STAA insider buying – Staar Surgical Co
45 insider purchases since 2016 worth $203.7M by 9 different insiders. Last 12 months: 4 purchases, $62.8M. Most recent filing: 2026-03-13.
Where insiders bought and sold STAA – 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. 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradsher Neal C 10% Owner | $96.8M 16× · 4,118,604 sh | 2016-02-05 2026-01-09 | 2× · $113.4M last 2021-02-05 | 30,933,158 shares as of 2026-01-13 | Holds (sold earlier) |
| BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC Director | $72.0M 15× · 3,769,116 sh | 2016-01-05 2026-03-11 | 6× · $84.3M last 2021-06-24 | 63,563,902 shares as of 2026-03-13 | Holds (sold earlier) |
| BROADWOOD PARTNERS, L.P. 10% Owner | $34.6M 9× · 1,981,731 sh | 2015-12-30 2025-04-03 | 2× · $47.9M last 2021-06-11 | 51,908,043 shares as of 2025-04-07 | Holds (sold earlier) |
| WEISNER AIMEE S Director | $164,132 2× · 3,750 sh | 2023-08-07 2024-03-14 | – | 15,352 shares as of 2024-06-24 | Holds - never sold |
| Lin Elizabeth Yeu Director | $100,000 1× · 2,500 sh | 2023-09-21 2023-09-21 | – | 5,099 shares as of 2024-06-24 | Holds - never sold |
| Butcher Arthur C Director | $49,957 1× · 1,315 sh | 2024-08-12 2024-08-12 | – | 9,549 shares as of 2026-06-22 | Holds - never sold |
| Zhou Lilian Yansheng Director | $26,129 1× · 850 sh | 2023-12-06 2023-12-06 | – | 8,101 shares as of 2026-06-15 | Holds - never sold |
* 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 | $21.7M | 2 | – | – |
| 2025 | 11 | $85.1M | 4 | – | – |
| 2024 | 5 | $8.7M | 4 | – | – |
| 2023 | 10 | $62.8M | 5 | 1 | $51,001 |
| 2022 | 1 | $9.1M | 1 | 4 | $10.5M |
| 2021 | 0 | – | – | 35 | $345.3M |
| 2020 | 0 | – | – | 18 | $38.4M |
| 2019 | 1 | $2.2M | 1 | 9 | $5.4M |
| 2018 | 0 | – | – | 3 | $548,648 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | – | 1 | $99,900 |
| 2016 | 14 | $14.1M | 3 | 2 | $412,331 |
Insider purchases
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holdings | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC | Director | 670,213 | $18.31 | $12.3M | +4.3% | SEC |
| 2026-01-13 | Bradsher Neal C | 10% Owner | 27,485 | $22.05 | $606,044 | +0.2% | SEC |
| 2026-01-08 | Bradsher Neal C | 10% Owner | 406,653 | $21.68 | $8.8M | +2.7% | SEC |
| 2025-11-21 | Bradsher Neal C | 10% Owner | 1,500,000 | $27.37 | $41.1M | +11.1% | SEC |
| 2025-04-10 | Bradsher Neal C | 10% Owner | 187,227 | $15.31 | $2.9M | +1.4% | SEC |
| 2025-04-07 | BROADWOOD PARTNERS, L.P. | 10% Owner | 845,220 | $16.12 | $13.6M | +6.8% | SEC |
| 2025-04-02 | BROADWOOD PARTNERS, L.P. | 10% Owner | 53,969 | $17.44 | $941,345 | +0.4% | SEC |
| 2025-03-28 | Bradsher Neal C | 10% Owner | 113,384 | $17.50 | $2.0M | +0.9% | SEC |
| 2025-03-25 | BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC | 10% Owner | 136,696 | $17.66 | $2.4M | +1.1% | SEC |
| 2025-03-20 | BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC | 10% Owner | 201,844 | $17.77 | $3.6M | +1.7% | SEC |
| 2025-03-06 | BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC | 10% Owner | 27,953 | $17.24 | $481,911 | +0.2% | SEC |
| 2025-03-03 | BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC | 10% Owner | 663,761 | $16.99 | $11.3M | +5.9% | SEC |
| 2025-02-14 | BRADSHER NEAL C | 10% Owner | 411,430 | $15.25 | $6.3M | +3.8% | SEC |
| 2025-01-16 | BRADSHER NEAL C | 10% Owner | 29,376 | $21.47 | $630,738 | +0.3% | SEC |
| 2024-12-18 | BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC | 10% Owner | 80,200 | $24.28 | $1.9M | +0.7% | SEC |
| 2024-08-19 | Butcher Arthur C | Director | 1,315 | $37.99 | $49,957 | +45.5% | SEC |
| 2024-03-14 | WEISNER AIMEE S | Director | 1,750 | $38.11 | $66,692 | +19.2% | SEC |
| 2024-01-10 | BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC | 10% Owner | 4,042 | $27.11 | $109,579 | +0.0% | SEC |
| 2024-01-05 | BROADWOOD PARTNERS, L.P. | 10% Owner | 226,553 | $28.61 | $6.5M | +2.1% | SEC |
