Charles F. Willis IV, Executive Chairman of Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC), has been a consistent seller of company stock over the past several months, with Form 4 filings showing 19 open-market sales between March 18 and March 31, 2026. Those sales totaled approximately $4.2 million, with individual transactions ranging from roughly $17,000 to over $962,000. The largest single sale came on March 27 at $962,319, followed by a $543,195 disposition on March 26. The selling pattern was steady and frequent—sometimes four or five separate sales in a single day—suggesting a deliberate reduction of his position rather than a one-off liquidity event.
The broader picture reinforces this bearish bias. Across 44 total filings, Willis has recorded zero open-market purchases and $14.5 million in total sales, while acquiring $12.3 million in shares primarily through compensation-related grants and option exercises. A $4.02 million award on January 2, 2026, and a $953,263 tax-withholding event on March 19 are notable non-sale transactions, but these are mechanical in nature—grants and automatic share withholdings—not discretionary buys. The only "P" code (open-market purchase) in his history is absent entirely, meaning every voluntary transaction has been a sale.
The most recent activity clusters in late March, with a heavy concentration of sales on March 30 and March 31, including values of $302,162, $196,890, and $220,378. A large $7.54 million "F" transaction on April 1 represents shares withheld for tax obligations, which is not a discretionary sale but does reduce his holdings. Overall, the pattern is unambiguous: Willis has been a persistent net seller of WLFC stock, with no recent purchases to offset the steady stream of dispositions.
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