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Groupon, Inc. insider trading

Every open-market purchase and sale by Groupon, Inc.'s officers, directors and largest shareholders since November 4, 2021, and what the share price did next.

No open-market insider trades reported in the last five years.

Does following Groupon, Inc.’s insiders pay?

From August 16, 2013 to August 13, 2025, 18 insiders reported 20 open-market purchases and 18 sales not made under a pre-set plan in Groupon, Inc. Twelve months after each purchase was reported, the shares were −33.3% against the S&P 500 on average (median −66.7%), over 16 purchases with a full year of prices; 19% beat the index. After sales, the shares moved −23.2% against the index over 12 months (a negative figure means selling was the right call). That rests on fewer than 20 purchases, too few to read much into. Buying each purchase the day after it was reported, an equal amount each, held 12 months or until that insider reported a sale, would have turned $10,000 on August 15, 2014 into $18,582 by November 2, 2026, +5.2% a year. It held shares 44% of the time; the S&P 500 on those same days, with Treasury bills otherwise, made $24,982 (+7.8% a year), and held throughout $47,388 (+13.6%).

$0$20.0k$40.0k 2014201620182020202220242026 $47.4k$25.0k$18.6k
Copying Groupon, Inc.'s insidersS&P 500, same days investedS&P 500, held throughout $10,000 copying every open-market purchase by Groupon, Inc.'s insiders from August 15, 2014, before costs and taxes, marked weekly. Uninvested money earns the Treasury bill rate; the portfolio held shares 44% of the time.
Groupon, Inc.: each insider's record
InsiderRolePurchases12 months after their purchasesBeat the S&P 500Sales12 months after their salesLatest report
Barris Peter J Director 0 — — 8 −46.9% (3) August 10, 2017
Senkypl Dusan Director 4 −48.1% (4) 25% 1 +44.5% (1) December 22, 2022
Bass Robert J Director 2 — — 2 +59.4% (2) August 13, 2025
Barta Jan Director 3 −53.9% (3) 0% 0 — September 1, 2022
Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. 10% owner 1 −13.7% (1) 0% 2 −11.8% (2) August 18, 2022
Lefkofsky Eric P Chief Executive Officer 2 +6.5% (2) 50% 0 — June 22, 2020
Pale Fire Capital Se Other 2 −76.9% (2) 0% 0 — April 21, 2022
Barrett M James 10% owner 0 — — 1 −57.2% (1) August 16, 2013
Baskett Forest 10% owner 0 — — 1 −57.2% (1) August 16, 2013
Drant Ryan D 10% owner 0 — — 1 −60.2% (1) August 23, 2013
Harinstein Jason Director 1 +119.7% (1) 100% 0 — August 9, 2024
Henry Daniel T Director 1 −67.3% (1) 0% 0 — November 19, 2014
Housenbold Jeffrey T Director 1 −36.2% (1) 0% 0 — August 14, 2014
Leonsis Theodore Director 1 — — 0 — April 22, 2020
Pale Fire Capital Sicav A.S. Interim CEO 1 −40.3% (1) 0% 0 — November 20, 2023
Rpd Opportunity Fund LP 10% owner 0 — — 1 −68.9% (1) May 27, 2022
Sandell Scott D 10% owner 0 — — 1 −57.2% (1) August 16, 2013
Williams Rich Chief Executive Officer 1 — — 0 — March 9, 2020

Moves are the shares’ return including dividends minus the S&P 500’s, from the close on the first trading day after each report; the number of trades with a finished 12-month window is in brackets. Green means the trade went the insider’s way (a purchase ahead of the index, a sale followed by the shares trailing it). A trade reported both by a director or officer and by a fund or company they are linked to counts once here, under the person. Purchases count only where the share price actually traded was at least $5. These figures describe what the shares did, not why anyone traded. Insiders across all companies.

When several insiders traded Groupon, Inc.

Months when 2 or more insiders became net buyers, or 3 or more net sellers, of Groupon, Inc. in reports dated in the 91 days before the month end, and how the stock did against the S&P 500 from that month end. After the 2 buying crowds with six months of prices, it averaged −39.6% against the index. After 1 selling crowd, −30.4%. One company's history is too short to judge by; the test across every company is the better guide.

MonthCrowd3 months on, vs S&P 5006 months12 months
April 29, 20223 buying−41.3%−56.4%−84.2%
November 28, 20142 buying+4.5%−22.9%−64.4%
August 30, 20135 selling−22.1%−30.4%−55.5%

Colours show whether the crowd was right: green when buyers were followed by a rise above the index, or sellers by a fall below it. Total returns from the month end; past patterns are not a forecast.

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