Insider Transactions

William Shepard, a director atCME Group (CME), recently bought 294 shares. The buy increased his stake by about 1%, and came to a total cost of $63,231. This is Shepard’s second buy of the year, following a 1,390 share buy in January for $281,368. Shepard was a repeat buyer last year, and other company directors were buyers in 2022. Otherwise, CME Group executives have been regular sellers of shares. Overall, CME Group insiders own 0.5% of shares. The stock and financial exchange owner ...
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Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO ofSnowflake (SNOW) recently bought 31,542 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 14%, and came to a total cost of just over $5 million. This is the second insider buy in the past month, following a 3,030 share pickup from a director, at a cost of $501,314. Otherwise, company executives have been regular and steady sellers of shares, with about half of those sales coming following the expiration of stock options. Overall, Snowflake insiders own 6.6% of shares. The cloud-based ...
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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A), a major holder ofLiberty SiriusXM (LSXMA), continues to add to its stake. Berkshire recently bought 1,282,569 shares, paying $36.9 million to increase its holdings by 4%. Berkshire has been a steady buyer of shares since the start of the year. Going back to 2023, company insiders were more active, largely as sellers of shares, including Liberty’s President, as well as its Chairman of the Board. Overall, Liberty insiders own 33.4% of shares, and institutions own nearly all the remaining ...
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Marshall Lux, a director atNew York Community Bancorp (NYCB), recently bought 27,100 shares. The buy increased his position by 55%, and came to a total cost of $99,891. This is the first insider buy since a cluster of insiders bought shares in early February, including the CEO and CFO. The regional bank has been under pressure this year amid ongoing concerns of a weakness in the regional bank stocks. Overall, NYCB insiders own 1.3% of shares. Even with news of a capital infusion ...
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Gould Investors LP, a major holder ofBRT Apartments (BRT), recently bought 3,471 shares. The buy increased the fund’s stake by less than 1%, and came to a total cost of $56,450. The buy came a few days after the fund bought 3,268 shares, at a cost of $53,156. This is the first activity from the fund since May 2023. Otherwise, company insiders have been a bit more mixed, with a number of insider sales, including the company COO and CFO. Overall, BRT ...
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Andrew Kenner, a SVP atWestlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), recently added 4,230 shares to his holdings. The buy increased his position by 3%, and came to a total cost of $93,737. The buy comes a few weeks after the SVP bought 5,000 shares, increasing his stake by 4% and paying $111,500 to do so. Kenner has also been a repeat and steady buyer in 2023, with over a dozen buys going into late 2022. Over the past two years, there has been one ...
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Charles Fargason, a director atCarriage Services (CSV), recently bought 6,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 70%, and came to a total cost of $153,480. That adds to another buy from the director a few weeks prior for 5,000 shares, which cost $130,500. Insiders were mostly buyers of shares in 2022, including buys from the company’s COO and CFO. Otherwise, company insiders have generally been sellers of shares this year, largely following the exercise of stock options. Overall, Carriage insiders own ...
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William Green, a director atArbor Realty Trust (ABR), recently bought 10,209 shares. The buy increased his stake by 7%, and came to a total cost of $132,026. This marks the first insider buy this year. Company insiders were substantial buyers last year, with a cluster of insider buys last November. That included purchases from the company CEO and CFO, who each bought shares in multiple transactions. Overall, Arbor Realty Trust insiders own 2.5% percent of shares. The mortgage REIT is up 20% over ...
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