FUND insider buying – Sprott Focus Trust Inc.
63 insider purchases since 2016 worth $28.4M by 1 different insiders. Last 12 months: 4 purchases, $4.4M. Most recent filing: 2026-06-30.
Same time range as the chart above - each mark sits under the week of the trade. Circles = purchases (height = price paid, size = amount), red triangles = open-market sales of $50k+. Prices as reported, not adjusted for later stock splits. 48 older purchases (before the 5-year window) are listed in the table below.
Purchases are open-market buys (SEC Form 4, code "P") - insiders paying with their own money. Sales are open-market sales (code "S") of $50,000 or more; many sales are pre-planned (Rule 10b5-1) or made for taxes and diversification. Each row links to the original filing.
Bought, sold, still holding?
| Insider | Bought | First / last buy | Sold since 2016 | Holds now* | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE W WHITNEY Director | $28.4M 63× · 4,130,844 sh | 2016-01-07 2026-06-29 | 6× · $1.1M last 2026-01-06 | 12,667,156 shares as of 2026-06-30 | Holds (sold earlier) |
* Shares held after the insider's most recent SEC filing for this company (all share classes, direct and indirect). If an insider stops filing, later changes are not known.
Insider buying and selling by year
| Year | Purchases | Bought | Buyers | Sales | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | $2.1M | 1 | 1 | $156,645 |
| 2025 | 5 | $9.1M | 1 | 2 | $459,238 |
| 2024 | 0 | – | – | 2 | $312,519 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | – | 1 | $179,327 |
| 2022 | 6 | $747,284 | 1 | – | – |
| 2021 | 1 | $85,446 | 1 | – | – |
| 2020 | 16 | $6.1M | 1 | – | – |
| 2019 | 15 | $3.6M | 1 | – | – |
| 2018 | 7 | $4.3M | 1 | – | – |
| 2017 | 1 | $355,000 | 1 | – | – |
| 2016 | 9 | $2.1M | 1 | – | – |
Insider purchases
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holdings | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 88,058 | $9.63 | $847,999 | +1.1% | SEC |
| 2026-03-31 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 135,086 | $8.96 | $1.2M | +1.7% | SEC |
| 2026-01-07 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 1,785 | $8.89 | $15,869 | +0.0% | SEC |
| 2025-12-30 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 270,237 | $8.60 | $2.3M | +3.5% | SEC |
| 2025-10-01 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 179,607 | $8.18 | $1.5M | +2.3% | SEC |
| 2025-07-02 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 196,329 | $7.41 | $1.5M | +2.5% | SEC |
| 2025-04-01 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 200,137 | $7.30 | $1.5M | +2.6% | SEC |
| 2025-01-02 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 323,896 | $7.27 | $2.4M | +4.3% | SEC |
| 2022-10-19 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 10,208 | $7.23 | $73,822 | +12.7% | SEC |
| 2022-10-06 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 20,000 | $7.25 | $145,020 | +33.1% | SEC |
| 2022-06-27 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 18,494 | $7.91 | $146,205 | +45.2% | SEC |
| 2022-05-18 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 30,000 | $8.23 | $246,900 | +300.0% | SEC |
| 2022-05-16 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 10,000 | $8.20 | $82,000 | SEC | |
| 2022-04-12 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 6,743 | $7.91 | $53,337 | +1.1% | SEC |
| 2021-09-01 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 10,100 | $8.46 | $85,446 | +1.8% | SEC |
| 2020-10-08 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 91,428 | $6.03 | $551,263 | +3.9% | SEC |
| 2020-09-23 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 50,000 | $5.98 | $298,898 | +2.2% | SEC |
| 2020-09-10 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 31,115 | $6.20 | $192,857 | +1.4% | SEC |
| 2020-09-03 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 50,000 | $6.29 | $314,400 | +0.8% | SEC |
| 2020-07-30 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 50,000 | $6.25 | $312,500 | +2.3% | SEC |
| 2020-07-10 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 50,000 | $5.98 | $299,112 | +2.3% | SEC |
| 2020-03-25 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 44,024 | $4.53 | $199,493 | +0.7% | SEC |
| 2020-03-19 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 156,156 | $4.42 | $690,588 | +2.6% | SEC |
| 2020-03-16 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 179,794 | $4.85 | $872,211 | +3.0% | SEC |
| 2020-03-02 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 80,000 | $6.61 | $528,800 | +10.0% | SEC |
| 2020-02-26 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 64,257 | $7.09 | $455,688 | +8.8% | SEC |
| 2020-02-11 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 20,000 | $7.34 | $146,800 | +2.8% | SEC |
| 2020-02-06 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 29,280 | $7.37 | $215,878 | +4.3% | SEC |
| 2020-01-27 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 34,066 | $7.39 | $251,666 | +5.2% | SEC |
| 2020-01-16 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 68,002 | $7.43 | $505,533 | +11.7% | SEC |
| 2020-01-14 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 40,548 | $7.37 | $298,930 | +7.5% | SEC |
| 2019-10-28 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 25,000 | $6.83 | $170,807 | +1.4% | SEC |
| 2019-10-11 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 32,102 | $6.56 | $210,512 | +0.5% | SEC |
| 2019-09-05 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 39,985 | $6.67 | $266,500 | +0.7% | SEC |
| 2019-08-07 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 64,725 | $6.67 | $431,948 | +1.1% | SEC |
| 2019-06-05 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 40,100 | $6.41 | $256,912 | +0.7% | SEC |
| 2019-05-23 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 63,709 | $6.66 | $424,033 | +1.1% | SEC |
| 2019-05-13 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 11,092 | $6.90 | $76,535 | +2.5% | SEC |
| 2019-05-08 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 50,472 | $6.96 | $351,386 | +13.1% | SEC |
| 2019-05-06 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 38,436 | $6.96 | $267,345 | +11.1% | SEC |
Showing the latest 40 of 63 purchases.
Insider sales
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Type | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 17,700 | $8.85 | $156,645 | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-10-01 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 29,800 | $8.18 | $243,764 | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-06-03 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 29,900 | $7.21 | $215,474 | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-10-02 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 26,000 | $7.58 | $197,080 | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-07-03 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 15,621 | $7.39 | $115,439 | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-08-17 | GEORGE W WHITNEY | Director | 22,489 | $7.97 | $179,327 | Sale | SEC |
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