Lawrence Hilsheimer, CFO of Greif (GEF), recently bought 550 shares. The buy increased his stake by less than 1%, and came to a total cost of $37,384. He was joined by a company director, who bought 3,500 shares at a total cost of $245,700, establishing a new position. This adds on to further company buys earlier in the year. However, going further back, company insiders were more likely to be sellers rather than buyers. Overall, Greif insiders own 4.9% of shares. The packaging products and services provider slid 9% over the past year, far underperforming the rallying stock market...

R.A. Walker, a director at Conoco Phillips (COP), recently bought 10,400 shares. The buy increased his stake by 30%, and came to a total cost of $1,017,161. He was joined by another director last week, who bought 2,500 shares, paying just under $240,000 to do so. The two buys are the first since February 2023. Otherwise, company insiders, including both the CEO and CFO, have been sellers over the past two years. Overall, Conoco Phillips insiders own 0.1% of shares. The oil and gas giant is down 20% over the past year. Conventional energy prices have been lackluster in 2024, and th...

Jeffrey Graves, President and CEO of 3D Systems Corp (DDD), recently bought 60,000 shares. The buy came to a total cost of $231,000, and increased his position by 6%. This is the first insider buy in 13 months, since a company director picked up 100,000 shares across two transactions in November 2023. Otherwise, there was one insider sale in 2024, from the company CTO, who sold 20% of his position for just under $448,000. Overall, 3D Systems insiders own 2.9% of shares. The 3D printing hardware and software developer is down 48% over the past year, reflecting low interest in the 3...

James Fitterling, Chairman and CEO of Dow Inc. (DOW), recently bought 25,600 shares. The buy increased his stake by 7%, and came to a total cost of $1.07 million. He was joined by two company directors, one picking up 7,339 shares for $299,932, and 6,025 shares for $249,730. Going further back, the last insider activity occurred in November 2023 when another director bought 5,000 shares. There have been zero insider sales over the past two years. Overall, Dow insiders own 0.2% of shares. The chemical manufacturer is down 30% over the past year, reflecting weakness in the industria...

Craig Knocke, a director at HF Sinclair (DINO), recently bought 5,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 20%, and came to a total cost of $180,746. This buy came just a few days after the company CFO bought 9,000 shares, paying $340,624 for the stake. And last month, the company President and CEO bought 2,500 shares. Going further back, insiders were sellers in the $50-60 range, far above the current price under $40. Overall, Sinclair insiders own 9% of shares. The oil and gas refining and marketing company is down nearly 40% over the past year. That reflects lackluster energy...

Robin Buchanan, a director atLyondellBasell Industries (LYB), recently bought 5,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by 38%, and came to a total cost of $380,300. This marks the first insider buy at the company since December 2021, when another director bought 38 shares. Otherwise, company insiders have been sellers of shares, including a major holder who sold off over $20 million of stock back in February. The company CFO was also a seller of over $1.7 million back in March. Overall, LyondellBasell Industries insiders own 20.3% of shares. The chemical producer has seen shares ...

Eric Schuppenhauer, an EVP atSoFi Technologies (SOFI), recently bought 30,600 shares. The buy increased his stake by 197%, and came to a total price of $500,001. This marks the first insider buy at the company since June, when the company CEO bought 30,715 shares for about $199,110. Otherwise, company insiders have been regular sellers of shares, including a major holder who sold off nearly $499 million in shares earlier this month. Overall, SoFi insiders own 3.2% of shares. The online lending platform has jumped over 70% in the past year. Revenues are up over 34%, and SoFi just t...

Peter Lyle, a director atHealthcare Realty Trust (HR), recently bought 10,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 40%, and came to a total cost of $172,100. Other directors have been active buyers this year, including a buy of over 11,000 shares last month from another director, who paid just over $200,000.The last insider sale occurred from a company EVP who sold off 4,100 shares just over a year ago. Overall, Healthcare Realty insiders own 0.6% of shares. The medical outpatient property owner and operator is up just 3% over the past year, substantially underperforming the ove...

Mark George, President and CEO ofNorfolk Southern (NSC), recently bought 200 shares. The buy increased his stake by 1%, and came to a total cost of $49,967. One day later, a company director picked up 350 shares, increasing his position by 4%, at a cost of $87,280. This follows a similar pattern, including two director pickups back in October, as well as buys in May, June, July and August. There have been just two insider sales over the past year. Overall, Norfolk Southern insiders own 0.1% of shares. The railroad is up 6% over the past year, significantly lagging the overall stoc...

Steven Lykken, a Group VP atHormel Foods Corp (HRL), recently bought 4,904 shares. The buy increased his stake by 15%, and came to a total cost of $159,246. This is the first insider activity since September ,when three company insiders were sellers of shares. Going further back, the most recent insider buy was an 830 share pickup back in June for an even $25,000. Insiders have mostly been sellers over the past two years. Overall, insiders at the processed food company own about 0.2% of shares. Hormel shares are up just 4% over the past year, far lagging the overall stock market. ...