GTE insider buying – Gran Tierra Energy Inc.
88 insider purchases since 2016 worth $50.9M by 28 different insiders. Last 12 months: 17 purchases, $9.6M. Most recent filing: 2026-08-05.
Where insiders bought and sold GTE – last 5 yearsCEO / officers Directors Funds & 10% owners Sales
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. 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAUGUS THOMAS E 10% Owner | $16.7M 3× · 7,489,000 sh | 2019-01-24 2019-08-30 | 6× · $5.4M last 2021-06-03 | 36,141,812 shares as of 2021-06-07 | Sold part |
| Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC Director | $5.1M 6× · 1,218,407 sh | 2025-04-10 2025-11-26 | 1× · $15.4M last 2026-08-05 | 5,318,725 shares as of 2026-08-07 | Sold part |
| GMT CAPITAL CORP 10% Owner | $4.9M 4× · 3,607,600 sh | 2019-04-08 2020-03-25 | 6× · $1.7M last 2021-05-20 | 37,808,012 shares as of 2021-05-24 | Sold part |
| BAY RESOURCE PARTNERS OFFSHORE MASTER FUND, L.P. 10% Owner | $4.0M 2× · 5,930,500 sh | 2019-10-23 2020-03-13 | 8× · $4.5M last 2021-04-29 | 40,631,809 shares as of 2021-05-03 | Sold part |
| Lau Daniel 10% Owner | $3.0M 4× · 577,000 sh | 2025-12-18 2026-08-03 | – | 4,881,750 shares as of 2026-08-05 | Holds - never sold |
| KUROTO FUND LP Director | $2.6M 4× · 564,426 sh | 2025-04-02 2025-11-21 | 1× · $6.3M last 2026-08-13 | 3,474,582 shares as of 2026-08-17 | Sold part |
| Wade Brooke N. Director | $2.5M 9× · 2,026,200 sh | 2017-03-13 2020-12-09 | 1× · $555,554 last 2017-09-29 | 58,729 shares as of 2026-09-28 | Holds (sold earlier) |
| EQUINOX PARTNERS LP 10% Owner | $2.4M 3× · 593,884 sh | 2025-04-04 2025-04-21 | 2× · $5.9M last 2026-08-11 | 4,314,908 shares as of 2026-08-13 | Sold part |
| Man Christine 10% Owner | $2.0M 5× · 303,000 sh | 2026-01-07 2026-06-25 | – | 4,857,750 shares as of 2026-06-29 | Holds - never sold |
| LM Asset Management Inc. 10% Owner | $1.9M 3× · 414,000 sh | 2025-12-19 2026-03-02 | – | 4,493,750 shares as of 2026-03-04 | Holds - never sold |
| MASON HILL PARTNERS LP Director | $1.3M 3× · 288,640 sh | 2025-04-14 2025-11-07 | – | 5,876,045 shares as of 2025-11-12 | Holds - never sold |
| Guidry Gary CEO | $1.1M 5× · 1,205,200 sh | 2017-05-05 2024-09-17 | 1× · $363,480 last 2024-12-27 | 509,382 shares as of 2026-09-21 | Sold part |
| Smith David P Director | $997,290 7× · 532,000 sh | 2016-11-29 2025-03-04 | – | 62,771 shares as of 2026-01-06 | Holds - never sold |
| BAY RESOURCE PARTNERS LP 10% Owner | $830,004 1× · 337,400 sh | 2019-04-11 2019-04-11 | 12× · $4.6M last 2021-06-01 | 36,887,312 shares as of 2021-06-03 | Sold part |
| Royal Ronald Director | $335,800 1× · 115,000 sh | 2016-12-20 2016-12-20 | 1× · $137,373 last 2024-12-02 | 3,021 shares as of 2026-01-06 | Sold part |
* 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 | 10 | $5.0M | 4 | 5 | $27.8M |
| 2025 | 20 | $13.4M | 8 | – | – |
| 2024 | 2 | $692,480 | 2 | 2 | $500,853 |
| 2023 | 2 | $164,500 | 2 | – | – |
| 2022 | 1 | $43,500 | 1 | – | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – | – | 28 | $20.4M |
