Director KAROL STEVEN E sold 6,500 shares at $380.60 average; stock now $385.04 near 52-week high.
KAROL STEVEN E, a Director at Carpenter Technology, executed 2 separate sales totaling 6,500 shares for $2,473,929.45 on 2026-02-19 at an average price of $380.60, reducing his holdings by 2.8%. The current stock price of $385.04 is within 1.2% of the 52-week high of $389.73, and the stock has posted strong recent momentum: +14.7% over 30 days and +19.3% over 90 days. His prior trades at CRS show a consistent pattern of poor sale timing: across 5 prior CRS sales, none were well-timed at the 90-day mark, with positive 90-day returns averaging 4.2% to 43.1% after each sale. His cross-ticker track record similarly shows 0% of 6 prior sells were well-timed. This transaction carries modest materiality given his substantial remaining stake of 225,381 shares and the elevated valuation context (P/E of 44.11); the sale occurred near historical highs but provides limited signal given his consistent pattern of selling into rallies.
CRS Director Steven Karol sold 15,000 shares at $180.77 for $2.7M, retaining 229.1K shares; stock near 52-week highs.
Steven Karol, a director at Carpenter Technology, sold 15,000 shares (-6.1% of his pre-transaction holdings) at $180.77 on November 19, 2024, when the stock was 2.0% below its 52-week high of $184.50 and up 15.9% over the prior 30 days and 24.8% over 90 days. His prior five sales at CRS all resulted in subsequent positive returns: the most recent (2024-05-03) saw the stock rise 10.2% in 30 days and 43.1% in 90 days; earlier 2023 sales showed smaller but consistent gains (3.2%–4.9% over 90 days). None of these prior CRS sales were well-timed (0 of 5 resulted in declines after the sale), indicating Karol has historically sold before further appreciation at this ticker. The current sale, occurring near the stock's annual peak after substantial recent gains, does not reverse this pattern of selling ahead of continued strength.
