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Shares of experimental battery maker QuantumScape (QS) have surged higher in recent sessions. While the move may just be part of a trend of retail investor favorites moving higher, one trader sees the opportunity for shares to jump much higher in the coming weeks. That’s based on the June 25th $40 calls. With 18 days on the clock, over 7,040 contracts traded against an open interest of 329 contracts, for a 21-fold rise in volume. The buyer of the calls paid about ...
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Irwin Gotlieb, a director at comScore Inc (SCOR), recently picked up 100,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 115 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $397,000. This is the second buy from insiders in recent months, following a 200,000 share purchase from another insider back in March. Over the past three year, insiders have been more likely to buy then sell, but have mostly clustered their buys in 2018 and 2019. Overall, company insiders own nearly 17 ...
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For years, investors have piled into big tech names, like the FANG stocks. Even with the recent weakness in the sector, however, some still see some value in these giant names, which dominate the list of trillion-dollar-plus companies. That includes other industry-dominating mega-cap companies as well. One value manager sees a number of opportunities in these names today, citing continued growth potential and healthy profit margins. Of the companies mentioned, all are industry dominators that have fared well in the past ...
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Shares of oil and gas equipment and services company Baker Hughes (BKR) have surged 30 percent higher in the past month. One trader sees that trend continuing over the summer. That’s based on the October $29 calls. With 133 days until expiration, over 6,180 contracts traded against a prior open interest of 104, for a 59-fold jump in volume. The buyer of the calls paid about $1.45 to make the trade. Shares have recently broken through to new highs, exceeding the ...
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William Kacel, a director at US Silica Holdings (SLCA), recently bought 15,000 additional shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 8 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $154,000. The buy comes a few weeks after the company CEO made a 2,000 share purchase, shelling out just over $18,000. Over the past few years, company insiders have been active, with buyers far exceeding that of sellers. Overall, insiders own over 2.8 percent of the company. The commercial ...
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Retail investors are coming back to some of the top performing stocks of January and February with a vengeance. One such company that’s starting a new massive rally? BlackBerry (BB). Shares saw a move higher at the start of the year that nearly quadrupled shares. But that peak was undone was brokerage firms shut down the ability of traders to add to positions, only liquidate existing ones. Nevertheless, shares are moving higher again. While the recent move hasn’t been as extreme ...
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Christopher Thompson, a director at Jacobs Engineering (J), recently bought 10,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 46 percent, and came to a total price of just over $140,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company in the past three years. Insiders have been regular sellers of shares throughout the past few years at fairly regular intervals, even as the share price has risen. Overall, company insiders own 0.9 percent of shares. The company offers private and public sector ...
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The past few years have been some of the worst in Boeing’s (BA) history. The airline manufacturer has had to deal with rising international competition, the flaws in its 737 Max jet, and then the pandemic’s collapse in global air travel. These high-profile dangers have been well baked into shares. Now, with the 737 Max getting back into service and the pandemic ending, things are potentially looking up for the airliner. That may be why the company has started earning analyst ...
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