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VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC purchased ~$5535M in Crown Castle Inc. stock

Crown Castle Inc. (CCI)  ·  Data via SEC EDGAR Form 4

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CCI price after insider trade by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC

Insider

VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC

Role

Transaction

Open-Market Purchase

Approx. Value

~$5535M

Trade Date

May 18, 2026

Company

Crown Castle Inc.

Ticker

CCI

Source

SEC EDGAR Form 4

Strong conviction signal

Scored above average across multiple factors. Roughly 15% of insider trades qualify as Strong.

~$5535M purchase

Trades over $1M are rare. When insiders put this much of their own money on the line, they tend to have high conviction in their company's direction.

4 insiders traded in the same window

When multiple insiders independently buy within 30 days, it's called a cluster. Studies show clustered insider purchases outperform solo trades significantly, because several people with inside knowledge are reaching the same conclusion.

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VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC wasn't the only one buying.

4 insiders at Crown Castle Inc. traded within the same 30-day window.

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On May 18, 2026, VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC — a corporate insider at Crown Castle Inc. — filed a Form 4 with the SEC disclosing an open-market purchase of approximately ~$5535M in Crown Castle Inc. (CCI) stock.

This transaction was part of a cluster — 4 insiders at Crown Castle Inc. made open-market purchases within the same 30-day window. Cluster activity from multiple independent insiders is one of the most studied patterns in insider trading research.

Under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, corporate insiders must report all open-market stock transactions to the SEC within two business days. These filings — known as Form 4s — are publicly available on the SEC's EDGAR database. VeritySignals filters and scores the full Form 4 stream to surface high-conviction signals like this one.

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All data sourced from publicly available SEC Form 4 filings via EDGAR · Not financial advice · Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Signal strength Strong
Trade size ~$5535M
Insider role Insider
Cluster 4 insiders

What is this?

When company executives buy or sell their own stock, they must report it to the SEC within 2 days. These public filings reveal what the people who know the company best are doing with their own money.

Why does it matter?

Insiders can sell for many reasons (taxes, diversification, expenses), but they generally only buy for one: they think the stock is going up. That's why insider purchases are more predictive than sales.

What makes a trade "strong"?

We score trades on 15+ factors: the insider's role (CEO > director), trade size relative to their salary, whether other insiders also bought (clusters), and historical accuracy of the insider.

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