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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

EASTERN CO

EML · Nasdaq · CIK 0000031107 · Industrials · Tools & Accessories

INSIDER SIGNAL

84.8 / 100

6 buyers · 15 purchase transaction lines · $424.1K gross purchase

WHY THIS SIGNAL?

Buyer breadthStrong
Purchase sizeModerate
RoleStrong
RecencyModerate
ConvictionStrong
Score anatomy

Each bar shows the contribution to the current score; the weights and formula stay unchanged.

Cluster+35.0 / 35
Purchase size+13.9 / 25
Role+20.0 / 20
Recency+5.9 / 10
Conviction+10.0 / 10

What is holding the score back?

  • ✓ Cluster breadth is broad · 4+ insiders
  • ✓ Role scores high · most senior buyer: Director

Purchase-size comments are relative to the model scale. Average daily volume is a separate market-context diagnostic.

US-v1.2 ranks qualifying equity purchases under the current 180-day rules. The score is a research priority, not a return forecast or probability. Backtests have not shown that a higher US score is followed by better returns.

Insider activity timeline

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

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
DiSanto Frederick D.Director
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Scott PeggyDirector
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MITAROTONDA JAMES ADirector,TenPercentOwner
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Galbato ChanDirector
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EVERETS JOHNDirector
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BARINGTON COMPANIES EQUITY PARTNERS L P; BARINGTON COMPANIES MANAGEMENT, LLC; MITAROTONDA JAMES ADirector,TenPercentOwner; Other; TenPercentOwner
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

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Purchase breadth & concentration

QUALIFYING BUYERS6
PURCHASE CONCENTRATION29%Largest buyer: BARINGTON COMPANIES EQUITY PARTNERS L P; BARINGTON COMPANIES MANAGEMENT, LLC; MITAROTONDA JAMES A · $122.7K
CLUSTER BUYING · 15D6 insidersPeak activity: 2026-06-04–2026-06-16

Roles in the peak window: Director, Director,TenPercentOwner, Director,TenPercentOwner; Other; TenPercentOwner. Concentration uses priced qualifying P lines only and does not change the saved score.

SIGNAL HISTORY

84.8 / 100

Latest recorded score

↓ -0.2 ptsversus the previous recorded snapshot
  1. 85.5
  2. 85.3
  3. 85.1
  4. 85.0
  5. 84.8

Only scores saved when a full US scoring run completed are shown; gaps are not reconstructed.

Recent Form 4 activity

44Purchases
0Sales
8Other Form 4 lines
40SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING15 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING0 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER2 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot detected in parsed evidence

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
-4.1%
3M
-5.2%
6M
+13.2%
12M
+10.8%

Volatility & liquidity

Volatility
39.8%
Beta
0.86
Avg daily value
USD 340,375

Valuation

Market cap
USD 148.0M
P/E
20.7×

Fundamentals

Profit margin
2.9%
ROE
5.7%
Industry
Tools & Accessories

Market data

Price data up to: 2026-10-11 · Price source: OpenBB/yfinance · From SEC filings: Market cap, P/E, Profit margin, ROE · Fiscal year ended: 2026-01-03 · Market cap is the shares outstanding stated on the filing cover multiplied by the latest close. Share count date: 2026-07-04 · Status: PASS

Short interest

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

Shares short
95,367
Previous report
102,933
Avg daily volume
9,699
Days to cover
9.8

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
2026-09-16Scott PeggyPurchase (P)Common Shares996USD 25.25USD 25,149SEC filing ↗
2026-09-16MITAROTONDA JAMES APurchase (P)Common Shares1,423USD 25.25USD 35,931SEC filing ↗
2026-09-16Galbato ChanPurchase (P)Common Shares1,217USD 25.25USD 30,729SEC filing ↗
2026-09-16EVERETS JOHNPurchase (P)Common Shares1,037USD 25.25USD 26,184SEC filing ↗
2026-06-16Scott PeggyPurchase (P)Common Shares1,176USD 21.40USD 25,166SEC filing ↗
2026-06-16MITAROTONDA JAMES APurchase (P)Common Shares1,679USD 21.40USD 35,931SEC filing ↗
2026-06-16Galbato ChanPurchase (P)Common Shares940USD 21.40USD 20,116SEC filing ↗
2026-06-16EVERETS JOHNPurchase (P)Common Shares1,310USD 21.40USD 28,034SEC filing ↗
2026-06-16DiSanto Frederick D.Purchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share1,000USD 21.25USD 21,250SEC filing ↗
2026-06-12DiSanto Frederick D.Purchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share1,000USD 20.96USD 20,960SEC filing ↗
2026-06-11DiSanto Frederick D.Purchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share1,000USD 21.25USD 21,250SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05DiSanto Frederick D.Purchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share288USD 21.50USD 6,192SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05BARINGTON COMPANIES EQUITY PARTNERS L P; BARINGTON COMPANIES MANAGEMENT, LLC; MITAROTONDA JAMES APurchase (P)Common Shares3,736USD 21.73USD 81,183SEC filing ↗
2026-06-04BARINGTON COMPANIES EQUITY PARTNERS L P; BARINGTON COMPANIES MANAGEMENT, LLC; MITAROTONDA JAMES APurchase (P)Common Shares1,922USD 21.58USD 41,477SEC filing ↗
2026-06-04DiSanto Frederick D.Purchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share213USD 21.50USD 4,580SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

