Analysis: Michael T. McCaul's buy of MPET (Unknown)
Assessment: Low signal
A routine buy of a frequently traded holding by a high-churn member, executed as part of a large adviser-managed batch, with low signal strength and major data gaps due to the unidentified issuer.
- Member: Michael T. McCaul
- Party / state: Republican-TX (district 10)
- Chamber: House
- Transaction: Buy
- Amount: $100,001 - $250,000
- Ticker: MPET
- Company: Unknown
- Trade date: 2026-05-28
- Disclosure date: 2026-06-10
- Disclosure lag: 13 days
Executive summary
On 2026-05-28, Rep. Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10) reported purchasing MPET in the $100,001-$250,000 range (filed 2026-06-10). The purchase occurred alongside a cluster of additional transactions on 2026-05-27 to 2026-05-29, including two other purchases of the same $100,001-$250,000 size (VRNG and BNRE). Primary-source issuer identification and SEC filing context for MPET could not be obtained in this research run due to lack of web access and the absence of an SEC CIK for the ticker in the provided enrichment.
Based on the user-provided dataset, MPET appears repeatedly in the member’s trading history (44 total trades: 20 purchases and 24 sales), with the earliest MPET trade dated 2014-03-25 and the analyzed purchase dated 2026-05-28. The most recent MPET transaction prior to the analyzed purchase in the provided list is a sale on 2025-10-17 ($1,001-$15,000), with additional listed MPET sales on 2025-10-01 and 2024-07-29 and listed purchases on 2024-05-06, 2024-05-01, and 2024-04-04. The analyzed MPET purchase was part of a multi-trade batch (±1 day) containing 14 purchases and 3 sales, with MPET’s disclosed dollar range matching the largest purchase size category used that day (also seen in VRNG and BNRE purchases). Cross-member activity provided for MPET shows two other members reported transactions in 2026 (one sale, one exchange) within 120 days before the analyzed trade; no additional clustering information was available beyond those two data points.
Timeline
- 2026-01-28 — Other member trade in MPET: Ro Khanna reported a Sale ($15,001-$50,000).
- 2026-04-09 — Other member trade in MPET: Diana Harshbarger reported an Exchange ($250,001-$500,000).
- 2026-05-27 — Same-day/adjacent portfolio activity: Purchase EQT ($1,001-$15,000); Sale FCFS ($15,001-$50,000); Sale ARW ($100,001-$250,000).
- 2026-05-28 — Analyzed trade: Purchase MPET ($100,001-$250,000), owner: Member.
- 2026-05-28 — Same-day portfolio activity: Purchase HURN ($15,001-$50,000); Purchase META ($15,001-$50,000); Sale AMZN ($15,001-$50,000); Purchase HAYW ($15,001-$50,000); Purchase AONE ($15,001-$50,000); Purchase VRNG ($100,001-$250,000); Purchase FICO ($15,001-$50,000); Purchase BNRE ($100,001-$250,000); Purchase FCN ($15,001-$50,000).
- 2026-05-29 — Same-day/adjacent portfolio activity: Purchase MWA ($15,001-$50,000); Purchase NTAP ($15,001-$50,000); Purchase DVMT ($15,001-$50,000); Sale V ($50,001-$100,000).
- 2026-06-10 — Disclosure filing date for MPET purchase (trade date 2026-05-28).
Independent analysis of public financial disclosures. Not financial or investment advice.