James F. Laird Jr.

This profile gathers the share dealings of James F. Laird Jr. across 2 companies, led by Diamond Hill Investment Group Inc and Diamond Hill Financial Trends Fund, Inc. Over a trading history stretching from 26 September 2006 to 10 December 2024, the count stands at 105 filings.

On the open market, the record shows 8 purchases worth €1.1M and 70 sales worth €14.6M. On balance, insiders were net sellers of €13.5M. Buying on the open market means paying the going price with one's own funds, a different act from receiving shares as pay. Outside the open market, there are 16 share grants and 7 option exercises. In 2024 alone, the filings show no purchases and 5 sales.

In size, the median ticket on the buying side is €115k. On 4 out of 5 purchases, another insider of the same company was buying within the same 30 days. A cluster is several different insiders buying the same stock within a short window, a pattern studied more closely than a single purchase.

Most recently, on 11 December 2024, the filings show a transaction in Diamond Hill Investment Group Inc. The clock since the last published purchase (2 March 2021) now reads 2,077 days. Typically, a trade is published a median of 2 days after it takes place. The legal deadline for a Form 4 is two business days after the transaction. Sales are harder to read than purchases, since they often meet personal needs such as tax or diversification. This summary is built from SEC (Form 4) disclosures alone and does not predict where the share price will go.