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Insider BuyAADX· · June 4, 2026, 9:55 PM UTC

Applied Aerospace & Defense CFO buys $500K at a 71 score

Insiders cluster into the newly-public defense name — the CFO and a director both buy.

Jeffrey McRae, CFO of Applied Aerospace & Defense, disclosed a $500K open-market purchase of AADX at a 71 score, alongside buys from director James Katzman and director Susan Lynch. A finance chief plus board members buying the same name in days is a clean cluster signal.

Reporting insider: McRae Jeffrey L. · Chief Financial Officer · discretionary, open-market

The filing, structured

SecurityDateTypeSharesPriceOwned afterHolding
Common Stock2026-06-04Open-market purchase+25K$20.0025KDirect
DEHY Score 71 / 100Net bought $500KView the original Form 4 on SEC EDGAR →

FAQ

What insider transaction did Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. (AADX) report?
Jeffrey McRae, CFO of Applied Aerospace & Defense, disclosed a $500K open-market purchase of AADX at a 71 score, alongside buys from director James Katzman and director Susan Lynch. A finance chief plus board members buying the same name in days is a clean cluster signal.
Who made the purchase at $AADX?
McRae Jeffrey L., Chief Financial Officer, is the reporting insider on this Form 4, a purchase of about $500K.
Was the $AADX trade an open-market transaction or a 10b5-1 plan?
The trade was a discretionary, open-market transaction — not executed under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan.
What is the DEHY Score for this $AADX filing?
This filing scored 71 out of 100 on the DEHY Score, a 0–100 triage signal for how much analyst attention a filing warrants — not a price prediction.

Structured from public SEC data within seconds of filing. The DEHY Score is a 0–100 triage signal, not investment advice or a price prediction. See methodology.