Brown James Cannon purchased ~$1.1M in Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (WASH) · SEVP, Chief Comm'l Banking Off · 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
Brown James Cannon
Role
SEVP, Chief Comm'l Banking Off
Transaction
Open-Market Purchase
Approx. Value
~$1.1M
Trade Date
Apr 23, 2026
Company
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.
Ticker
WASHSource
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.
~$1.1M 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.
SEVP, Chief Comm'l Banking Off
Senior executives have visibility into their division's pipeline and company health. Their trades carry weight because they understand the business from the inside.
3 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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Brown James Cannon wasn't the only one buying.
3 insiders at Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. traded within the same 30-day window.
See who else bought · FreeOn April 23, 2026, Brown James Cannon — SEVP, Chief Comm'l Banking Off of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. — filed a Form 4 with the SEC disclosing an open-market purchase of approximately ~$1.1M in Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (WASH) stock.
This transaction was part of a cluster — 3 insiders at Washington Trust Bancorp, 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.
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How to Read Insider Trades
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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.
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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.
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