Insider Buy ·Filed Aug 11, 2026

PLNT

Planet Fitness, Inc.
NEUTRAL
Impact 3/10
Horizonweeks Processed1mo ago SEC0001361944-26-000005
Insider cluster: 1 insiders, $493K total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

The director's $493K buy is too small relative to PLNT's $3.7B market cap to be a meaningful signal. Monitor for additional insider buying or a multi-insider cluster before reading this as bullish. The company's poor historical T+20 performance on prior reports (25% win rate) suggests caution. Next catalyst to watch is the upcoming quarterly earnings release.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencemedium
Horizonweeks
Latest settled — T+20d ⚠ clustered
PLNT ▲ +3.56% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call ✓ call won +3.56% · α vs SPY +5.46% · entry $48.26 → $49.98
Next anchor: T+60d in 5w
Latest observation: T+33 -10.23% FF3 residual α
Entry anchored
Aug 11, 04:00 PM ET
via 1-min bar
T+1d
+1.74%
call +1.74% · α +1.04%
$49.10
settled 7w ago
T+5d
+11.79%
call +11.79% · α +12.23%
$53.95
settled 6w ago
T+20d
+3.56%
call +3.56% · α +5.46%
$49.98
settled 23d ago
T+60d
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call — · α —
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in 5w

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Executive Summary

Planet Fitness director Stephen Spinelli Jr. made an open-market purchase of $493K worth of PLNT stock at $49.28 per share. This is a single insider conviction buy, not a cluster, and represents approximately 0.013% of the company's $3.7B market cap — a trivial amount relative to company size. The purchase is notable as a director's cash commitment but lacks the materiality to signal a major inflection point, especially given the company's poor historical T+20 win rate of 25% on prior reports.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
buying
Total Value
$492.8K
Insiders
1

Key Facts

  • Director Stephen Spinelli Jr. purchased 10,000 shares at $49.28 for a total of $492,800
  • The purchase represents ~0.013% of PLNT's $3.7B market cap — well below the 0.1% materiality threshold
  • This is a single insider buy, not a multi-insider cluster, limiting its predictive power
  • PLNT's historical T+20 win rate on prior reports is only 25% with an average alpha of -6.07% vs SPY

Financial Impact

$493K open-market purchase by a director, representing 0.013% of market cap

insider ownership

Risk Factors

  • Single insider buy lacks the conviction signal of a multi-insider cluster
  • Purchase size is trivial at 0.013% of market cap — may be routine portfolio rebalancing
  • PLNT has a poor historical track record with only 25% of prior reports generating positive T+20 returns

Market Snapshot

Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs
Analyst Consensus
69% bullish (26 analysts)

Investment Themes

Services

Documents Analyzed

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

DocumentAccession Number
INSIDER-BUY Data (Synthetic)0001361944-26-000005
9 reports for PLNT
Performance horizon
83% Hit rate 5 of 6 directional calls best @ T+20▲ +23.59%Aug 26, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for PLNT — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Aug 26, 2026
5w ago
Press Release
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$53.29 $40.72▲ +23.59%▲ +23.73%$42.41 (+20.42%)
Aug 11, 2026
7w ago
Insider Buy
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$48.26 $49.98▲ +3.56%▲ +5.46%$42.41 (−12.12%)
Aug 3, 2026
8w ago
Press Release
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$56.23 $51.60▲ +8.23%▲ +9.47%$42.41 (+24.58%)
Jul 30, 2026
9w ago
Press Release
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$55.98 $51.70▲ +7.65%▲ +11.61%$42.41 (+24.24%)
Jul 22, 2026
10w ago
Press Release
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$54.05 $53.95▲ +0.18%▲ +3.08%$42.41 (+21.54%)
Jul 15, 2026
11w ago
Press Release
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$52.88 $49.10▲ +7.15%▲ +10.77%$42.41 (+19.80%)
May 8, 2026
21w ago
Insider Cluster
MIXED ★ 5/10
$45.84 $50.68▲ +10.57%▲ +10.55%$42.41 (−7.47%)
May 7, 2026
21w ago
8-K
BEARISH ★ 7/10
$43.12 $51.53▼ −19.52%▼ −16.38%$42.41 (+1.64%)
Mar 25, 2026
27w ago
DEFA14A
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$75.11 $69.35▼ −7.67%▼ −18.33%$42.41 (−43.53%)
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