Who has been buying HOKUETSU METAL Co., Ltd. stock?

5 distinct investors have filed 4 disclosed large-shareholding filings in HOKUETSU METAL Co., Ltd. (5446), most recently on 2025-07-22. Each filer, their role, the number of shares and the price at filing are listed in the table on this page.

How many insider filings does HOKUETSU METAL Co., Ltd. have?

HOKUETSU METAL Co., Ltd. has 4 buy-side and 2 sell-side disclosures on record, covering ¥355M ($2.3M) in total reported value, spanning 2022-04-22 to 2025-07-22.

Do insider buys in Japanese stocks predict returns?

Not uniformly. StockDrifts scored 101,000+ Japanese large-shareholding filings on fixed 12-month forward returns and found the predictive power concentrated in specific filer types and filing patterns rather than spread evenly across all disclosures.

HOKUETSU METAL Co., Ltd. 5446

Company

北越メタル株式会社HOKUETSU METAL Co., Ltd.

Investors

Buys

Total Value

¥355M ($2.3M)

Avg Return

-1.02%

Last Filing

2025-07-22

HOKUETSU METAL Co., Ltd. (5446) has 4 disclosed large-shareholding filings and 2 disclosed disposals on record, filed by 5 distinct investors. Together those filings cover ¥355M ($2.3M) in reported transaction value. The earliest filing StockDrifts holds for HOKUETSU METAL Co., Ltd. is dated 2022-04-22; the most recent is 2025-07-22. Across these filings the average return since disclosure is -1.02%, measured from each filing date to the latest available close.

Price & insider activity (12 months)

Recent filings

Date	Type	Source	Insider	Purpose	Shares	Price at filing	Return	Value
2025-07-22	BUY	Market Buy	明治安田生命保険相互会社 Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company	passive	30.0K	¥1,233	-	-
2025-07-22	BUY	Market Buy	明治安田アセットマネジメント株式会社 Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Company Ltd.	passive	130.0K	¥1,233	-12.6%	¥158M ($1.0M)
2025-07-22	BUY	Market Buy	明治安田生命保険相互会社 Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company	passive	30.0K	¥1,233	-	-
2025-07-22	BUY	Market Buy	明治安田アセットマネジメント株式会社 Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Company Ltd.	passive	130.0K	¥1,233	-12.6%	¥158M ($1.0M)
2025-01-10	BUY	Market Buy	明治安田生命保険相互会社 Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company	passive	30.0K	¥1,292	-16.6%	¥39M ($250K)
2025-01-10	BUY	Market Buy	明治安田アセットマネジメント株式会社 Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Company Ltd.	passive	175.4K	¥1,292	-16.6%	¥227M ($1.5M)
2023-10-06	SELL	negotiated	株式会社第四北越銀行 Daishi Hokuetsu Bank, Ltd.	strategic	228.6K	¥1,602	+32.7%	¥65M ($417K)
2023-02-02	SELL	negotiated	株式会社第四北越銀行 Daishi Hokuetsu Bank, Ltd.	strategic	268.6K	¥1,686	+36.1%	¥67M ($434K)
2022-06-16	BUY	unknown	トピー工業株式会社 TOPY INDUSTRIES,LIMITED	activist	1.3M	¥1,118	-	-
2022-06-16	BUY	unknown	トピー実業株式会社 Topy Industries Co., Ltd.	activist	52.3K	¥1,118	-	-
2022-04-22	BUY	unknown	トピー工業株式会社 TOPY INDUSTRIES,LIMITED	activist	1.3M	¥976	-	-
2022-04-22	BUY	unknown	トピー工業株式会社 TOPY INDUSTRIES,LIMITED	strategic	6.6M	¥976	-	-
2022-04-22	BUY	unknown	トピー工業株式会社 TOPY INDUSTRIES,LIMITED	strategic	6.6M	¥976	-	-
2022-04-22	BUY	unknown	トピー実業株式会社 Topy Industries Co., Ltd.	other	261.3K	¥976	-	-
2022-04-22	BUY	unknown	トピー実業株式会社 Topy Industries Co., Ltd.	other	261.3K	¥976	-	-
2022-04-22	BUY	unknown	トピー実業株式会社 Topy Industries Co., Ltd.	other	52.3K	¥976	-	-

Frequently asked questions

Who has been buying HOKUETSU METAL Co., Ltd. stock?: 5 distinct investors have filed 4 disclosed large-shareholding filings in HOKUETSU METAL Co., Ltd. (5446), most recently on 2025-07-22. Each filer, their role, the number of shares and the price at filing are listed in the table on this page.
How many insider filings does HOKUETSU METAL Co., Ltd. have?: HOKUETSU METAL Co., Ltd. has 4 buy-side and 2 sell-side disclosures on record, covering ¥355M ($2.3M) in total reported value, spanning 2022-04-22 to 2025-07-22.
Do insider buys in Japanese stocks predict returns?: Not uniformly. StockDrifts scored 101,000+ Japanese large-shareholding filings on fixed 12-month forward returns and found the predictive power concentrated in specific filer types and filing patterns rather than spread evenly across all disclosures.

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