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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

BALCHEM CORP

BCPC · Nasdaq · CIK 0000009326 · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

0 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window

0 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
0 sales · 0 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchaseNo qualifying purchase is present in the local Form 4 history.

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityNone
Recent buyingNone
Recent salesNone
Buy signal statusInactive
Score anatomy

No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.

ClusterNot calculated
Purchase sizeNot calculated
RoleNot calculated
RecencyNot calculated
ConvictionNot calculated

Why is there no score?

  • No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
  • Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.

Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.

Insider activity timeline

No Form 4 transaction event is present in the current 180-day window.

Purchase breadth, concentration & cluster buying

These modules activate when qualifying purchases enter the 180-day research window.

SIGNAL HISTORY

No recorded active-signal snapshot

Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot.—

Recent Form 4 activity

0Purchases
5Sales
52Other Form 4 lines
28SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING0 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING0 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER0 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot assessed

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context provides additional background on recent price performance and risk. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Price performance

1M
-5.7%
3M
-1.8%
6M
-2.1%
12M
—

Volatility & liquidity

Volatility
21.2%
Beta
—
Avg daily value
—

Valuation

Market cap
—
P/E
—

Fundamentals

Profit margin
14.9%
ROE
12.3%
Industry
Specialty Chemicals

Market data

Price data up to: 2026-09-30 · Price source: OpenBB/yfinance · From SEC filings: Profit margin, ROE · Fiscal year ended: 2025-12-31 · Status: PASS

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
493,011
Previous report
620,041
Avg daily volume
236,969
Days to cover
2.1

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

No qualifying code P equity purchase is present in the local Form 4 history.

Form 4 evidence

57 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 334 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-02-12van Gunsteren Job LeonardTax withholding (F)Common Stock58USD 177.49USD 10,294SEC filing ↗
2026-02-12Tignor Michael BrentTax withholding (F)Common Stock165USD 177.49USD 29,286SEC filing ↗
2026-02-12Reid Martin LutherTax withholding (F)Common Stock116USD 177.49USD 20,589SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-02-12van Gunsteren Job LeonardTax withholding (F)Common Stock58USD 177.49USD 10,294SEC filing ↗
2026-02-12Tignor Michael BrentTax withholding (F)Common Stock165USD 177.49USD 29,286SEC filing ↗
2026-02-12Reid Martin LutherTax withholding (F)Common Stock116USD 177.49USD 20,589SEC filing ↗
2026-02-12Miyata HatsukiTax withholding (F)Common Stock181USD 177.49USD 32,126SEC filing ↗
2026-02-12Harris Theodore LTax withholding (F)Common Stock844USD 177.49USD 149,802SEC filing ↗
2026-02-12Boned FredericTax withholding (F)Common Stock203USD 177.49USD 36,030SEC filing ↗
2026-02-12Bengtsson Carl MartinTax withholding (F)Common Stock302USD 177.49USD 53,602SEC filing ↗
2026-02-12Backus William A.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock70USD 177.49USD 12,424SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11van Gunsteren Job LeonardTax withholding (F)Common Stock756USD 178.68USD 135,082SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11van Gunsteren Job LeonardAward / grant (A)Common Stock1,775USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Wineinger Matthew DavidAward / grant (A)Common Stock870USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11VICENTE MONICAAward / grant (A)Common Stock870USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Tignor Michael BrentTax withholding (F)Common Stock991USD 178.68USD 177,072SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Tignor Michael BrentAward / grant (A)Common Stock3,129USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Rigaud OlivierAward / grant (A)Common Stock870USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Reid Martin LutherTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,085USD 178.68USD 193,868SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Reid Martin LutherAward / grant (A)Common Stock3,299USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Miyata HatsukiTax withholding (F)Common Stock877USD 178.68USD 156,702SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Miyata HatsukiAward / grant (A)Common Stock3,957USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Knutson Daniel EAward / grant (A)Common Stock870USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Harris Theodore LTax withholding (F)Common Stock9,358USD 178.68USD 1,672,087SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Harris Theodore LAward / grant (A)Common Stock25,641USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Graham GeorgeAward / grant (A)Common Stock700USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Fish Kathleen BAward / grant (A)Common Stock870USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Fischer David BAward / grant (A)Common Stock870USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Boned FredericTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,151USD 178.68USD 205,661SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Boned FredericAward / grant (A)Common Stock5,117USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Bengtsson Carl MartinTax withholding (F)Common Stock2,416USD 178.68USD 431,691SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Bengtsson Carl MartinAward / grant (A)Common Stock8,328USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Backus William A.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock865USD 178.68USD 154,558SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerBCPC
CIK0000009326
SectorBasic Materials
IndustrySpecialty Chemicals Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC2800 Chemicals & Allied Products
ExchangeNasdaq

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history334 transaction lines from 2020-02-05 to 2026-02-12
0 P purchase lines · 42 S sale lines · 292 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.