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Insider Cluster (3 insiders) ·Filed Aug 13, 2026

CVSA

Covista Inc.
NEUTRAL
Impact 2/10
Horizonimmediate Processed2mo ago
Insider cluster: 3 insiders, $1.4M total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

The selling is de minimis relative to market cap and likely driven by routine portfolio diversification or tax planning. No bearish signal. Monitor for any material corporate events (e.g., earnings, M&A) that could explain the timing, but standalone this cluster is noise.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencehigh
Horizonimmediate
Latest settled — T+20d
CVSA ▼ -4.94% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call -4.94% · α vs SPY -2.95% · entry $132.01 → $125.49
Next anchor: T+60d in 10d
Latest observation: T+50 +6.89% FF3 residual α
Entry = T+0 close
Aug 13, 2026
via day close
T+1d
+0.23%
call +0.23% · α +0.71%
$132.32
settled 2mo ago
T+5d
+0.26%
call +0.26% · α +1.63%
$132.35
settled 2mo ago
T+20d
-4.94%
call -4.94% · α -2.95%
$125.49
settled 7w ago
T+60d
Pending
in 10d

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Executive Summary

Three CVSA insiders, including the CEO and CFO, sold a total of $1.37M in shares over a one-week window. The total represents just 0.031% of the company's $4.4B market cap, making this a routine, immaterial cluster with no predictive signal.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$1.4M
Insiders
3

Key Facts

  • Chairman & CEO Stephen W. Beard sold 3,545 shares at $130.34 for $462K on 2026-08-11.
  • SVP, GC, Corp. Sec & ISS Douglas G. Beck sold 4,500 shares at $135.81 for $615K on 2026-08-07.
  • CFO Robert J. Phelan sold 2,200 shares at $135.15 for $295K on 2026-08-07.
  • Total cluster value of $1.37M equals ~0.031% of CVSA's $4.4B market cap.
  • No open-market purchases were reported in the cluster.

Financial Impact

Total insider sales of $1.37M, representing 0.031% of market cap — trivial relative to company size.

insider ownershipfloat

Risk Factors

  • Insider sales, while small, could precede a broader sell-off if fundamentals deteriorate, but current data shows no such catalyst.
  • The cluster includes the CEO and CFO, but the dollar amounts are too small to indicate informed selling.

Market Snapshot

Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Services-Educational Services
Analyst Consensus
90% bullish (10 analysts)

Investment Themes

Services

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-CVSA-1786691512022
14 reports for CVSA
Performance horizon
100% Hit rate @ T+5 3 of 3 directional calls Went positive at some point 3 of 3 best @ T+60▲ +31.16%Feb 24, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for CVSA — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Oct 14, 2026
12d ago
DEFA14A
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$127.24 $131.62▲ +3.44%▲ +4.46%$131.55 (+3.39%)
Oct 9, 2026
17d ago
144
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$128.87 $128.58▼ −0.23%▲ +1.27%$131.55 (+2.08%)
Oct 8, 2026
18d ago
144
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$129.38 $126.75▼ −2.03%▼ −0.07%$131.55 (+1.68%)
Oct 2, 2026
24d ago
DEFA14A
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$125.39 $128.87▲ +2.78%▲ +2.35%$131.55 (+4.91%)
Oct 2, 2026
24d ago
DEF 14A
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$125.39 $128.87▲ +2.78%▲ +2.35%$131.55 (+4.91%)
Aug 13, 2026
10w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$132.01 $132.35▲ +0.26%▲ +1.63%$131.55 (−0.35%)
Aug 11, 2026
10w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$128.22 $131.93▲ +2.89%▲ +3.34%$131.55 (+2.60%)
Jul 28, 2026
12w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$133.60 $128.91▼ −3.51%▼ −9.04%$131.55 (−1.53%)
Jul 15, 2026
14w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$116.22 $115.13▲ +0.94%▼ −0.73%$131.55 (−13.19%)
Jul 15, 2026
14w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$116.22 $115.13▼ −0.94%▲ +0.73%$131.55 (+13.19%)
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Report published Aug 14, 2026