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Tesla First Insider Buy in 5 Years

May 4, 2025

Every weekend, I dive into our insider activity tracker looking for the most interesting and bullish buys — and let me tell you, this week stood out with a rare mix of high-conviction buys.

Let’s break it down:

The most important insider buy this week came from Tesla $TSLA.

Airbnb co-founder and Tesla board member Joe Gebbia bought 4,000 shares on April 28 at around $256 per share — dropping over $1 million into the stock.

This was Tesla’s first insider purchase in nearly five years. 

A move like this from someone on the board suggests a signal of confidence 

Remember that there are many reasons an insider would sell… to buy a house, pay for a wedding, go on vacation. But there’s only one reason they buy:

They think the stock’s going higher.

And with all the bearish sentiment surrounding the company, sometimes the best move is being contrarian. 

It's not about Musk or politics — it’s about risk/reward. And with TSLA bouncing off support, now we’ve got a clear line in the sand to trade against it.

Next up, the President and CEO of Enphase Energy $ENPH stepped in with a $185K buy, his first insider purchase of the year. 

Solar names have been crushed, but this tells us he sees opportunity down here.

Over at Bristol-Myers Squibb $BMY, Dr. Samit Hirawat, EVP and Chief Medical Officer, bought more than $200K worth of stock.

He’s been in the company since 2019, coming over from Novartis with a long track record in clinical development. 

He's one of the key people driving the drug pipeline forward — and now he’s putting his own money behind it.

Perpetua Resources $PPTA also caught our eye.

This is a small-cap gold and mining company and Encompass Capital Advisors just disclosed a 5.03% stake via a 13G filing. 

With all the attention on hard assets lately, this kind of institutional positioning matters.

Lastly, we had two buys at Merchants Bancorp $MBIN.

Both the President & COO and the CEO himself stepped in, scooping up close to $280K worth of shares combined. 

That's a strong alignment at the top.

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Enjoy the weekend. 

Steve