| 2020 | 8 | $1.4M | 6 | 20 | $5.7M |
| 2019 | 23 | $27.2M | 14 | – | – |
| 2018 | 4 | $705,321 | 4 | – | – |
| 2017 | 7 | $1.3M | 6 | 1 | $555,554 |
| 2016 | 11 | $1.0M | 8 | – | – |
Insider purchases
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holdings | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | Lau Daniel | 10% Owner | 58,000 | $6.88 | $399,280 | +1.3% | SEC |
| 2026-06-29 | Man Christine | 10% Owner | 32,000 | $6.04 | $193,280 | +0.7% | SEC |
| 2026-06-09 | Man Christine | 10% Owner | 86,000 | $7.38 | $634,920 | +2.0% | SEC |
| 2026-05-26 | Man Christine | 10% Owner | 75,000 | $8.32 | $623,700 | +1.8% | SEC |
| 2026-05-11 | Man Christine | 10% Owner | 30,000 | $8.53 | $255,960 | +0.7% | SEC |
| 2026-05-05 | Lau Daniel | 10% Owner | 97,000 | $9.19 | $891,700 | +2.4% | SEC |
| 2026-03-04 | LM Asset Management Inc. | 10% Owner | 94,000 | $6.43 | $604,520 | +2.4% | SEC |
| 2026-02-17 | Lau Daniel | 10% Owner | 62,000 | $5.33 | $330,560 | +42.8% | SEC |
| 2026-01-09 | Man Christine | 10% Owner | 80,000 | $3.87 | $309,600 | +2.1% | SEC |
| 2026-01-07 | LM Asset (IM) Inc. | 10% Owner | 180,000 | $4.02 | $724,000 | +4.9% | SEC |
| 2025-12-22 | LM Asset (IM) Inc. | 10% Owner | 140,000 | $3.87 | $541,800 | +4.0% | SEC |
| 2025-12-19 | Lau Daniel | 10% Owner | 360,000 | $3.95 | $1.4M | +11.4% | SEC |
| 2025-12-01 | Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC | Director | 4,100 | $4.36 | $17,876 | +0.2% | SEC |
| 2025-11-25 | KUROTO FUND LP | Director | 157,475 | $4.29 | $675,367 | +6.5% | SEC |
| 2025-11-20 | Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC | Director | 66,180 | $4.29 | $283,893 | +2.7% | SEC |
| 2025-11-17 | Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC | Director | 226,438 | $4.27 | $965,941 | +9.8% | SEC |
| 2025-11-12 | MASON HILL PARTNERS LP | Director | 181,590 | $4.26 | $773,983 | +8.0% | SEC |
| 2025-11-06 | Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC | Director | 648,000 | $3.94 | $2.6M | +37.4% | SEC |
| 2025-06-16 | KUROTO FUND LP | 10% Owner | 8,012 | $5.01 | $40,140 | +0.4% | SEC |
| 2025-06-12 | KUROTO FUND LP | 10% Owner | 281,939 | $4.86 | $1.4M | +15.0% | SEC |
| 2025-06-10 | MASON HILL PARTNERS LP | 10% Owner | 48,441 | $4.79 | $231,895 | +2.5% | SEC |
| 2025-04-23 | EQUINOX PARTNERS LP | 10% Owner | 98,678 | $4.66 | $459,839 | +5.2% | SEC |
| 2025-04-21 | Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC | 10% Owner | 190,158 | $4.79 | $910,525 | +10.6% | SEC |
| 2025-04-16 | MASON HILL PARTNERS LP | 10% Owner | 58,609 | $4.23 | $248,063 | +3.1% | SEC |
| 2025-04-14 | Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC | 10% Owner | 83,531 | $3.84 | $320,571 | +4.5% | SEC |
| 2025-04-10 | EQUINOX PARTNERS LP | 10% Owner | 225,746 | $3.81 | $860,092 | +13.2% | SEC |
| 2025-04-08 | EQUINOX PARTNERS LP | 10% Owner | 269,460 | $4.02 | $1.1M | +17.0% | SEC |
| 2025-04-04 | KUROTO FUND LP | 10% Owner | 117,000 | $4.82 | $563,400 | +7.0% | SEC |
| 2025-03-06 | Smith David P | Director | 12,000 | $4.28 | $51,315 | +21.6% | SEC |
