No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 23 Jun 2026.
First Keystone Corp is a Finance & Banking company. Its directors and officers file their transactions with SEC (Form 4). In the past year (18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026), 8 filings came from 4 insiders.
No insider sold shares on the market over the period. Instead, the filings list 8 purchases totalling €63k, made by 4 insiders. The totals do not cover 1 filing with an undisclosed amount. Open-market purchases are the filings investors watch most closely, because the insider pays for the shares out of pocket. The largest single trade was a purchase of €22k by Jones Jack W., published on 30 December 2025. Those buying include 3 senior executives and 1 chief executive.
Compared with its exchange (5,810 companies, median 19 filings), a count of 8 filings is below the norm. Over the whole record (from 2021), the tally stands at 42 purchases and no sales.
In the case of 5 purchases, another manager of the company was buying within the same 30 days. When several insiders buy within a few weeks of each other, analysts speak of a cluster purchase. The last insider purchase was made public on 23 June 2026, 117 days ago. Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 1 day after the trade. Section 16 rules allow two business days to file each Form 4.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and Avidia Bancorp, Inc. These figures are compiled from regulatory filings published by SEC (Form 4). They describe what insiders did and are not a recommendation.
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First Keystone Corp. (ticker: FKYS) is a U.S.-listed regional banking company with a profile that fits a small-cap community bank rather than a diversified financial conglomerate. For French-, Belgian-, and Swiss-based investors, the key point is that FKYS is the holding company for First Keystone Community Bank, a Pennsylvania-based institution focused on traditional banking and fiduciary services. Recent SEC filings indicate that the company is incorporated in Pennsylvania, was formed on July 6, 1983, and began operations on July 2, 1984, following the acquisition of First National Bank of Berwick, the predecessor to the current bank. The corporate headquarters is in Berwick, Pennsylvania, and the bank’s legal headquarters are also in Berwick, where it oversees a branch network of 19 locations.
The business model is straightforward and centered on relationship banking. First Keystone Community Bank provides general banking services to consumers, businesses, and public/institutional customers, alongside trust and agency services. Core products and services include deposits, residential and commercial lending, home equity lines of credit, consumer and business loans, and fiduciary solutions. The bank’s footprint is concentrated in northeastern Pennsylvania, with service coverage in Columbia, Montour, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, and Lehigh counties. This regional focus makes the franchise highly dependent on local economic conditions, but it also supports customer loyalty and local decision-making, two attributes that matter in community banking.
Competitive positioning should be understood in that context: FKYS competes primarily with other community and regional banks, credit unions, and larger national banks operating in Pennsylvania. Its strengths are its local brand, long operating history, community involvement, and ability to offer personalized service. Its limitations are typical of a small regional lender: less scale, narrower geographic diversification, and sensitivity to funding costs, interest-rate changes, and credit quality trends.
Recent corporate updates suggest a steady, conservative operating posture with a modest growth agenda. In March 2026, the company announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.28 per share, underscoring a shareholder-return profile that may appeal to income-oriented investors. Management has also highlighted digital upgrades, including an improved online account-opening platform and a refreshed online banking experience, while continuing to emphasize deposit growth and home equity lending. Community engagement remains a recurring theme in the latest annual-report materials, with substantial volunteer hours and charitable support across the bank’s footprint.
Although FKYS is referenced in the context of SEC Form 4 insider transactions, those filings should be interpreted carefully: they are useful for monitoring management confidence and ownership behavior, but they do not automatically change the underlying franchise thesis. Overall, First Keystone Corp. is best viewed as a niche U.S. community banking name with a long local history, a Pennsylvania-centric operating model, and a conservative profile suited to investors seeking regional-bank exposure on the NYSE/NASDAQ-style U.S. equity market framework, even though the latest SEC materials show OTCID listing status rather than a major national exchange.
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