Trend Signal Now: The Hot Corner: AI-Victim Insiders Keep Buying

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Every day, we sift through the filings to spot where the real conviction lies – cutting through the noise to highlight the most meaningful insider moves.

📌 Sonos $SONO — Coliseum Capital Management purchased $5.36 Million via Form 4.

Continued high-conviction accumulation from the activist value investor as the stock builds out a multi-month base following a prolonged downtrend.

📌 StepStone Group $STEP — Steven R. Mitchell purchased $565,772 via Form 4.

Board-level insider stepping in after a sharp correction tied to broader alternative asset manager weakness.

📌 Hercules Capital $HTGC — Multiple directors purchased $325,170 via Form 4.

Continued cluster buying from insiders in a battered private credit name.

Here's The Hot Corner, with data from February 23, 2026:

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📌 Compass Diversified $CODI — ADW Capital filed a new 13D reporting a 7.60% stake.

Activist-leaning fund establishing a meaningful position as the stock carves out a reversal base beneath a high-volume supply zone.

📌 Rep. Cleo Fields — Disclosed buys in Micron $MU, Meta Platforms $META, and Alphabet $GOOGL (each $100,000 to $250,000), along with Advanced Micro Devices $AMD ($50,000 to $100,000) and Lam Research $LRCX ($15,000 to $50,000).

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Alfonso De Pablos | Director of Research, All Star Charts

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