Insider bought it in the first quarter of 2025
Recently I published the list 10 Microcap Stock Insiders purchased in the first quarter of 2025. In this article, we will look at where he will face the other microcap stocks that Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc. (NASDAQ: CUBA) bought in the first quarter of 2025.
The White House announced Tuesday that Trump’s tariffs will take effect shortly after it was announced Wednesday. The stock market responded in anticipation of these “mutual tariffs” that apply to all countries. By Tuesday morning, the broader market index and NASDAQ composite had dropped by about 0.2%, while blue chip companies had lost 0.06%.
Amidst ongoing market uncertainty, insider trading is often in the spotlight. While buying executive stocks could indicate optimism, sales could reflect the need to diversify individual financial decisions and investments. To maintain transparency, executives usually follow pre-arranged strategies, such as the 10B5-1 plan. While insider trading can provide valuable information, it is important to assess it in a broader context of the company’s financial stability and current market trends.
Today, we focus on micro market capitalized stocks that saw key insider purchases in the first quarter of this year. Using Insider Monkey’s Insider Trading Screener, we identified companies with a market capitalization of less than $250 million in which at least three insiders have purchased stocks in the past three months. From this list, we ranked the top 10 stocks. Recently covered strains were excluded from the analysis.
Our research shows that by focusing on insider trading and stock picks from hedge fund investor newsletters and meetings, it can outperform the market by mimicking the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Quarterly Newsletter’s strategy was to select 14 small and large caps per quarter, returning 373.4% since May 2014, surpassing the benchmark by 218 percentage points (For more information, please see here).
Using each share, we focus on the number of insiders who acquired shares in the first quarter and the market capitalization.
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Number of buyers: 5
Market Cap: $42.45 million
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund is a closed-end equity mutual fund that invests in US public companies that are likely to benefit from development in the Caribbean Basin, including Cuba, Jamaica and other countries. The fund focuses on diverse sectors in these countries.