Mithaq Capital, a major holder ofSoftware Acquisition Group II (SAII), recently bought 369,924 shares. The buy increased the fund’s stake by 4 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $3.89 million. This adds on to other buys from the fund since SAII went public as a SPAC offering last month. A SPAC is a special purpose acquisition company that raises capital to buy a business outright. SPACs typically go public around $10 per share. Their price varies depending on a deal or how the market feels about the company. In this case, shares are around $10.50, not too far from the val...

John Childs, a director atBiohaven Pharmaceutical (BHVN), recently made a 13,157 share buy. The purchase came to just under $1 million even, and increased the director’s stake by just over 0.5 percent. That’s the second buy from Childs this month following a 10,000 share buy earlier. Insiders have been both buyers and sellers in the past year, with sellers leading on total shares. Overall, insiders own nearly 14 percent of the company. A biotech firm targeting neurological diseases, the company has a number of products available, as well as some prospective new treatments in trial. ...

Suzanne Coulter, a director atAbercrombie & Fitch (ANF) recently started a stake at the company with 2,170 shares. The total cost of the share buy came to just over $75,000. This marks the first buy from insiders since March 2020. Overall, insider sales have beaten out buyers over the past three years, but there was a large sale by a company insider back in January. Shares have since risen by 43 percent. Insiders own about 2.2 percent of company shares. Shares are up about 324 percent in the past year, or more than five times greater the 65 percent return in the S&P 500. ...

Paula Reynolds, a director atGeneral Electric (GE), recently added another 5,000 shares to her stake. That increased her holdings by nearly 20 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $62,000. This marks the first insider buy since last August, when a number of directors and C-suite executives bought shares at a price nearly 50 percent lower than where shares trade today. However, these buys have been dwarfed by sales from a fund that’s also a major holder. Overall, insiders own just 0.2 percent of shares. Company executives and non-fund directors have shown good t...

Martin Landis, a director atCrown Castle International (CCI), recently picked up 1,180 shares. The buy increased his stake by less than 1 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $190,000. Landis has been a repeat buyer in recent months, although other company insiders have been sellers. Overall, company insiders have been bigger sellers as the share price has continued higher, relatively unaffected by the pandemic. Overall, insiders own 0.4 percent of company shares. The REIT, which offers cell tower leasing services, has become a slow-growth play, even as the 5G network is b...

Jennifer Weber, a senior vice president atArcher Daniels Midland (ADM), recently picked up 5,905 shares. The buy increased her stake by nearly 8 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $298,000. This marks the first insider buy since last September. Insiders are typically sellers of shares, even as prices of the agricultural giant have been trending higher. Overall, insiders own just under 0.4 percent of the company. Concerns of food supply disruption and inflation have led to a 78 percent rally in shares in the past year—just outpacing the S&P 500 Index off of ...

Gordon Crawford, a director atLions Gate Entertainment (LGF-B), recently picked up 100,000 shares. The total cost of the buy came to just under $1.6 million, and increased the director’s stake by over 62 percent. This marks the first insider buy of the year. Insiders have been active buyers in the past 18 months, but before that were more likely to be sellers, at a far higher price than where shares trade today. Overall, insiders own just over 2 percent of shares. Shares are near a 52-week high, having traded between $4 and $16 in the past year. However, shares are still well belo...

Randall Stephenson, a director atWalmart (WMT), recently picked up 7,725 shares. The buy came to a total purchase price of $1.2 million, and increased the director’s holdings by over 1,300 percent. This is the first insider buy in over three years. Insiders, typically members of the Walton family but also some executives, have exclusively been sellers in the past three years. Even with the large, regular sales by company insiders, they still own over 51 percent of shares. Shares of the big box retailer are up 15 percent over the past year, fueled by pandemic trends and the company’s ...

Alex Morrison, a director atGold Resource Corp (GORO), just picked up 17,900 shares. The buy increased his stake to over 51,500 shares in total, and came to a total cost of just over $47,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company this year. Insiders have been both buyers and sellers over the past few years, with company insiders generally having the edge over sellers. Insiders own 3.3 percent of shares. Shares of the gold mining company have just bounced off a multi-month low of $2.50 per share. Similar drops to that level in November and February have led to moves highe...

Lance Fritz, a director atParker Hannifin (PH), recently picked up 3,900 shares. The purchase price came to just under $1.2 million. This marks the first insider buy at the company since mid-2019. Insiders have generally been sellers of shares. Insider sales have been strong from both company executives and directors, even at lower prices than where shares have traded today. Overall, insiders own 0.4 percent of company shares. The specialty manufacturing and industrial company has seen shares rise in recent months, as value stocks have become more popular among traders relative to te...