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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

TAYLOR DEVICES, INC.

TAYD · Nasdaq · CIK 0000096536 · Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

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

3 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
2 sales · 1 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchase2025-04-23 · Sopko Timothy John · $30.0K

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityNone
Recent buyingNone
Recent salesLow
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
CAREY ROBERT MICHAELDirector
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Burgess JohnDirector
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

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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: 2025-04-23 · Sopko Timothy John.

Recent Form 4 activity

0Purchases
8Sales
7Other Form 4 lines
7SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING0 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING2 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER1 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
146,860
Previous report
141,943
Avg daily volume
45,436
Days to cover
3.2

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
2025-04-23Sopko Timothy JohnPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 30.03USD 30,034SEC filing ↗
2025-01-13Sopko Timothy JohnPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 33.25USD 33,250SEC filing ↗
2023-01-19Sopko Timothy JohnPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 14.10USD 14,100SEC filing ↗
2022-10-20Sopko Timothy JohnPurchase (P)COMMON STOCK1,000USD 11.10USD 11,100SEC filing ↗
2022-10-03CAREY ROBERT MICHAELPurchase (P)COMMON STOCK2,500USD 10.70USD 26,750SEC filing ↗
2022-04-01Sopko Timothy JohnPurchase (P)COMMON STOCK1,000USD 9.95USD 9,950SEC filing ↗
2022-01-21Sopko Timothy JohnPurchase (P)COMMON STOCK1,000USD 10.38USD 10,380SEC filing ↗
2021-10-01Sopko Timothy JohnPurchase (P)COMMON STOCK1,000USD 11.25USD 11,250SEC filing ↗
2021-04-29CAREY ROBERT MICHAELPurchase (P)COMMON STOCK423USD 11.99USD 5,072SEC filing ↗
2021-04-28CAREY ROBERT MICHAELPurchase (P)COMMON STOCK77USD 12.00USD 924SEC filing ↗
2021-04-27CAREY ROBERT MICHAELPurchase (P)COMMON STOCK1,400USD 11.98USD 16,772SEC filing ↗
2021-03-29Sopko Timothy JohnPurchase (P)COMMON STOCK1,053USD 10.94USD 11,520SEC filing ↗
2020-03-26Sopko Timothy JohnPurchase (P)COMMON STOCK947USD 9.17USD 8,683SEC filing ↗
2020-03-13SOCHET IRAPurchase (P)Common Stock150,000USD 9.50USD 1,425,000SEC filing ↗
2020-03-13SOCHET IRAPurchase (P)Common Stock150,000USD 9.24USD 1,386,000SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

15 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 69 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-02Burgess JohnOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock5,000USD 13.80USD 69,000SEC filing ↗
2026-04-28CAREY ROBERT MICHAELSale (S)Common Stock5,000USD 56.73USD 283,629SEC filing ↗
2026-04-13Burgess JohnOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock5,000USD 16.40USD 82,000SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (11 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-02Burgess JohnOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock5,000USD 13.80USD 69,000SEC filing ↗
2026-04-28CAREY ROBERT MICHAELSale (S)Common Stock5,000USD 56.73USD 283,629SEC filing ↗
2026-04-13Burgess JohnOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock5,000USD 16.40USD 82,000SEC filing ↗
2026-04-13Burgess JohnTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,574USD 52.11USD 82,021SEC filing ↗
2026-01-23Armenat Fritz EricSale (S)Common Stock1,528USD 72.26USD 110,421SEC filing ↗
2026-01-22Armenat Fritz EricSale (S)Common Stock2,800USD 71.77USD 200,956SEC filing ↗
2026-01-21Armenat Fritz EricOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock5,000USD 9.85USD 49,250SEC filing ↗
2026-01-21Armenat Fritz EricTax withholding (F)Common Stock672USD 73.28USD 49,244SEC filing ↗
2026-01-14Armenat Fritz EricSale (S)Common Stock4,120USD 73.27USD 301,862SEC filing ↗
2026-01-09Armenat Fritz EricOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock5,000USD 11.98USD 59,900SEC filing ↗
2026-01-09Armenat Fritz EricTax withholding (F)Common Stock880USD 68.06USD 59,893SEC 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 · —
TickerTAYD
CIK0000096536
SectorIndustrials
IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC3569 General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, NEC
ExchangeNasdaq

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history69 transaction lines from 2020-01-13 to 2026-10-02
35 P purchase lines · 13 S sale lines · 21 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.