Insider Transactions

Jay Henderson, a director atIllinois Tool Works (ITW) recently bought 10,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by over 112 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $2.35 million. This marks the first insider buy at the company since May 2020. Otherwise, company insiders, mostly executives, have been steady sellers of shares over the past few years. That’s true even as shares have trended higher over time. Overall, insiders at the company own 0.2 percent of shares. The industrial ...
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Edie Ames, a director atCheesecake Factory (CAKE) recently added 1,650 shares. The buy increased her stake by 25.6 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $75,000. This is the second buy from the same director this year, following a 500 share buy back in August. Otherwise, insiders have largely been sellers over the past year, with company executives selling off shares. Overall, insiders at the company own 6.8 percent of shares. Shares of the restaurant chain are up 21 ...
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Gerald Volas, a director atThe Scotts Miracle Grow Company (SMG), recently bought 6,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 1,376 percent, and came to a total price of just under $1.03 million. This marks the first insider buy of the past three years. Over the past three years, company insiders from major owners to directors to executives have been exclusive sellers of shares. Company insiders of the consumer lawn and garden products company own 28 percent of shares. The stock is now ...
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Gustavo Arnal, CFO ofBed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), recently bought 12,500 shares. The buy increased his stake by just over 4 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $255,000. That buy came just a few days after two different directors bought shares. One picked up 12,500 shares, paying nearly $250,000, and another bought 25,000 shares across two days. The last insider sales occurred back in July, when shares were trading more than 30 percent higher than their ...
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Lee Fenton, CEO ofBally’s Corporation (BALY), recently bought 5,750 shares of company stock. The buy increased his stake by almost 2.5 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $259,000. He was joined by two division presidents as well as a president of retail, who all bought on the same date at slightly different prices. All told, this cluster of insiders bought nearly $850,000 in company shares. This marks a sharp reversal from the past three years, where insiders ...
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Wayne Thomas Smith, a director atAir Products & Chemicals (APD) recently bought 1,637 shares. The buy created an initial stake, and came to a total purchase price of just over $500,000. This is the first insider activity at the company since January 2020. Over the past 3 years, insiders have been more active as both buyers and sellers, with buyers outnumbering sellers in total share transactions. Overall, insiders own 0.3 percent of company shares. This latest buy has occurred as shares have ...
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Michael Angelakis, a director atExxonMobil (XOM) recently picked up 5,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 15 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $320,000. This marks the first insider transaction since March, when this director and another director also bought a collective 202,000 shares. The price of the stock has since risen since then. The last insider sales occurred in December 2020, with shares up nearly 50 percent since then. Overall, insiders own just 0.11 percent of shares ...
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Jason Karp, Chief Counsel atQumu Corporation (QUMU), recently picked up 10,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 80 percent, and came to a total price of just over $20,000. The buy comes one day after a 5,000 share buy from a director totaling $10,600. Throughout the past year, a number of insiders and directors have been buyers, with only one sale from the company CFO back in early September. Overall, insiders own just over 5 percent of the company. Shares of the ...
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