Insider Transactions

Sam Hsu, a director atFastenal (FAST), recently bought 1,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 50 percent, and came to a total price of just under $53,000. The buy came just a few days after another director bought 265 shares, paying just over $14,000 to make the buy. Overall, company insiders have been active as both buyers and sellers, although insider sales have far exceeded buys over the past 3 years, even as the stock has trended higher. Shares of the ...
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Ann Aber, senior vice president and general counsel atJOANN Inc (JOAN) recently picked up 1,000 shares. The buy increased her holdings by 66 percent, and came to a total price of just over $11,000. Her buy was made a day after a 9,500 share buy from the company’s SVP and Chief of Merchandise, who paid just over $99,000. The company’s Chief Customer Officer picked up 2,500 shares on the same day, paying just under $26,000. This marks the first cluster of insider ...
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Louis Vachon, a director atMolson Coors Beverage (TAP), recently picked up 3,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by over 10 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $138,000. This is the second insider buy of the year, following another director buy in February. Directors have also been buyers in 2020 as well, although many company executives have been sellers over the past three years, with sellers far outpacing buyers. Company insiders own 11.3 percent of shares. Shares of ...
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Shares of specialty industrial machinery companyColfax Corporation (CFX) have been trending higher in the past year, although the share appreciation has slowed in recent months. One trader sees the possibility of a drop in the months ahead. That’s based on the December $40 puts. 5,000 contracts traded hands, a 48-fold rise in volume from the prior open interest of 105. The trade has 91 days until expiration. The buyer of the put paid $0.85 to make the trade. A strike price of ...
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Jason VanWees, an Executive Vice President atTeledyne Technologies (TDY), recently picked up 1,500 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 4 percent, and came to a total price of $639,000. This marks the first insider buy since March, when a cluster of company insiders picked up shares. Prior to that, company insiders have been sellers going back to 2018. Insiders own about 1.3 percent of the company. Shares of the aviation electronics company have performed about in-line with the overall stock ...
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Thomas Grant, a director atSelectQuote (SLQT), recently bought 144,533 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 6 percent, and came to a total price of just under $1.8 million. Grant was joined by another director who bought 10,000 shares on the same day, at a cost of just over $133,000. And the day before, another director bought 1,000 shares. Overall, company insiders have been active and massive buyers since August. Prior to that, insiders, primarily larger owners, have been big sellers ...
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Paul Pittman, CEO atFarmland Partners Inc (FPI), recently bought 1,000 additional shares. The buy increased his stake by 0.04 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $13,000. The CEO was also the last buyer of shares back in March. Overall, company insiders have bought on 20 occasions in the past three years, with just 3 insider sales over the same timeframe. Overall, company insiders own nearly 17.5 percent of company shares. The company is a real estate company that owns ...
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Patrick Donovan, a director atWest Bancorp (WTBA), recently added 5,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by over 18 percent, and came to a total price of just under $150,000. This is the third buy from the director so far this month, with two buys of 2,500 shares each, for a total of 10,000 more shares this month. Insiders have overall been active over the past three years, but buyers have far outpaced sellers. Company insiders own just over 10 percent of ...
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