Insider Transactions

Peter Nolan, a director atActivision Blizzard (ATVI), recently bought 20,000 more shares. The buy increased his holdings by nearly 12 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $1.9 million. This marks the first insider buy of 2021. Insiders tend to be sellers of shares, at the C-suite level, suggesting a large amount of stock options being exercised. However, insiders have been known to buy on dips, including large insider buys last year at the start of the pandemic. Overall, company ...
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Joseph Nowicki, a director atLumber Liquidators (LL), recently bought 6,274 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 258 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $150,000. This is the first insider buy since last August. Since 2019, company insiders have been exclusively buyers. This is the first purchase from a director since 2014. Overall, company insiders own nearly 5 percent of the company. Shares of the home improvement retail chain are up 217 percent in the past year, although shares ...
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Nancy Lowe, CFO ofWeyerhaeuser (WY) recently bought 10,000 more shares. The buy increased her stake by over 46 percent, and came to a purchase price of just over $385,000. Insiders have been active buyers and sellers in the past few years, with large insider buys at the pandemic low last year giving buyers an edge. Overall, insiders own just 0.2 percent of company shares. Shares are still below highs set back in 2007, although they are up nearly 97 percent in the ...
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Dion Weisler, a director atIntel Corp (INTC) recently picked up 4,464 shares. The total cost came to $250,000, and represents an initial stake for the director. Like many big-name tech companies that issue shares to executives, there’s been a lot of sales over the past few years. But Intel has seen a number of insider buys as well. This is the first insider buy since January, when the company CEO and CFO bought before shares provided a 27 percent gain. The chipmaker ...
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Bryan Shinn, CEO ofUS Silica Holdings (SLCA) recently bought 2,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 0.25 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $48,000. This marks the first insider activity of 2021. Insiders were both buyers and sellers last year, with large insider buys early in the year, and sales later in the year. Overall, company insiders own just under 3 percent of total shares. Shares are up nearly 400 percent in the past year. The ...
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Douglas Tobler, CFO ofVista Gold Corp (VGZ) recently picked up 3,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 4 percent, and came to a total purchase price of over $3,200. He has been a repeated buyer over the past few months, and the only insider to make any transactions. The last insider transactions occurred in June 2019, and prior insider activities have been sales only. Overall, insiders own over 3 percent of the company. Shares of Vista have traded between $0.90 and ...
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William Furman, chairman and CEO ofGreenbrier Companies (GBX), recently bought 10,000 more shares. The buy increased his stake by just under 2 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $48,000. Furman also made a 50,000 share buy back in February. Insiders have generally been sellers of shares in dribs and drabs over the past few years, making these insider buys stand out. Overall, company insiders own just 3 percent of shares. The manufacturer of railcars and other railroad ...
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CD&R Investment Associates, a major holder inBeacon Roofing Supply (BECN) recently added 563,611 shares to their holdings. The buy increased the fund’s stake by over 4 percent, and came to a purchase price of just over $30 million. Insiders at the company have largely been sellers in the past few months. Shares have nearly tripled since the pandemic low, thanks to rising home prices. This marks the first insider buy since last May. Overall, company insiders outside of funds own less than ...
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