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Insider Cluster (2 insiders) ·Filed May 15, 2026

USCB

USCB FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NEUTRAL
Impact 2/10
Horizonimmediate Processed5mo ago
Insider cluster: 2 insiders, $215K total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

This cluster is a non-event for traders. The CEO and director are simply monetizing vested options — a routine cashless-exercise pattern common after blackout windows lift. No insider is buying, and the dollar amounts are too small to signal anything about the bank's outlook. Ignore this filing; focus on USCB's next quarterly earnings for any fundamental read-through.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencehigh
Horizonimmediate
Final — all horizons settled through T+60d ⚠ clustered
USCB ▲ +25.13% at T+60d
NEUTRAL call +25.13% · α vs SPY +20.61% · entry $17.95 → $22.46
Entry = T+0 close
May 15, 2026
via day close
T+1d
+0.61%
call +0.61% · α +0.68%
$18.06
settled 5mo ago
T+5d
+3.73%
call +3.73% · α +2.77%
$18.62
settled 5mo ago
T+20d
+8.75%
call +8.75% · α +6.63%
$19.52
settled 4mo ago
T+60d
+25.13%
call +25.13% · α +20.61%
$22.46
settled 3mo ago

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Executive Summary

Two USCB insiders — the CEO and a director — sold a combined $215K in open-market shares over a 3-day window, with each sale immediately following derivative exercises at lower strike prices. The CEO's sale ($96K) was a same-day exercise-and-sell at $12.05/$18.27, locking in a ~52% gain; the director's sales ($282K gross, $164K net of exercise cost) similarly followed option exercises. These are classic cashless-exercise-and-cover patterns, not opportunistic bearish signals — the insiders are monetizing vested options, not reducing exposure at the margin. At 0.06% of market cap, the dollar value is trivial.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$215.0K
Insiders
2

Key Facts

  • CEO Luis de la Aguilera exercised 5,279 options at $12.05 and sold the same shares at $18.27 for $96K — a same-day exercise-and-sell, not a fresh bearish bet.
  • Director Ramon Abadin sold 15,552 shares total ($282K) over two days, but 10,000 of those shares came from option exercises at $0 and $7.5 — net cash proceeds after exercise cost were ~$244K.
  • Total open-market sales of $215K represent just 0.06% of USCB's $335M market cap — well below the 0.1% materiality threshold.
  • No insider has made an open-market purchase in the cluster window; all activity is option-exercise-driven selling.

Financial Impact

Total insider sales of $215K, or 0.06% of market cap — immaterial.

insider ownershipdilution

Risk Factors

  • If the bank's loan book shows deterioration in the next 10-Q, these sales could be retrospectively viewed as informed — but the pattern itself is not suspicious.

Market Snapshot

Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
State Commercial Banks
Analyst Consensus
73% bullish (11 analysts)

Investment Themes

Traditional Finance

Documents Analyzed

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

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-USCB-1778851286330
24 reports for USCB
Performance horizon
80% Hit rate @ T+60 4 of 5 directional calls Went positive at some point 4 of 5 best @ T+60▲ +6.80%Apr 23, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for USCB — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Oct 22, 2026
3d ago
Press Release
MIXED ★ 5/10
$22.34awaiting T+60—$19.99 (−10.52%)
Oct 22, 2026
3d ago
8-K
MIXED ★ 5/10
$22.34awaiting T+60—$19.99 (−10.52%)
Oct 19, 2026
6d ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$22.49awaiting T+60—$19.99 (−11.12%)
Oct 19, 2026
6d ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$22.49awaiting T+60—$19.99 (−11.12%)
Jul 28, 2026
12w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$22.65 $22.29▼ −1.59%▼ −5.94%$19.99 (−11.74%)
Jul 23, 2026
13w ago
Press Release
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$21.67 $22.24▲ +2.63%▼ −0.66%$19.99 (−7.75%)
Jul 23, 2026
13w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$21.67 $22.24▲ +2.63%▼ −0.66%$19.99 (−7.75%)
Jul 20, 2026
13w ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$20.42 $22.15▲ +8.47%▲ +4.50%$19.99 (−2.11%)
Jul 6, 2026
15w ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 1/10
$20.23 $21.83▲ +7.91%▲ +5.70%$19.99 (−1.19%)
May 27, 2026
21w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$18.54 $22.44▲ +21.04%▲ +19.30%$19.99 (+7.82%)
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Report published May 15, 2026