Insider Buy ·Filed Aug 24, 2026

HRI

HERC HOLDINGS INC
NEUTRAL
Impact 3/10
Horizonweeks Processed1mo ago SEC0001364479-26-000121
Insider cluster: 1 insiders, $503K total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

The director buy is too small to be a standalone catalyst. Monitor for C-suite insider purchases or a Form 4 cluster from multiple executives to confirm bullish conviction. The strong institutional accumulation (7 funds doubling) and 73% analyst bullish consensus provide more signal than this single trade.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencemedium
Horizonweeks
Latest settled — T+20d
HRI ▼ -8.82% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call ✗ call lost -8.82% · α vs SPY -10.13% · entry $158.00 → $144.07
Next anchor: T+60d in 6w
Latest observation: T+26 -19.78% FF3 residual α
Entry anchored
Aug 21, 04:00 PM ET
via 1-min bar
T+1d
-1.21%
call -1.21% · α -1.53%
$156.09
settled 6w ago
T+5d
-3.58%
call -3.58% · α -4.05%
$152.34
settled 5w ago
T+20d
-8.82%
call -8.82% · α -10.13%
$144.07
settled 11d ago
T+60d
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call — · α —
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in 6w

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Executive Summary

Director Erik Olsson made an open-market purchase of 3,085 HRI shares for $503K at $163/share. This is a solitary conviction buy from a director, representing ~0.009% of HRI's $5.4B market cap — a trivial amount relative to company size. The trade lacks C-suite participation and the dollar value is too small to signal material non-public information, making this a low-conviction signal.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
buying
Total Value
$502.9K
Insiders
1

Key Facts

  • Director Erik Olsson purchased 3,085 shares at $163.00 on 2026-08-21
  • Total purchase value: $502,855
  • Purchase represents ~0.009% of HRI's $5.4B market cap
  • No C-suite insiders participated in this trade
  • HRI has 73% bullish analyst consensus (3 Strong Buy, 8 Buy)
  • Institutional 13F shows net accumulation: 7 funds doubled positions, 5 added, 4 trimmed, 2 exited

Financial Impact

$503K open-market purchase by a director, trivial relative to $5.4B market cap

insider ownership

Risk Factors

  • Single director buy lacks the conviction signal of a CEO/CFO purchase
  • $503K is noise-level relative to $5.4B market cap
  • Historical calibration shows score-7+ reports on HRI have poor T+20 outcomes (avg -31.25% on 2026-02-28 report)

Market Snapshot

Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Services-Miscellaneous Equipment Rental & Leasing
Analyst Consensus
73% bullish (15 analysts)

Investment Themes

Services

Documents Analyzed

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

DocumentAccession Number
INSIDER-BUY Data (Synthetic)0001364479-26-000121
6 reports for HRI
Performance horizon
67% Hit rate 2 of 3 directional calls best @ T+60▲ +22.49%Apr 28, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for HRI — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Aug 24, 2026
5w ago
Insider Buy
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$158.00 $144.07▼ −8.82%▼ −10.13%$137.15 (−13.19%)
Aug 19, 2026
6w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$168.10 $138.76▼ −17.45%▼ −15.50%$137.15 (−18.41%)
Jul 28, 2026
9w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 7/10
$148.24 $156.09▲ +5.30%▲ +1.91%$137.15 (−7.48%)
Apr 28, 2026
22w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$133.28 $137.23▲ +2.96%▼ −2.49%$137.15 (+2.91%)
Mar 27, 2026
27w ago
DEFA14A
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$100.34 $124.61▲ +24.19%▲ +11.45%$137.15 (+36.69%)
Feb 28, 2026
30w ago
Institutional Cluster
BULLISH ★ 7/10
$140.91 $96.87▼ −31.25%▼ −23.32%$137.15 (−2.66%)
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