Who has been buying Japan Publications Trading Co., Ltd. stock?

7 distinct investors have filed 9 disclosed large-shareholding filings in Japan Publications Trading Co., Ltd. (8072), most recently on 2024-10-04. 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 Japan Publications Trading Co., Ltd. have?

Japan Publications Trading Co., Ltd. has 9 buy-side and 3 sell-side disclosures on record, covering ¥3.8B ($24.5M) in total reported value, spanning 2024-02-21 to 2024-10-04.

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.

Japan Publications Trading Co., Ltd. 8072

Company

日本出版貿易株式会社Japan Publications Trading Co., Ltd.

Investors

Buys

Total Value

¥3.8B ($24.5M)

Avg Return

+37.90%

Last Filing

2024-10-04

Japan Publications Trading Co., Ltd. (8072) has 9 disclosed large-shareholding filings and 3 disclosed disposals on record, filed by 7 distinct investors. Together those filings cover ¥3.8B ($24.5M) in reported transaction value. The earliest filing StockDrifts holds for Japan Publications Trading Co., Ltd. is dated 2024-02-21; the most recent is 2024-10-04. Across these filings the average return since disclosure is +37.90%, 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
2024-10-04	BUY	unknown	株式会社宮脇商事 MIYAWAKI	other	50.0K	¥3,975	-	¥199M ($1.3M)
2024-10-04	BUY	unknown	株式会社宮脇書店 Miyawaki Shoten Co., Ltd.	other	14.8K	¥3,975	-	¥59M ($380K)
2024-10-04	BUY	Market Buy	株式会社トーハン TOHAN CORPORATION	activist	452.1K	¥3,975	+0.1%	¥1.2B ($7.7M)
2024-10-04	BUY	unknown	株式会社トーハン TOHAN CORPORATION	activist	452.1K	¥3,975	+0.1%	¥1.2B ($7.7M)
2024-10-04	BUY	unknown	株式会社講談社 Kodansha Co., Ltd.	passive	55.4K	¥3,975	-	¥220M ($1.4M)
2024-10-04	SELL	Market Buy	株式会社講談社 Kodansha Co., Ltd.	passive	55.4K	¥3,975	-0.1%	¥37M ($237K)
2024-10-04	BUY	Market Buy	株式会社宮脇商事 MIYAWAKI	other	50.0K	¥3,975	-	-
2024-10-04	BUY	Market Buy	株式会社宮脇書店 Miyawaki Shoten Co., Ltd.	other	14.8K	¥3,975	-	-
2024-07-19	BUY	Market Buy	高山泰三 taizo takayama	activist	50.6K	¥2,740	+45.3%	¥20M ($126K)
2024-07-09	BUY	Market Buy	高山泰三 Taizo Takayama	activist	49.3K	¥2,600	-	¥15M ($97K)
2024-07-09	BUY	Market Buy	高山泰三 Taizo Takayama	activist	49.3K	¥2,600	+53.1%	¥15M ($97K)
2024-04-15	BUY	unknown	株式会社宮脇書店 Miyawaki Shoten Co., Ltd.	other	14.8K	¥2,530	-	¥37M ($242K)
2024-04-15	SELL	unknown	宮脇範次 Noriji Miyawaki	other	0	¥2,530	-57.3%	¥37M ($241K)
2024-04-15	BUY	unknown	株式会社宮脇商事 MIYAWAKI	other	50.0K	¥2,530	-	-
2024-03-07	BUY	Market Buy	高山泰三 taizo takayama	activist	43.5K	¥2,883	-	¥23M ($146K)
2024-03-07	BUY	Market Buy	高山泰三 taizo takayama	activist	43.5K	¥2,883	+38.0%	¥23M ($146K)
2024-02-22	BUY	unknown	宮脇範次 Noriji Miyawaki	other	14.8K	¥2,662	-	-
2024-02-22	SELL	unknown	有限会社宮脇商事 MIYAWAKISHOJI Ltd.	other	0	¥2,662	-49.5%	¥1M ($9K)
2024-02-22	BUY	unknown	株式会社宮脇商事 MIYAWAKI	other	50.0K	¥2,662	+49.5%	¥133M ($859K)
2024-02-22	BUY	unknown	有限会社宮脇商事 MIYAWAKISHOJI Ltd.	other	0	¥2,662	-	¥39M ($254K)
2024-02-22	BUY	unknown	宮脇範次 Noriji Miyawaki	other	14.8K	¥2,662	+49.5%	¥39M ($254K)
2024-02-22	BUY	unknown	株式会社宮脇商事 MIYAWAKI	other	500.0K	¥2,662	+49.5%	¥1.3B ($8.6M)
2024-02-21	BUY	Market Buy	高山泰三 taizo takayama	activist	35.6K	¥2,552	-	¥91M ($586K)
2024-02-21	BUY	Market Buy	高山泰三 taizo takayama	activist	35.6K	¥2,552	+56.0%	¥91M ($586K)

Frequently asked questions

Who has been buying Japan Publications Trading Co., Ltd. stock?: 7 distinct investors have filed 9 disclosed large-shareholding filings in Japan Publications Trading Co., Ltd. (8072), most recently on 2024-10-04. 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 Japan Publications Trading Co., Ltd. have?: Japan Publications Trading Co., Ltd. has 9 buy-side and 3 sell-side disclosures on record, covering ¥3.8B ($24.5M) in total reported value, spanning 2024-02-21 to 2024-10-04.
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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