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CVSA Insider Trading & Form 4 Activity

Covista Inc.
Last filing: Oct 16, 2026·8 days ago
NEUTRAL · LAST 90 DAYS
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Net flow — last 12 months

Monthly net of insider buys minus sells. Green months indicate net buying; red months indicate net selling.

Most active insiders

Ranked by total transaction value over the last 90 days.

INSIDERBOUGHTSOLDNET
Beard, Stephen W.
Chairman & CEO
—
$1.5M
-$1.5M
Beck Douglas G.
SVP, GC, Corp. Sec & ISS
—
$615K
-$615K
Phelan Robert J.
Chief Financial Officer
—
$295K
-$295K
Gangadharan Manjunath
VP, Chief Accounting Officer
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$247K
-$247K
Hill Sara
CHRO
—
—
$0
Storms Leslie
Insider
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—
$0
Chiu Emily C
Insider
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—
$0
Malafronte Michael W
Insider
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—
$0

Recent transactions

Every Form 4 transaction for CVSA, newest first.

TAX
Hill Sara · CHRO
Tx Oct 15·Filed Oct 16·EDGAR ↗
1,322 sh @ $127.24
$168K
AWARD
Storms Leslie · Insider
Tx Oct 15·Filed Oct 16·EDGAR ↗
259 sh @ $127.24
$33K
AWARD
Chiu Emily C · Insider
Tx Oct 15·Filed Oct 16·EDGAR ↗
259 sh @ $127.24
$33K
SELL10b5-1
Beard, Stephen W. · Chairman & CEO
Tx Oct 9·Filed Oct 9·EDGAR ↗
4,667 sh @ $130.77
$610K
SELL10b5-1
Beard, Stephen W. · Chairman & CEO
Tx Oct 8·Filed Oct 9·EDGAR ↗
3,639 sh @ $130.37
$474K
GIFT
Malafronte Michael W · Insider
Tx Aug 31·Filed Sep 1·EDGAR ↗
2,500 sh
—
SELL10b5-1
Gangadharan Manjunath · VP, Chief Accounting Officer
Tx Aug 27·Filed Aug 28·EDGAR ↗
1,802 sh @ $137.18
$247K
AWARD
Beck Douglas G. · SVP, GC, Corp. Sec & ISS
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
6,060 sh @ $132.35
$802K
TAX
Betz Michael · Pres. Walden University & CDO
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
3,302 sh @ $132.35
$437K
AWARD
Betz Michael · Pres. Walden University & CDO
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
5,124 sh @ $132.35
$678K
TAX
Betz Michael · Pres. Walden University & CDO
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
2,311 sh @ $132.35
$306K
TAX
Beard, Stephen W. · Chairman & CEO
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
9,621 sh @ $132.35
$1.3M
AWARD
Beard, Stephen W. · Chairman & CEO
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
53,144 sh @ $132.35
$7.0M
TAX
Beard, Stephen W. · Chairman & CEO
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
23,543 sh @ $132.35
$3.1M
AWARD
Beard, Stephen W. · Chairman & CEO
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
75,920 sh @ $132.35
$10.0M
TAX
Beard, Stephen W. · Chairman & CEO
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
33,633 sh @ $132.35
$4.5M
AWARD
Phelan Robert J. · Chief Financial Officer
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
10,080 sh @ $132.35
$1.3M
TAX
Phelan Robert J. · Chief Financial Officer
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
4,466 sh @ $132.35
$591K
TAX
Gangadharan Manjunath · VP, Chief Accounting Officer
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
188 sh @ $132.35
$25K
AWARD
Gangadharan Manjunath · VP, Chief Accounting Officer
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
1,050 sh @ $132.35
$139K
TAX
Gangadharan Manjunath · VP, Chief Accounting Officer
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
308 sh @ $132.35
$41K
AWARD
Gangadharan Manjunath · VP, Chief Accounting Officer
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
1,500 sh @ $132.35
$199K
TAX
Gangadharan Manjunath · VP, Chief Accounting Officer
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
440 sh @ $132.35
$58K
TAX
Beck Douglas G. · SVP, GC, Corp. Sec & ISS
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
2,746 sh @ $132.35
$363K
TAX
Beck Douglas G. · SVP, GC, Corp. Sec & ISS
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
784 sh @ $132.35
$104K
AWARD
Beck Douglas G. · SVP, GC, Corp. Sec & ISS
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
4,242 sh @ $132.35
$561K
TAX
Beck Douglas G. · SVP, GC, Corp. Sec & ISS
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
1,922 sh @ $132.35
$254K
TAX
Phelan Robert J. · Chief Financial Officer
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
1,279 sh @ $132.35
$169K
AWARD
Phelan Robert J. · Chief Financial Officer
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
7,056 sh @ $132.35
$934K
TAX
Phelan Robert J. · Chief Financial Officer
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
3,126 sh @ $132.35
$414K
TAX
Betz Michael · Pres. Walden University & CDO
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
945 sh @ $132.35
$125K
AWARD
Betz Michael · Pres. Walden University & CDO
Tx Aug 23·Filed Aug 25·EDGAR ↗
7,320 sh @ $132.35
$969K
SELL10b5-1
Beard, Stephen W. · Chairman & CEO
Tx Aug 11·Filed Aug 13·EDGAR ↗
3,545 sh @ $130.34
$462K
SELL10b5-1
Beck Douglas G. · SVP, GC, Corp. Sec & ISS
Tx Aug 7·Filed Aug 11·EDGAR ↗
4,526 sh @ $135.81
$615K
SELL10b5-1
Phelan Robert J. · Chief Financial Officer
Tx Aug 7·Filed Aug 11·EDGAR ↗
2,186 sh @ $135.15
$295K
AWARD
Manning Amelia · President, Chamberlain Univ.
Tx Jul 15·Filed Jul 16·EDGAR ↗
4,317 sh @ $115.82
$500K
SELL10b5-1
Beard, Stephen W. · Chairman & CEO
Tx Jul 13·Filed Jul 15·EDGAR ↗
5,291 sh @ $132.75
$702K
SELL10b5-1
Beck Douglas G. · SVP, GC, Corp. Sec & ISS
Tx Jul 8·Filed Jul 9·EDGAR ↗
2,439 sh @ $135.34
$330K
SELL10b5-1
Phelan Robert J. · Chief Financial Officer
Tx Jul 8·Filed Jul 9·EDGAR ↗
2,414 sh @ $135.39
$327K
SELL10b5-1
Beck Douglas G. · SVP, GC, Corp. Sec & ISS
Tx Jul 7·Filed Jul 9·EDGAR ↗
2,650 sh @ $135.40
$359K
SELL10b5-1
Phelan Robert J. · Chief Financial Officer
Tx Jul 7·Filed Jul 9·EDGAR ↗
2,900 sh @ $135.41
$393K
SELL10b5-1
Beard, Stephen W. · Chairman & CEO
Tx Jun 11·Filed Jun 12·EDGAR ↗
2,529 sh @ $130.78
$331K
SELL10b5-1
Beard, Stephen W. · Chairman & CEO
Tx Jun 10·Filed Jun 12·EDGAR ↗
2,762 sh @ $130.14
$359K
TAX
Gangadharan Manjunath · VP, Chief Accounting Officer
Tx May 18·Filed May 20·EDGAR ↗
426 sh @ $127.85
$54K
SELL10b5-1
Phelan Robert J. · Chief Financial Officer
Tx May 8·Filed May 12·EDGAR ↗
10,000 sh @ $126.21
$1.3M
SELL10b5-1
Cox Karen Sue · President, Chamberlain Univ.
Tx May 8·Filed May 12·EDGAR ↗
2,000 sh @ $124.50
$249K
SELL10b5-1
Beard, Stephen W. · Chairman & CEO
Tx May 8·Filed May 12·EDGAR ↗
15,874 sh @ $131.25
$2.1M
SELL10b5-1
Beck Douglas G. · SVP, GC, Corp. Sec & ISS
Tx May 8·Filed May 12·EDGAR ↗
9,615 sh @ $127.03
$1.2M

