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CTS CTS (CTS) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Semiconductors & Electronics · Printed circuit boards · CIK 0000026058
SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
153
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about CTS

Insiders, 180 days
-$8.5M net sold
1 seller · 0% of sales under a 10b5-1 plan

CTS insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

Over the last 180 days, CTS CORP insiders sold a net $8.5M of stock across 35 Form 4 purchases and sales, with no insider buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
President & CEO
SELL
2026-06-03 SEC
22,657
$1.5M
-18.6%
Context
  • 22 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (22 sales), the last on Jun 2, 2026.
  • The trade is 7.4% of the 307,693 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 153 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President & CEO O'SULLIVAN KIERAN M sold about $1.5M of CTS on Jun 3, 2026; 153 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
President & CEO
SELL
2026-06-03 SECtraded 2026-06-02
60,388
$4.0M
-18.6%
Context
  • 21 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (21 sales), the last on Jun 1, 2026.
  • The trade is 18.3% of the 330,350 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 153 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President & CEO O'SULLIVAN KIERAN M sold about $4.0M of CTS on Jun 2, 2026, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 153 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
President & CEO
SELL
2026-06-03 SECtraded 2026-06-01
46,955
$3.0M
-18.6%
Context
  • 20 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (20 sales), the last on Dec 9, 2024.
  • The trade is 12.0% of the 390,738 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 153 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President & CEO O'SULLIVAN KIERAN M sold about $3.0M of CTS on Jun 1, 2026, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 153 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
SELL
2026-02-03 SECtraded 2026-02-02
25,000
$1.3M
+0.3%
Context
  • 8 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (8 sales), the last on May 1, 2024.
  • The trade is 23.6% of the 105,987 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 153 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: CFO Agrawal Ashish sold about $1.3M of CTS on Feb 2, 2026, the largest insider sale at the company since 2024; 153 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
President & CEO
SELL
2024-12-10 SECtraded 2024-12-09
6,690
$373.5K
-4.3%
Context
  • 19 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (19 sales), the last on Dec 6, 2024.
  • The trade is 1.8% of the 375,643 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 153 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President & CEO O'SULLIVAN KIERAN M sold about $373.5K of CTS on Dec 9, 2024; 153 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
35 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
net -$8.5M over 180 days
below 60% of Semiconductors & Electronics
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
153 funds bought in last quarter
more than 50% of Semiconductors & Electronics
Revenue
+5.2% year over year
below 58% of Semiconductors & Electronics
Margin
12.1% net margin
more than 78% of Semiconductors & Electronics
Buybacks
$8.6M repurchased, FY to 2026-03-31
below 72% of Semiconductors & Electronics
Short interest
3.8% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 4.1 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
below 59% of Semiconductors & Electronics
What changed in the last 30 days
Oct 28Insider selling stopped: no sales in 90 days after 3 in the prior 90
Why it matters
The absence is the signal: 3 sales in one 90-day window and none in the next is a change of behaviour, not a filing.

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+28.2%12M
-4%+18%+40%+62%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-06-02 · O'SULLIVAN KIERAN M sold $4.0M2026-06-01 · O'SULLIVAN KIERAN M sold $3.0M2026-06-03 · O'SULLIVAN KIERAN M sold $1.5M2026-02-02 · Agrawal Ashish sold $1.3M
Insider sell
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Who owns CTS: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
4,501,796 sh
$293.5M
$234.7M
$107.7M

Congress trades in CTS

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

CTS planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.