52 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 417 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-09-16Scott PeggyPurchase (P)Common Shares996USD 25.25USD 25,149SEC filing ↗
2026-09-16MITAROTONDA JAMES APurchase (P)Common Shares1,423USD 25.25USD 35,931SEC filing ↗
2026-09-16Galbato ChanPurchase (P)Common Shares1,217USD 25.25USD 30,729SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-09-16Scott PeggyPurchase (P)Common Shares996USD 25.25USD 25,149SEC filing ↗
2026-09-16MITAROTONDA JAMES APurchase (P)Common Shares1,423USD 25.25USD 35,931SEC filing ↗
2026-09-16Galbato ChanPurchase (P)Common Shares1,217USD 25.25USD 30,729SEC filing ↗
2026-09-16EVERETS JOHNPurchase (P)Common Shares1,037USD 25.25USD 26,184SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15DiSanto Frederick D.Award / grant (A)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share905USD 25.25USD 22,851SEC filing ↗
2026-06-16Scott PeggyPurchase (P)Common Shares1,176USD 21.40USD 25,166SEC filing ↗
2026-06-16MITAROTONDA JAMES APurchase (P)Common Shares1,679USD 21.40USD 35,931SEC filing ↗
2026-06-16Galbato ChanPurchase (P)Common Shares940USD 21.40USD 20,116SEC filing ↗
2026-06-16EVERETS JOHNPurchase (P)Common Shares1,310USD 21.40USD 28,034SEC filing ↗
2026-06-16DiSanto Frederick D.Purchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share1,000USD 21.25USD 21,250SEC filing ↗
2026-06-15DiSanto Frederick D.Award / grant (A)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share1,068USD 21.40USD 22,855SEC filing ↗
2026-06-12DiSanto Frederick D.Purchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share1,000USD 20.96USD 20,960SEC filing ↗
2026-06-11DiSanto Frederick D.Purchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share1,000USD 21.25USD 21,250SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05DiSanto Frederick D.Purchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share288USD 21.50USD 6,192SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05BARINGTON COMPANIES EQUITY PARTNERS L P; BARINGTON COMPANIES MANAGEMENT, LLC; MITAROTONDA JAMES APurchase (P)Common Shares3,736USD 21.73USD 81,183SEC filing ↗
2026-06-04BARINGTON COMPANIES EQUITY PARTNERS L P; BARINGTON COMPANIES MANAGEMENT, LLC; MITAROTONDA JAMES APurchase (P)Common Shares1,922USD 21.58USD 41,477SEC filing ↗
2026-06-04DiSanto Frederick D.Purchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share213USD 21.50USD 4,580SEC filing ↗
2026-03-18BARINGTON COMPANIES EQUITY PARTNERS L P; BARINGTON COMPANIES MANAGEMENT, LLC; MITAROTONDA JAMES APurchase (P)Common Shares2,000USD 20.11USD 40,220SEC filing ↗
2026-03-16Scott PeggyPurchase (P)Common Shares1,064USD 20.93USD 22,270SEC filing ↗
2026-03-16MITAROTONDA JAMES APurchase (P)Common Shares1,717USD 20.93USD 35,937SEC filing ↗
2026-03-16MARDY MICHAEL JPurchase (P)Common Shares1,099USD 20.93USD 23,002SEC filing ↗
2026-03-16HENRY CHARLES WPurchase (P)Common Shares989USD 20.93USD 20,700SEC filing ↗
2026-03-16Galbato ChanPurchase (P)Common Shares962USD 20.93USD 20,135SEC filing ↗
2026-03-16EVERETS JOHNPurchase (P)Common Shares1,339USD 20.93USD 28,025SEC filing ↗
2026-03-16DiSanto Frederick D.Award / grant (A)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share1,065USD 20.93USD 22,290SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10DiSanto Frederick D.Purchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share101USD 18.99USD 1,918SEC filing ↗
2026-03-09BARINGTON COMPANIES EQUITY PARTNERS L P; BARINGTON COMPANIES MANAGEMENT, LLC; MITAROTONDA JAMES APurchase (P)Common Shares2,342USD 18.74USD 43,889SEC filing ↗
2026-03-06BARINGTON COMPANIES EQUITY PARTNERS L P; BARINGTON COMPANIES MANAGEMENT, LLC; MITAROTONDA JAMES APurchase (P)Common Shares5,067USD 18.29USD 92,675SEC filing ↗
2026-03-06DiSanto Frederick D.Purchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share1,000USD 18.39USD 18,390SEC filing ↗
2026-03-01Vlahos Nicholas AlecOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Shares907USD —USD —SEC 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 · —
TickerEML
CIK0000031107
SectorIndustrials
IndustryTools & Accessories Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC3420 Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware
ExchangeNasdaq

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history417 transaction lines from 2020-03-03 to 2026-09-16
155 P purchase lines · 0 S sale lines · 262 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.