| 2025-03-03 | Morin Sebastien | Officer | 7,430 | $4.67 | $34,698 | +83.2% | SEC |
| 2024-10-01 | Ellson Ryan | CFO | 12,000 | $6.29 | $75,480 | +14.5% | SEC |
| 2024-09-19 | Guidry Gary | CEO | 100,000 | $6.17 | $617,000 | +23.5% | SEC |
| 2023-03-15 | Ellson Ryan | CFO | 50,000 | $0.71 | $35,500 | +7.7% | SEC |
| 2023-03-03 | Guidry Gary | CEO | 150,000 | $0.86 | $129,000 | +3.9% | SEC |
| 2022-12-19 | Ellson Ryan | CFO | 50,000 | $0.87 | $43,500 | +8.5% | SEC |
| 2020-12-10 | Wade Brooke N. | Director | 200,000 | $0.39 | $78,000 | +13.3% | SEC |
| 2020-03-27 | West Lawrence | CEO | 57,970 | $0.22 | $12,753 | +19.9% | SEC |
| 2020-03-27 | GMT CAPITAL CORP | 10% Owner | 900,000 | $0.23 | $207,000 | +1.1% | SEC |
| 2020-03-20 | Wade Brooke N. | Director | 300,000 | $0.20 | $60,000 | +24.9% | SEC |
| 2020-03-16 | BAY RESOURCE PARTNERS OFFSHORE MASTER FUND, L.P. | 10% Owner | 3,126,700 | $0.25 | $781,675 | +3.9% | SEC |
Showing the latest 40 of 88 purchases.
Insider sales
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Type | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | KUROTO FUND LP | 10% Owner | 674,949 | $9.27 | $6.3M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-13 | EQUINOX PARTNERS LP | 10% Owner | 413,887 | $9.38 | $3.9M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-11 | EQUINOX PARTNERS LP | 10% Owner | 218,053 | $9.07 | $2.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-07 | Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC | 10% Owner | 1,600,000 | $9.62 | $15.4M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-04-02 | Morin Sebastien | Officer | 26,750 | $9.42 | $251,985 | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-12-31 | Guidry Gary | CEO | 52,000 | $6.99 | $363,480 | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-12-04 | Royal Ronald | Director | 19,967 | $6.88 | $137,373 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-06-07 | CLAUGUS THOMAS E | 10% Owner | 624,800 | $0.70 | $437,360 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-06-03 | BAY RESOURCE PARTNERS LP | 10% Owner | 520,700 | $0.67 | $350,076 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-05-27 | BAY RESOURCE PARTNERS LP | 10% Owner | 520,700 | $0.60 | $312,420 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-05-24 | GMT CAPITAL CORP | 10% Owner | 740,997 | $0.61 | $449,008 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-05-19 | GMT Exploration Co LLC | 10% Owner | 1,041,400 | $0.66 | $687,324 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-05-07 | BAY II RESOURCE PARTNERS LP | 10% Owner | 578,900 | $0.71 | $411,601 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-05-05 | GMT CAPITAL CORP | 10% Owner | 462,500 | $0.65 | $302,415 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-05-03 | BAY RESOURCE PARTNERS OFFSHORE MASTER FUND, L.P. | 10% Owner | 250,000 | $0.68 | $170,500 | Sale | SEC |
Showing the latest 15 of 56 sales of $50,000+ since 2016.
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