CTS mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
Touchstone Funds Group Trust-Touchstone Small Cap Fund
$9.2M position · as of 2026-06-30
3.6%
Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund
$46.7M position · as of 2026-06-30
3.3%
Wasatch Micro Cap Value Fund
$10.5M position · as of 2026-06-30
2.7%
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
$29.9M position · as of 2026-06-30
2.4%
Heartland Value Plus Fund
$6.5M position · as of 2026-06-30
2.0%
Madison Small Cap Fund
$3.0M position · as of 2026-07-31
1.9%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Executive pay vs shareholder return
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2025
$4.8M
$2.6M
$1.0M
+27%
+137%
2024
$4.2M
$4.8M
$1.1M
+80%
+100%
2023
$3.2M
$3.3M
$780.6K
+49%
+52%
2022
$4.2M
$6.7M
$1.0M
+33%
+22%
2021
$3.9M
$5.7M
$1.1M
+24%
+49%
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
The complete filing record, in one place.
The record shows a net $8.5M sold by insiders over 180 days, 153 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
Same sector, ranked by filing activity
Sector by SEC SIC code

CTS financials

Revenue growth
+5.2%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
12.1%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
$554.8M
four quarters, 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Net margin, TTM
+12.5%
net income over revenue, 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Free cash flow, TTM
$87.6M
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Debt to equity
n/a
no debt line filed
Cash flow to debt
n/a
no debt line filed
Return on equity
+12.6%
TTM net income over average of 2025-03-31 and 2026-03-31
Return on assets
+9.0%
TTM net income over average of 2025-03-31 and 2026-03-31
Return on invested capital
n/a
no debt line filed
Return on capital employed
+13.1%
operating income (EBIT proxy) over average of 2025-03-31 and 2026-03-31 minus current liabilities
P/E, trailing
23.04x
close 2026-10-26 over four quarters of diluted EPS, 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Enterprise value
n/a
no debt line filed
FCF yield
+5.7%
TTM free cash flow over market value at close 2026-10-26
PEG, trailing
0.97x
P/E over trailing EPS growth of 24%: four quarters to 2026-03-31 against the four to 2025-03-31
Price as of 2026-10-26. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
Revenue$541.3M$515.8M$550.4M$586.9M
Gross profit$208.0M$187.6M$190.9M$210.5M
Operating income$82.6M$71.2M$75.1M$93.0M
Net income$65.3M$55.5M$60.5M$59.6M
EPS (diluted)2.191.811.921.85
Operating cash flow$102.1M$98.2M$88.8M$121.2M
Cash$82.3M$94.3M$163.9M$156.9M
Buybacks$56.2M$42.6M$40.9M$21.4M
Dividends paid$4.8M$4.9M$5.0M$5.1M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28

CTS Stock Sonar score 5/7 axes

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CTS ranks highest on profitability (75th percentile) and risk and compliance (66th), and lowest on insider conviction (20th), among Semiconductors & Electronics peers.

ProfitGrowthInsidersInstitutionsRisk
Profitability
75
Inputs
  • Return on equity+12.6% · 69 pct, sector of 154
  • Return on assets+9.0% · 78 pct, sector of 171
  • Return on invested capitalno debt line filed
  • Return on capital employed+13.1% · 80 pct, sector of 155
Growth
42
Inputs
  • Revenue growth, YoY+5.2% · 42 pct, sector of 194
  • Backlog growth, YoYno backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog
Insider conviction
20
Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d-$8.5M · 40 pct, sector of 147
  • Insider buyers, 180d0 · 0 pct, sector of 151
Institutional and government
50
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter153 · 50 pct, sector of 184
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quartersno lobbying filings in the last four quarters
Risk and compliance
66
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+3.8% · 62 pct, sector of 221
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-K+8.1% · 70 pct, sector of 152
2 not measured: Financial health, US patents
  • Financial health needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no debt line filed
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

5 of 7 axes scored. Each is a percentile against sector peers (all companies when the sector is thin); higher is better. An unscored axis is unmeasured, not low. How it is scored

CTS filings, in plain words

Are CTS insiders buying or selling CTS?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, CTS insiders were net sellers, a net $8.5M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4, by 1 seller.

Read the full summary

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, CTS insiders were net sellers of CTS, a net $8.5M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 1 seller. None of the 3 insider sales was flagged as made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-28, dated the day the filing was made public.

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