James S. Mahan III is CEO & 10% Owner at Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. (LOB). They have made 17 open-market trades across 3 companies since 2006, most recently 2026-08-27.
CIK 0001036743
Unrated. We grade insiders only on stock they chose to buy on the open market. Grants, option exercises and vesting say nothing about timing, so they don't count — which is why someone can file often and still have no grade. It isn't a bad sign: unrated buys beat every graded tier below A.
10 open-market purchases totalling $29.8M since 2006, against 7 sales. Across 9 scored buys the stock is up 50.2% at ninety days, and 44.8 points ahead of the S&P over the same stretch.
9 scored purchases · one row per filing · discretionary only
| Ticker | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|
| LOB | 2,787,844 | $97.3M |
| VSCN | 8,750 | — |
| WSSI | 4,485 | — |
| Total | $97.3M |
Shares reported on the most recent Form 4, priced at the 2026-08-28 close. 2 holdings could not be priced and are excluded from the total.
Counted per filing, not per execution lot — a purchase filled in several tranches is one decision.
| 7d | 30d | 90d | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | 67% | 100% | 67% |
| Avg Move | +8.6% | +14.8% | +50.2% |
| Alpha | +7.4% | +14.2% | +44.8% |
| Scored | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 7d | 30d | 90d | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | 80% | 60% | 40% |
| Avg Move | -3.8% | -6.2% | +5.0% |
| Ticker | Type | Traded | Filed | Price | Value | 7d Stock | 30d Stock | 90d Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-28 | $39.82 | $796K | -1.3% | -7.0% | — |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2026-08-19 | 2026-08-21 | $40.88 | $818K | -3.7% | -7.2% | — |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2026-08-12 | 2026-08-14 | $42.92 | $858K | -8.1% | -9.4% | — |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2026-06-10 | 2026-06-12 | $38.46 | $769K | +3.4% | +4.9% | -1.3% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2026-06-03 | 2026-06-05 | $36.87 | $737K | -0.2% | +10.0% | +4.5% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2026-05-27 | 2026-05-29 | $37.45 | $749K | +2.1% | +9.4% | +6.5% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2026-05-21 | 2026-05-26 | $37.09 | $371K | -0.8% | +8.3% | +6.6% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2026-05-20 | 2026-05-21 | $36.84 | $368K | -3.9% | +2.9% | +9.3% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2026-05-14 | 2026-05-18 | $36.23 | $362K | +5.9% | +5.5% | +20.6% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2026-05-13 | 2026-05-15 | $35.96 | $360K | +4.4% | +6.2% | +20.0% |
| LOB | SELL | 2026-03-11 | 2026-03-13 | $32.67 | $653K | +0.6% | +11.1% | +18.5% |
| LOB | SELL | 2026-03-04 | 2026-03-06 | $36.06 | $721K | -2.5% | +3.6% | +15.1% |
| LOB | SELL | 2026-02-25 | 2026-02-27 | $39.35 | $787K | -6.9% | -9.2% | +6.0% |
| LOB | SELL | 2026-02-18 | 2026-02-20 | $40.18 | $804K | -9.2% | -18.5% | -7.0% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2026-02-11 | 2026-02-13 | $40.49 | $810K | -2.8% | -19.4% | -10.6% |
| LOB | SELL | 2026-02-04 | 2026-02-06 | $41.05 | $821K | -1.2% | -17.8% | -7.4% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2025-12-19 | 2025-12-23 | $36.17 | $362K | +1.7% | +14.0% | -8.4% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2025-12-17 | 2025-12-19 | $35.97 | $360K | -4.7% | +0.7% | -12.8% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2025-12-12 | 2025-12-16 | $35.13 | $351K | -2.1% | +7.1% | -7.7% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2025-12-10 | 2025-12-12 | $34.33 | $687K | +0.8% | +1.4% | -8.7% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2025-12-05 | 2025-12-09 | $32.81 | $328K | +11.1% | +14.2% | +1.7% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2025-12-03 | 2025-12-05 | $33.05 | $661K | +9.4% | +8.6% | +8.2% |
| LOB | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2025-11-26 | 2025-12-01 | $32.11 | $642K | +8.9% | +6.1% | +13.1% |
| LOB | BUY | 2020-10-29 | 2020-11-02 | $36.68 | $1.6M | +8.4% | +10.8% | +2.1% |
| LOB | BUY | 2020-10-26 | 2020-10-28 | $34.30 | $6.8M | +15.5% | +25.2% | +31.7% |
Grouped by shared companies and similar filing behaviour. This is a similarity measure, not a ranking or a performance signal.
| Scored | 5 | 5 | 5 |