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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

Covista Inc.

CVSA · NYSE · CIK 0000730464 · Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

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

48 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
17 sales · 31 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchase2026-03-11 · MALAFRONTE MICHAEL W · $897.4K

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityNone
Recent buyingNone
Recent salesHigh
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

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Beard, Stephen W.Chairman & CEO
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Phelan Robert J.Chief Financial Officer
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BECK DOUGLAS G.SVP, GC, Corp. Sec & ISS
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Gangadharan ManjunathVP, Chief Accounting Officer
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Betz MichaelPres. Walden University & CDO
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Cox Karen SuePresident, Chamberlain Univ.
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

Showing the six most active owners; 5 additional owner(s) remain in Form 4 evidence.

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. Last qualifying purchase: 2026-03-11 · MALAFRONTE MICHAEL W.

Recent Form 4 activity

6Purchases
17Sales
70Other Form 4 lines
51SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING0 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING17 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER31 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 has not been captured for this ticker yet. The daily market-context job processes the US universe in rotating batches.

Short interest

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

Shares short
2,541,398
Previous report
1,937,678
Avg daily volume
419,467
Days to cover
6.1

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

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-03-11MALAFRONTE MICHAEL WPurchase (P)Common Stock8,890USD 100.94USD 897,357SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10MALAFRONTE MICHAEL WPurchase (P)Common Stock27,146USD 100.86USD 2,737,946SEC filing ↗
2026-03-03MALAFRONTE MICHAEL WPurchase (P)Common Stock1,200USD 97.97USD 117,564SEC filing ↗
2025-11-05Phelan Kenneth JPurchase (P)Common Stock508USD 98.29USD 49,931SEC filing ↗
2025-11-04MALAFRONTE MICHAEL WPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 91.85USD 91,850SEC filing ↗
2025-03-07MALAFRONTE MICHAEL WPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 87.21USD 87,210SEC filing ↗
2022-06-14Krehbiel William VPurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 31.67USD 316,700SEC filing ↗
2022-02-23O'KEEFE SHARONPurchase (P)Common Stock1,250USD 20.63USD 25,788SEC filing ↗
2022-02-17DeShazer CharlesPurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 20.65USD 10,325SEC filing ↗
2022-02-15Hrinak Donna JPurchase (P)Common Stock415USD 24.09USD 9,997SEC filing ↗
2022-02-14MALAFRONTE MICHAEL WPurchase (P)Common Stock40,500USD 23.58USD 954,990SEC filing ↗
2022-02-11Logan LylePurchase (P)Common Stock1,625USD 24.61USD 40,000SEC filing ↗
2022-02-11Kiser Georgette D.Purchase (P)Common Stock75USD 24.43USD 1,832SEC filing ↗
2022-02-10Kiser Georgette D.Purchase (P)Common Stock25USD 24.85USD 621SEC filing ↗
2022-02-10WARDELL LISA WPurchase (P)Common Stock4,020USD 24.48USD 98,410SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

93 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 648 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-15Storms LeslieAward / grant (A)Common Stock259USD 127.24USD 32,955SEC filing ↗
2026-10-15Hill SaraTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,322USD 127.24USD 168,211SEC filing ↗
2026-10-15CHIU EMILY CAward / grant (A)Common Stock259USD 127.24USD 32,955SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-15Storms LeslieAward / grant (A)Common Stock259USD 127.24USD 32,955SEC filing ↗
2026-10-15Hill SaraTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,322USD 127.24USD 168,211SEC filing ↗
2026-10-15CHIU EMILY CAward / grant (A)Common Stock259USD 127.24USD 32,955SEC filing ↗
2026-10-09Beard, Stephen W.Sale (S)Common Stock4,667USD 130.77USD 610,299SEC filing ↗
2026-10-08Beard, Stephen W.Sale (S)Common Stock3,639USD 130.37USD 474,413SEC filing ↗
2026-08-31MALAFRONTE MICHAEL WGift (G)Common Stock2,500USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-08-27Gangadharan ManjunathSale (S)Common Stock1,802USD 137.18USD 247,198SEC filing ↗
2026-08-23Phelan Robert J.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock8,871USD 132.35USD 1,174,077SEC filing ↗
2026-08-23Phelan Robert J.Award / grant (A)Common Stock17,136USD 132.35USD 2,267,950SEC filing ↗
2026-08-23Gangadharan ManjunathTax withholding (F)Common Stock936USD 132.35USD 123,880SEC filing ↗
2026-08-23Gangadharan ManjunathAward / grant (A)Common Stock2,550USD 132.35USD 337,492SEC filing ↗
2026-08-23Betz MichaelTax withholding (F)Common Stock6,558USD 132.35USD 867,951SEC filing ↗
2026-08-23Betz MichaelAward / grant (A)Common Stock12,444USD 132.35USD 1,646,963SEC filing ↗
2026-08-23Beard, Stephen W.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock66,797USD 132.35USD 8,840,583SEC filing ↗
2026-08-23Beard, Stephen W.Award / grant (A)Common Stock129,064USD 132.35USD 17,081,620SEC filing ↗
2026-08-23BECK DOUGLAS G.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock5,452USD 132.35USD 721,572SEC filing ↗
2026-08-23BECK DOUGLAS G.Award / grant (A)Common Stock10,302USD 132.35USD 1,363,470SEC filing ↗
2026-08-11Beard, Stephen W.Sale (S)Common Stock3,545USD 130.35USD 462,091SEC filing ↗
2026-08-07Phelan Robert J.Sale (S)Common Stock2,186USD 135.15USD 295,438SEC filing ↗
2026-08-07BECK DOUGLAS G.Sale (S)Common Stock4,526USD 135.81USD 614,676SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Manning AmeliaAward / grant (A)Common Stock4,317USD 115.82USD 499,995SEC filing ↗
2026-07-13Beard, Stephen W.Sale (S)Common Stock5,291USD 132.75USD 702,380SEC filing ↗
2026-07-08Phelan Robert J.Sale (S)Common Stock2,414USD 135.39USD 326,831SEC filing ↗
2026-07-08BECK DOUGLAS G.Sale (S)Common Stock2,439USD 135.34USD 330,094SEC filing ↗
2026-07-07Phelan Robert J.Sale (S)Common Stock2,900USD 135.41USD 392,689SEC filing ↗
2026-07-07BECK DOUGLAS G.Sale (S)Common Stock2,650USD 135.40USD 358,810SEC filing ↗
2026-06-11Beard, Stephen W.Sale (S)Common Stock2,529USD 130.78USD 330,743SEC filing ↗
2026-06-10Beard, Stephen W.Sale (S)Common Stock2,762USD 130.14USD 359,447SEC filing ↗
2026-05-18Gangadharan ManjunathTax withholding (F)Common Stock426USD 127.85USD 54,464SEC filing ↗
2026-05-08Phelan Robert J.Sale (S)Common Stock10,000USD 126.21USD 1,262,100SEC 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 · —
TickerCVSA
CIK0000730464
SectorConsumer Defensive
IndustryEducation & Training Services Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC8200 Services-Educational Services
ExchangeNYSE

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history648 transaction lines from 2020-02-13 to 2026-10-15
34 P purchase lines · 77 S sale lines · 537 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.