First Guaranty Bancshares up 50% since director's purchase
- Insider
- Edgar R. Smith III
- Company
- First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI)
- Transaction
- Buy
- Shares
- 99,277
- Amount
- $822K
- Price per share
- $8.28
- Trade date
- Sep 30, 2026
- Filed
- Oct 2, 2026, 2 days after the trade
- Source
- SEC Form 4 ↗
A First Guaranty Bancshares director bought 99,277 shares at $8.28 on September 30, 2026, for a total of $822K. The stock closed at $12.32 on November 9, 50.4% above the first close after the purchase.
That first close was $8.19 on Oct 1, 2026. Measured from the first close after the filing ($8.70 on Oct 5, 2026), the change is +41.6%.
Edgar R. Smith III's purchase was reported to the SEC on October 2, 2026, 2 days after the trade. No sales by Edgar R. Smith III in First Guaranty Bancshares have been reported since.
FGBI +4.9% on the day, close Nov 9
Since purchase+50.4%$8.19 → $12.32
Since filing+41.6%$8.70 on Oct 5 → $12.32
Purchase$822K99,277 shares on Sep 30, 2026
Days since purchase40No sales by this filer since
Price since the purchase
Daily close · USD+50%
0%
Oct 1 · first close $8.19Nov 9 · $12.32
PurchaseFirst close above +50%