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3/5Mentor Capital, Inc. (MNTR): Auditor change

Filed 2026-04-23 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001493152-26-018614 nano

Market data

Price before filing: $0.051 (2026-04-22 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $1.3M (2026-04-23) 路 Latest: $886,529 (2026-10-16)

What happened next

WindowMNTRSPYvs SPY
30 days+0.0%+5.5%-5.5%2026-05-26
90 days-35.0%+5.4%-40.3%2026-07-22
180 dayspendingpendinguntil 2026-10-20

Return from the last close before the filing date to the first close on/after the window end. Pending windows have not fully elapsed. Past performance says nothing certain about the future.

Insider trading around this filing

90 days before the flag: 1 insider bought $3K (36 purchases)
30 days after: none reported.

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue10b5-1 planSource
2026-01-26Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase600$0.08$51noForm 4
2026-01-27Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase1,400$0.08$119noForm 4
2026-01-29Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase900$0.09$81noForm 4
2026-02-02Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase1,100$0.09$97noForm 4
2026-02-03Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase2,000$0.09$180noForm 4
2026-02-04Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase2$0.09$0noForm 4
2026-02-05Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase1,000$0.08$85noForm 4
2026-02-06Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase800$0.09$73noForm 4
2026-02-09Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase1,198$0.09$107noForm 4
2026-02-12Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase2,000$0.09$178noForm 4
2026-02-17Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase550$0.09$48noForm 4
2026-02-19Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase2,550$0.09$224noForm 4
2026-02-25Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase2,900$0.08$245noForm 4
2026-02-26Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase1,000$0.08$84noForm 4
2026-02-27Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase1,400$0.08$117noForm 4
2026-03-02Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase1,600$0.08$132noForm 4
2026-03-04Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase800$0.08$67noForm 4
2026-03-05Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase50$0.08$4noForm 4
2026-03-06Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase1,200$0.08$101noForm 4
2026-03-09Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase500$0.08$40noForm 4
2026-03-11Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase2,450$0.08$205noForm 4
2026-03-12Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase1,000$0.08$83noForm 4
2026-03-13Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase100$0.08$8noForm 4
2026-03-16Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase900$0.08$75noForm 4
2026-03-18Billingsley Chester
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Purchase700$0.08$59noForm 4
2026-04-23: red flag filed

Showing 25 of 36 transactions.

Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2026-01-23 to 2026-05-23. Excludes option exercises, grants, gifts and tax withholding. Amended filings replace the originals; joint filings count once. Foreign private issuers do not file Form 4. Many insider sales are pre-scheduled (10b5-1 plans) and are not by themselves a sign of wrongdoing.

Verified excerpt

"4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant (a) Disengagement from Previous Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm On April 20, 2026, the Company dismissed its independent accountant, Cherry Bekaert LLP ("Cherry Bekaert")."

Quoted from the filing. Source

What this means

The company changed its outside auditor (8-K Item 4.01). A dismissal or resignation, especially near an annual report or with reported disagreements, is a warning sign. Changes caused by audit firms merging are usually routine.

Type: dismissed
Disagreements reported: no
New auditor: M&K CPAS, PLLC

Read the original filing on SEC.gov →

Not investment advice. Automated summary; verify against the filing.

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