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US · SEC FORM 4
IPG PHOTONICS CORP
IPGP · Nasdaq · CIK 0001111928 · Technology · Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
INSIDER SIGNAL
1 qualifying P purchase group
in the current 180-day scoring window
54 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
42 sales · 10 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines
WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?
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.
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.
Purchase breadth & concentration
Roles in the peak window: Director. Concentration uses priced qualifying P lines only and does not change the saved score.
Insider activity timeline
Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.
Showing the six most active owners; 9 additional owner(s) remain in Form 4 evidence.
SIGNAL HISTORY
Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2026-08-26 · PEELER JOHN R.
Recent Form 4 activity
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
- 3,725,196
- Previous report
- 3,439,518
- Avg daily volume
- 433,668
- Days to cover
- 8.6
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 date | Reporting owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | PEELER JOHN R | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 2,710 | USD 73.58 | USD 199,400 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2022-06-16 | Mammen Timothy PV | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 3,000 | USD 83.54 | USD 250,620 | SEC filing ↗ |
Form 4 evidence
175 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 823 in local history.
| Date | Owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | SCHERBAKOV EUGENE A | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 3,048 | USD 85.30 | USD 259,994 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-02 | IP FIBRE DEVICES LTD | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 15,361 | USD 85.64 | USD 1,315,515 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-02 | Valentin Gapontsev Trust I | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 9,306 | USD 75.95 | USD 706,828 | SEC filing ↗ |
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
| Date | Owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | SCHERBAKOV EUGENE A | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 3,048 | USD 85.30 | USD 259,994 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-02 | IP FIBRE DEVICES LTD | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 15,361 | USD 85.64 | USD 1,315,515 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-02 | Valentin Gapontsev Trust I | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 9,306 | USD 75.95 | USD 706,828 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-01 | Valentin Gapontsev Trust I | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 18,091 | USD 75.14 | USD 1,359,358 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-26 | PEELER JOHN R | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 2,710 | USD 73.58 | USD 199,400 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-08 | Bucher Paulus | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 663 | USD 90.23 | USD 59,822 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-05 | IP FIBRE DEVICES LTD | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 18,111 | USD 96.12 | USD 1,740,761 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-04 | IP FIBRE DEVICES LTD | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 12,202 | USD 95.18 | USD 1,161,386 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-07-31 | SCHERBAKOV EUGENE A | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 1,524 | USD 86.61 | USD 131,994 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-07-31 | IP FIBRE DEVICES LTD | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 27,000 | USD 85.81 | USD 2,316,899 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-07-21 | Valentin Gapontsev Trust I | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 56,316 | USD 102.31 | USD 5,761,475 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-06-29 | SCHERBAKOV EUGENE A | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 1,524 | USD 101.55 | USD 154,757 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-06-29 | Lopresti Angelo P | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 1,000 | USD 110.33 | USD 110,330 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-06-29 | IP FIBRE DEVICES LTD | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 65,700 | USD 103.64 | USD 6,809,233 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-06-22 | Agnes Tang | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 1,511 | USD 117.85 | USD 178,078 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-06-05 | Gitin Mark Milton | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 4,641 | USD 107.37 | USD 498,304 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-22 | Mammen Timothy PV | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 9,975 | USD 119.81 | USD 1,195,098 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-14 | Desmond Jeanmarie F. | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 1,690 | USD 105.58 | USD 178,430 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-12 | Pavlova Natalia; Samartsev Igor | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 2,436 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-12 | PEELER JOHN R | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 2,436 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-12 | Meurice Eric | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 2,436 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-12 | KENNEDY KOLLEEN T | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 2,436 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-12 | Dougherty Greg | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 2,436 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-12 | Desmond Jeanmarie F. | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 2,436 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-12 | Beecher Gregory R | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 2,436 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-12 | Agnes Tang | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 2,436 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-03-17 | Buttarazzi Mary E. | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 500 | USD 116.22 | USD 58,110 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-03-01 | SCHERBAKOV EUGENE A | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 7,237 | USD 131.57 | USD 952,172 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-03-01 | Pavlova Natalia; Samartsev Igor | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 836 | USD 131.57 | USD 109,993 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-03-01 | Ness Trevor | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 3,402 | USD 131.57 | USD 447,601 | 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 date | 2026-10-19 |
|---|---|
| Ranking version | US-v1.2 |
| Data quality | PASS ELIGIBLE · — |
| Ticker | IPGP |
| CIK | 0001111928 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Industry | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Yahoo Finance |
| SEC SIC | 3674 Semiconductors & Related Devices |
| Exchange | Nasdaq |
Data coverage
| Local Form 4 history | 823 transaction lines from 2020-02-19 to 2026-10-02 3 P purchase lines · 522 S sale lines · 298 other lines |
|---|---|
| SEC company submissions | Open SEC filings ↗ |
Local ledger as of 2026-10-19. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.