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Chairman & CEO | Director | President and CEO +3 more
3 companies
Beard, Stephen W. is Chairman & CEO at CVSA and has filed Form 4s across 3 companies. Beard, Stephen W.'s net worth is not public. Form 4 filings only show shares in the companies where this person is an insider; those holdings are worth an estimated $57.7M at current prices.
Historically, Beard, Stephen W.'s trades have earned a middling insider score of 59/100 across 4 rated trades. On a 3-month view, all 4 of the rated trades came out ahead, averaging +4.7% over three months.
The biggest single holding is CVSA (~$57.5M) as Chairman & CEO. The CVSA filings lean toward selling, a net 38,307 shares.
Beard, Stephen W. has 43 Form 4 filings on record from August 2018 to October 2026, across 3 companies: Chairman & CEO at Covista (CVSA), 2026; Director at Planet Fitness (PLNT), 2026; Chairman & CEO at Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), 2018–2025.
The 77 reported transactions were 36 tax withholdings, 25 stock awards, 7 open-market sales and 6 option or other derivative awards, plus smaller numbers of other types.
Counted by filing, the open-market trades come to 1 purchase worth about $33K and 5 sales worth about $5.0M.
The only open-market purchase was 1,000 shares of ATGE at an average $32.84 on November 9, 2021, about $33K.
The largest open-market sale was 15,874 shares of CVSA at an average $131.25 on May 8, 2026, about $2.1M.
All 5 sales since April 2023 were made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, set up in advance.
| Date | Ticker | Role | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Chg% | 3M | 12M | SEC |
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| Oct 9, 2026 | CVSA Covista Inc. | Chairman & CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 8,306 | $130.59 | $1,084,711.71 | -1.7% | - | - | |
| Aug 11, 2026 | CVSA Covista Inc. | Chairman & CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 3,545 | $130.35 | $462,073.03 | -0.8% | - | - | |
| Jul 13, 2026 | CVSA Covista Inc. | Chairman & CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 5,291 | $132.75 | $702,401.41 | -1.2% | -3.2% | - | |
| Jun 11, 2026 | CVSA Covista Inc. | Chairman & CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 5,291 | $130.45 | $690,197.87 | -1.2% | -4.5% | - | |
| May 8, 2026 | CVSA Covista Inc. | Chairman & CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 15,874 | $131.25 | $2,083,508.53 | -3.6% | -7.1% | - | |
| Nov 9, 2021 | ATGE Adtalem Global Education Inc. | President and CEO | Buy | 1,000 | $32.84 | $32,840.00 | +0.7% | - | - |