KILTS JAMES M purchased ~$4.0M in The Simply Good Foods Company stock
The Simply Good Foods Company (SMPL) · Data via SEC EDGAR Form 4
Price Performance · 10 days before → 90 days after trade
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Trade Details · Public SEC Filing
Insider
KILTS JAMES M
Role
—
Transaction
Open-Market Purchase
Approx. Value
~$4.0M
Trade Date
Apr 23, 2026
Company
The Simply Good Foods Company
Ticker
SMPLSource
SEC EDGAR Form 4
Why This Trade Stands Out
Very Strong conviction signal
Scored in the top tier across multiple factors. Fewer than 5% of insider trades receive this rating.
~$4.0M 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.
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On April 23, 2026, KILTS JAMES M — a corporate insider at The Simply Good Foods Company — filed a Form 4 with the SEC disclosing an open-market purchase of approximately ~$4.0M in The Simply Good Foods Company (SMPL) stock.
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.
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