| 2023-12-06 | Zhou Lilian Yansheng | Director | 850 | $30.74 | $26,129 | +57.5% | SEC |
| 2023-11-30 | BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC | 10% Owner | 434,991 | $31.50 | $13.7M | +4.3% | SEC |
| 2023-11-14 | BRADSHER NEAL C | 10% Owner | 34,827 | $32.73 | $1.1M | +0.3% | SEC |
| 2023-11-09 | BRADSHER NEAL C | 10% Owner | 289,140 | $33.42 | $9.7M | +3.0% | SEC |
| 2023-11-06 | BRADSHER NEAL C | 10% Owner | 309,154 | $34.92 | $10.8M | +3.3% | SEC |
| 2023-10-06 | BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC | 10% Owner | 205,296 | $37.81 | $7.8M | +2.2% | SEC |
| 2023-09-22 | Lin Elizabeth Yeu | Director | 2,500 | $40.00 | $100,000 | +704.2% | SEC |
| 2023-09-21 | BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC | 10% Owner | 291,383 | $40.12 | $11.7M | +3.2% | SEC |
| 2023-09-07 | BRADSHER NEAL C | 10% Owner | 189,962 | $41.42 | $7.9M | +2.2% | SEC |
| 2023-08-07 | WEISNER AIMEE S | Director | 2,000 | $48.72 | $97,440 | +58.5% | SEC |
| 2022-12-29 | BROADWOOD PARTNERS, L.P. | 10% Owner | 191,075 | $47.43 | $9.1M | +2.2% | SEC |
| 2019-05-03 | BRADSHER NEAL C | 10% Owner | 100,000 | $22.23 | $2.2M | +0.9% | SEC |
| 2016-06-30 | BRADSHER NEAL C | 10% Owner | 14,144 | $5.24 | $74,115 | +0.1% | SEC |
| 2016-05-25 | BRADSHER NEAL C | 10% Owner | 77,842 | $5.16 | $401,728 | +0.7% | SEC |
| 2016-05-19 | BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC | 10% Owner | 9,313 | $5.23 | $48,707 | +0.1% | SEC |
| 2016-05-16 | BRADSHER NEAL C | 10% Owner | 336,210 | $5.49 | $1.8M | +3.2% | SEC |
| 2016-02-16 | BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC | 10% Owner | 554,066 | $6.01 | $3.3M | SEC | |
| 2016-02-09 | BRADSHER NEAL C | 10% Owner | 91,770 | $6.25 | $573,347 | +0.9% | SEC |
| 2016-02-04 | BROADWOOD PARTNERS LP | 10% Owner | 121,599 | $6.41 | $779,066 | +1.3% | SEC |
| 2016-02-01 | BROADWOOD PARTNERS LP | 10% Owner | 65,983 | $6.48 | $427,835 | +0.7% | SEC |
| 2016-01-27 | BROADWOOD PARTNERS LP | 10% Owner | 239,013 | $6.63 | $1.6M | +2.6% | SEC |
Showing the latest 40 of 45 purchases.
Insider sales
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Type | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-17 | Holliday Keith | Officer | 823 | $61.97 | $51,001 | Sale | SEC |
| 2022-09-29 | Francese James E | Officer | 35,425 | $75.00 | $2.7M | Sale | SEC |
| 2022-08-17 | Holliday Keith | Officer | 16,582 | $106.29 | $1.8M | Sale | SEC |
| 2022-05-20 | Mason Caren L | CEO | 105,000 | $57.48 | $6.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2022-03-23 | Francese James E | Officer | 922 | $74.62 | $68,800 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-12-14 | Holliday Keith | Officer | 6,000 | $89.57 | $537,420 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-11-18 | Mason Caren L | CEO | 105,000 | $113.95 | $12.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-10-05 | Gesten Samuel J | Officer | 15,000 | $114.53 | $1.7M | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-09-17 | Williams Patrick F. | CFO | 5,121 | $139.38 | $713,765 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-09-09 | Blickensdoerfer Hans-Martin | Officer | 40,653 | $157.40 | $6.4M | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-09-03 | Blickensdoerfer Hans-Martin | Officer | 54,575 | $157.55 | $8.6M | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-08-18 | Francese James E | Officer | 15,000 | $146.91 | $2.2M | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-08-13 | Gesten Samuel J | Officer | 29,682 | $134.71 | $4.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-08-12 | Williams Patrick F. | CFO | 2,500 | $140.58 | $351,450 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-08-12 | SILVERMAN LOU | Director | 29,921 | $145.56 | $4.4M | Sale | SEC |
Showing the latest 15 of 73 sales of $50,000+ since 2016.
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