Alphatec Holdings (ATEC) Is Garnering Insider Attention at the Back of a Recent Sell-Off Muhammad Ali Tue, November 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM EST 3 min read ATEC -6.91% ^GSPC -0.63% ^DJI -0.38% ^IXIC -1.18% Trade ATEC on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
We just published a list of 10 Buy the Dip Stocks Insiders Are Loading Up On After the Recent Market Sell-Off, and Alphatec Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ATEC) ranked 10th on this list.
Thursday, November 5 represented the worst trading session for the U.S. market in over a year. the Nasdaq Composite dropped 5.52%, the S&P 500 fell 4.36%, and the Dow shed 3.44%, as Wall Street's post-midterm optimism could not last long. Concerns around a potential weakness in AI spending reversed the post-election rally and led to almost $2.5 trillion wiped out of the U.S. market.
In the middle of this chaos, many names showed resistance and are still trading at their all-time highs. In our recent list of 10 Best All-Time High Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street, we uncover some of the stocks that still offer captivating upside to investors.
Various market sectors took a hit, including semiconductors which got affected the most. Technology was also amongst the worst-performing segments, dipping almost 8%. Just two days prior to the November 5 crash, we covered Warren Buffett's list of the 10 best stocks with attractive upside potential.
Situations like this trigger fear within the market. But for corporate insiders, including company executives and directors, it offers attractive entry points. These insiders have a more detailed understanding of their businesses compared to investors and analysts. They know about a company's growth prospects, margin potential, and product pipelines way before the market does.
Hence, a drop in share price does not necessarily mean that their stance on the company's outlook would also change. Through open-market purchases out of their own pockets, the insiders send some clear signals to the market. Unlike stock awards or option exercises, these purchases come out of personal savings, and no one is forced to make them.
Alphatec Holdings Inc. is amongst the stocks that have seen a notable amount of insider purchases from October 6 to November 6, following a major market sell-off. Stock awards and option exercises have been excluded from these qualifying purchases. The stock has shed almost 31% over a one month period, as of November 6.
Alphatec Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ATEC) has shed more than 30% over the last 1 month. Bears continued to pile in after the company's revenue and earnings miss reported in its recent third quarter 2026 print. Investor concerns around the stock are linked to various factors including deflated biologics sales and a downward adjustment to its full-year outlook.
On October 30, director David M. Demski bought 60,000 common shares at a price of $6.81, resulting in a total purchase value of $408,600. The purchase increased his reported position in Alphatec from 431,635 to 491,635 shares (see all insider purchases in ATEC shares here).
Despite muted topline growth in the last two quarters, the company still holds a competitive standing within the spinal surgery space amid its innovative approach toward prone transpsoas (PTP) procedure. Madison Small Cap Fund sees upside potential for Alphatec and here is what it had to say about the stock in its Q3 2026 investor letter.
Based on data tracked across 1,000+ hedge funds by Insider Monkey, institutional sentiment toward the company remains favorable. According to 13F filing data, number of smart-money managers with long-term exposure in the stock went up marginally during the last quarter. A total of 38 hedge funds held positions by the end of Q2 2026, compared to 37 in Q1 2026.
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This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.
