Insider Transactions

Edgar Smith, a director atBusiness First Bancshares (BFST), recently reported the purchase of 17,109 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $400,220. He was joined by another director who bought 3,664 shares, paying just over $80,100. Other company directors have been buyers of shares over the past two years, with just one insider sale from a director over the same time period. Overall, insiders at the regional bank own about 6.3 percent of ...
Read More About This

Amy Lane, a director atFedex Corp (FDX), recently bought 830 shares. The buy came to a total cost of $193,289, and increased the director’s stake by 54 percent. This is the first insider buy at the company since January, when the same director made a 280 share buy. Generally, insiders have been sellers, following the exercise of stock options. That includes directors and executives, including the company CEO. Overall, insiders own 7.9 percent of the company. Fedex shares have climbed 14 percent over ...
Read More About This

Kevin Weil, President of Product and Business atPlanet Labs (PL), recently bought 274,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 16 percent, and came to a total cost just over $997,000. This marks the first insider activity in nearly a year and a half. The company’s CEO bought 19,230 shares in December 2021, as did Weil and another director. There have been no insider sales since the company went public. Overall, insiders own 2.9 percent of the company. The early-stage satellite data company ...
Read More About This

Blackstone Holdings III LP, a major holder atCheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP), recently added 96,470 shares to their holdings. The buy increased the fund’s position by about 1 percent, and came to a total cost just over $4.5 million. The fund later added another 27,706 shares, at a cost of just over $1.3 million. The fund has been a notable buyer of shares over the past two years. Otherwise, one director made a minor sale last year. Overall, insiders own 49.6 percent ...
Read More About This

Rosalind Brewer, CEO atWalgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), recently bought 10,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by 3 percent, and came to a total cost of $339,510. This marks the first insider buy at the company in the past two years. The company’s Chief Medical Officer exercised stock options and sold shares late last year, as did a director. The sales slightly exceed the amount of this recent CEO buy. Overall, insiders own 17.2 percent of shares. The drugstore chain has seen shares ...
Read More About This

Lawrence Cheng, a director atGameStop Corp. (GME), recently bought 5,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 13 percent, and came to a total cost of $113,900. The buy came a year after another director bought 1,500 shares, paying just under $195,000. Over the past two years, insider buys have far exceeded insider sales, including a 100,000 share buy from the company’s chairman just over a year ago. Overall, insiders own 15.5 percent of shares. The video game retailer has slid by about ...
Read More About This

Earl Jackson, a director atMain Street Capital Corp (MAIN), recently added 3,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 5 percent, and came to a total cost of $117,600. The director was also the last buyer of shares nearly a year ago, again picking up 3,000 shares. Over the past two years, there have been more insider sales than purchases, including a 100,010 sale by the company CEO in early 2022. Overall, insiders own 4.4 percent of the company. The business development company ...
Read More About This

Paul Donahue, CEO atGenuine Parts Company (GPC), recently bought 1,600 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $249,728. This is the first buy at the company in over a year. Last year, one director bought over 1,600 shares, paying just over $200,000, on two separate occasions. Over the past two years, there has been only one insider sale. All told, insiders at the auto parts retailer own 0.3 percent of shares. A slowing market ...
Read More About This