Insider Transactions

Wes Morris, a Group President atTyson Foods (TSN), recently bought 10,362 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 31 percent, and came to a total cost of $499,431. He was joined by another Group President who bought 2,040 shares, paying just over $99,700 to do so. These buys are the first insider buys at the company over the past two years. Generally, company executives have been slight sellers of shares, usually following the exercise of stock options. Overall, company insiders own 2.3 ...
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Scott Gottlieb, a director atPfizer (PFE), recently bought 2,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 50 percent, and came to a total cost of $77,005. This marks the first insider buy at the company over the past two years. Company executives have largely been sellers of shares, particularly at the executive vice president level. Some of those sales came from exercising stock options, although more than half did not. Overall, company executives own 0.01 percent of shares. The drugmaker was a winner ...
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Kristin Coleman, General Council atAlbemarle Corp (ALB), recently added 1,373 shares. The buy is a new stake for the executive, and came to a total cost of $249,886. She was joined by the company CEO, who bought 5,470 shares, increasing his stake by 12 percent, and paying just under $994,000 for the position. These two buys represent the first insider buys since February 2022. Otherwise, company insiders have been sellers of shares. Overall, insiders at the lithium company own about 0.2 percent ...
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Thomson Leighton, CEO atAkami Technologies (AKAM), recently bought 642 shares. The buy increased his stake by less than 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $50,061. The buy follows up on a 934 share buy made a few days before, at a cost of $75,122. And the CEO made 8 separate buys in April, most in the $50,000 range, with two buys in the $75,000 range. Overall, insiders own 1.8 percent of shares. The cloud services software company is still down ...
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A cluster of insiders picked up shares ofKeurig Dr Pepper (KDP) last week. That includes the company’s CFO, who bought 5,074 shares at a cost of $165,511. And the firm’s Chief Supply Chain Officer bought 12,000 shares, paying just under $394,000. The company’s R&D Officer bought 8,561 shares at a cost of $276,948. And finally, the company’s General Council topped them all with a 13,957 share buy costing $458,612. Overall, company insiders at the global beverage firm own about 35.6 percent of ...
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Kevin Stephens, a director atCrown Castle Inc (CCI), recently added 1,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 7 percent, and came to a total cost of $117,996. The director was also the most recent buyer of shares, with a 2,000 share pickup in October 2022 that cost $247,000. One other director has been a buyer in the past year. Two company insiders were sizeable sellers of shares in April. Overall, company insiders own 0.4 percent of the cell tower real estate ...
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Michael Marberry, a director atAmerican Water Works Company (AWK), recently bought 825 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 200 percent, and came to a total cost of $120,541. This marks the first insider buy at American Water Works over the past two years. Otherwise, a few company executives have been sellers of shares, largely after exercising stock options with the firm. Overall, insiders own 0.2 percent of shares. The regulated water utility is down about 4 percent in the past year, about ...
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Lynne Puckett, a director atMarkel Corporation (MKL), recently bought 75 shares. The buy increased her holdings by 8 percent, and came to a total cost of $100,550. Other insiders have been buyers this year, including two directors in February, as well as the company CEO. Insiders have generally been buyers over the past year, but were more likely to be sellers two years ago. Overall, insiders own 2.1 percent of shares. The property and casualty insurance company is up just 2 percent over ...
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