 290 / 140 cos | $484.1M | 1,343 / 579 cos | $2.42B | 0.22 | 392 | — |
| United Kingdom * | 190 / 131 cos | $28.6M | 67 / 44 cos | $25.3M | 2.84 | 1,746 | $6.85B |
| Ireland * | 2 / 2 cos | $781K | 1 / 1 cos | $2.9M | 2.00 | 15 | $113.9M |
| Euronext (Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels) * | 158 / 33 cos | $652.4M | 110 / 30 cos | $391.0M | 1.44 | — | — |
| Norway (Oslo) * | 24 / 11 cos | $39.5M | 2 / 2 cos | $38.0M | 12.00 | — | — |
| Portugal (Lisbon) * | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | $4.8M |
| Germany * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nordics (Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Reykjavik) * | 357 / 84 cos | $203.9M | 45 / 16 cos | $43.5M | 7.93 | — | — |
| Japan * | 0 / 0 cos | — | 0 / 0 cos | — | — | — | — |
| Hong Kong * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaysia * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Singapore | 29 / 11 cos | $8.4M | 7 / 4 cos | $5.8M | 4.14 | 175 | $275.4M |
| Spain | 25 / 11 cos | $1.2M | 15 / 10 cos | $3.1M | 1.67 | 17 | $284.0M |
| Canada | 101 / 55 cos | $8.7M | 178 / 47 cos | $37.2M | 0.57 | 226 | $856.8M |
| Poland | 15 / 6 cos | $154K | 5 / 5 cos | $650K | 3.00 | 3 | $2.3M |
| Australia * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Korea * | 658 / 179 cos | $346.6M | 131 / 84 cos | $416.2M | 5.02 | 0 | — |
| Switzerland * | 119 / 30 cos | $68.8M | 74 / 22 cos | $44.8M | 1.61 | 1 | — |
| Taiwan * | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — |
| Mexico * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| China (A-shares) * | 138 / 61 cos | $75.7M | 436 / 174 cos | $991.1M | 0.32 | 103 | — |
| Italy * | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | $81.6M |
| Austria * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greece * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| New Zealand * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Africa * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brazil * | 56 / 40 cos | $14.4M | 66 / 51 cos | $66.7M | 0.85 | 5 | — |
| Thailand * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Indonesia * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| India * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Turkey * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Filings, not trades: one notice can cover several trades. “Cos” is the number of companies. A dash means no figure, never zero. An asterisk marks a market with a note under Method and gaps.
Largest director purchases
- 1.Pershing Square USA, Ltd.(PSUS, US)$293.9M
- 2.Teleperformance SE(TEP.PA, EU)$209.5M
- 3.Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE(URW.PA, EU)$177.3M
- 4.Hanmi Science Co., Ltd.(008930.KS, KR)$124.8M (estimated)
- 5.Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ)(SHB-A.ST, NORDIC)$105.9M
Largest buybacks (daily-report markets)
- 1.Shell plc(SHEL.L, UK)$1.56B
- 2.The Toronto-Dominion Bank(TD.TO, CA)$574.1M
- 3.Barclays PLC(BARC.L, UK)$553.8M
- 4.London Stock Exchange Group plc(LSEG.L, UK)$550.6M
- 5.Standard Chartered PLC(STAN.L, UK)$353.6M
Method and gaps
Every row comes from the filings each market's regulator or exchange publishes, parsed by MoatMap and dated by the trade date. “Directors” are board members and officers; 5% holders and people closely associated with a director are counted only in the all-filer totals above. Employee share-plan purchases are left out of director buys (113 this month).
Values are converted to US dollars at the latest exchange rate, and a filing whose value exceeds 1.5 times the company's market value is treated as a data error and left out of the dollar totals (it still counts as a filing). A company listed in two markets is counted once, in its home market. Buyback values are given only for markets that report buybacks daily; quarterly reports and programme announcements are counted but not valued.
- United States: SEC Form 4. Buybacks are quarterly 10-Q totals, so no monthly value.
- United Kingdom: MAR Article 19 notices; employee share-plan purchases are counted separately.
- Ireland: Euronext Dublin issuers, filed through the London RNS feed.
- Euronext (Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels): Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted.
- Norway (Oslo): Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted.
- Portugal (Lisbon): Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-05, so this month is not counted.
- Germany: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-05, so this month is not counted. We hold no buyback filings for this market yet.
- Nordics (Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Reykjavik): Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-05, so this month is not counted.
- Japan: Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-05, so this month is not counted. Japan's register records changes in 5%-holder ratios, not director trades, so it has no director rows; its buybacks are period reports.
- Hong Kong: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-05, so this month is not counted. Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted. Companies with A and H shares report their mainland (A-share) buybacks to HKEX too, so those count here, in yuan converted to dollars.
- Malaysia: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-05, so this month is not counted. Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-05, so this month is not counted. A group dealing filed by several related holders counts once.
- Australia: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-05, so this month is not counted. Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-05, so this month is not counted. Buyback values are estimated from the close nearest the report date.
- South Korea: Korean filings carry no price: values are estimated from the close on the filing date. Buybacks are period reports.
- Switzerland: Swiss management-transaction notices name the role, not the person. Buybacks are programme announcements, so no monthly value.
- Taiwan: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted. Taiwan's insider register lists pre-declared transfers (an intent to sell or gift), not executed trades, and states no price. Buybacks are programme announcements, so no monthly value.
- Mexico: Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted. No structured insider register is available, so Mexico has buybacks only.
- China (A-shares): Executive shareholding changes reported to the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. Buybacks are programme announcements, so no monthly value.
- Italy: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-05, so this month is not counted.
- Austria: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted. Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted.
- Greece: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted. Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted.
- New Zealand: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted. Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted. Buyback values are estimated from the close nearest the report date.
- South Africa: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted. Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted.
- Brazil: Brazil's CVM register reports by role group, not by person. Buybacks are programme announcements, so no monthly value.
- Thailand: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-08, so this month is not counted. No buyback feed: the exchange's treasury-stock reports cannot be read automatically. Buybacks are programme announcements, so no monthly value.
- Indonesia: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-09, so this month is not counted. Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-06, so this month is not counted. Indonesian filings can reach us a few days late. Buybacks are programme announcements, so no monthly value.
- India: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-08, so this month is not counted. Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-08, so this month is not counted. Buybacks are programme announcements, so no monthly value.
- Turkey: Our insider records for this market begin in 2026-09, so this month is not counted. Our buyback records for this market begin in 2026-09, so this month is not counted.
A research summary, not investment advice. Figures for the current month change as late filings arrive. Data as of 30 Apr 2026.