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About CVSA insider trading data

Form 4 is the SEC filing required when an officer, director, or 10% owner of a public company buys or sells the company's stock. By law, these filings must be submitted within two business days of the trade. Tracenotes pulls every Form 4 filing for CVSA from EDGAR, parses it, and surfaces the activity on this page.

What insider buying tells you. Open-market purchases by insiders are widely studied as a meaningful signal. Unlike stock awards (which are compensation, not conviction), an executive spending their own money to buy shares of the company they run is a vote of confidence. Studies have found insider-buying clusters — three or more insiders buying within a short window — outperform the broader market over the following year.

What insider selling tells you. Selling is noisier. Many sales are pre-scheduled under SEC Rule 10b5-1 plans, which let insiders sell on a fixed schedule regardless of company news. We label these "10b5-1" so you can see them. Discretionary sales — sales not tied to a plan — are more meaningful, especially when multiple insiders sell in quick succession.

Tracenotes methodology. We scan EDGAR daily for new Form 4 filings, parse them into individual transactions, and detect clusters when three or more distinct insiders buy or sell within a 14-day window. The data on this page covers the last 12 months. For deeper analysis, Tracenotes also runs language-change detection on 10-K and 10-Q filings — that's our core product.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a Form 4 filing?

Form 4 is the SEC disclosure required when a company insider — an officer, director, or 10% owner — buys or sells the company's stock. By law these filings must be submitted within two business days of the trade.

Is insider buying CVSA always bullish?

Open-market purchases by insiders are widely viewed as a bullish signal because executives are spending their own money. Stock awards and option exercises are part of compensation and don't carry the same weight, which is why we treat them separately on this page.

What is a 10b5-1 trade?

A trade made under SEC Rule 10b5-1, which lets insiders pre-schedule sales weeks or months in advance. These sales execute on a fixed plan regardless of company news, so they're a weaker signal than discretionary sales. We label them with a "10b5-1" tag.

What is an insider cluster?

A cluster is when three or more distinct insiders buy or sell within a 14-day window. Clusters are studied as stronger signals than single trades because multiple people independently reach the same view. We surface active clusters on Covista Inc. (CVSA) when they form.

Where does CVSA insider trading data come from?

Every Form 4 filing for CVSA is sourced directly from SEC EDGAR. Tracenotes scans EDGAR daily, parses each Form 4 into individual transactions, and updates this page within hours of new filings.

Nothing on this page constitutes investment advice. Form 4 data is sourced from SEC EDGAR and provided for research purposes only.

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