E.J. Wunsch, Chief Legal Officer atWendy’s (WEN), recently bought 7,500 shares. The stake increased the holdings by over 10 percent, and came to just over $142,000. That represents the first insider trade of 2021. In the past year, insiders have been both buyers and sellers. However, sellers have been much larger and more consistent in their activity, albeit mostly at higher prices than where shares trade today. Overall, insiders own nearly 8 percent of shares. The hamburger chain has traded flat in the past year, even as dining trends have led to a 12 percent rise in revenue and ...

William Donovan, a director atAsa Gold (ASA) recently picked up 1,000 shares. The total cost came to just under $19,000. The buy doubled the director’s stake. This adds to a number of other buys from directors and the company’s President and COO over the past few months, with trades anywhere from a few hundred shares to 10,000 shares. The last sale by a company insider was in January 2020. The gold stock has slid to a six-month low as the metal has likewise dropped under $1,700 per ounce. The last time shares were this cheap in late November, shares ended up rallying nearly 30 percen...

Robert Blue, President and CEO ofDominion Energy (D) recently picked up 14,402 shares. The buy came to $1 million. He was joined by director Mark Kington, who bought 2,000 shares a day later. Insiders have largely been sellers of shares in prior months. However, the share price has now slid over 20 percent from its peak, and this may be the start of a new policy of insiders taking advantage of volatile moves in the market. Shares of the utility giant have traded around $68, a multi-month low and well off the recent high of $84. Overall, shares are still down about 20 percent over the...

Marcus Lemonis, CEO and a major holder atCamping World Holdings (CWH), recently picked up 3,127 additional shares. The cost came to just over $100,000, and represents a 0.5 percent increase in holdings. The buy comes as shares have pulled back nearly 20 percent from all-time highs. This marks the first buy at the company since November. Insider activity has generally been bullish, except in the past year when a fund with a large stake moved to sell off their holdings. The recreational vehicle company has seen its shares surge 164 percent in the past year, as travelers shifted from ai...

Michael Angelakis, a director atExxonMobil (XOM), recently picked up 25,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 312 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $1.4 million. This marks the first insider buys since March of last year, when shares traded at nearly half the price of today. Insiders have also been sellers at times over the past few years, including some sales in late 2020. Insiders own 0.01 percent of shares. Exxon shares have been on a tear in recent months, as oil prices have rebounded to $60 from a low of negative $40 at one point last year. News of...

Loan Le Duy, a director atCree (CREE), recently bought 1,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by over 6 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $105,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company since late 2019. As with many tech names, insiders are generally sellers, although all insider activity over the past few years have been from directors, rather than C-suite executives. Overall, insiders own just 0.5 percent of shares at the LED production and manufacturing company. Shares of Cree have performed well in the past year, with a 163 percent rise, far outpacing...

Brad Roberts, Chief Operating Officer atLifeMD (LFMD), recently bought 5,000 shares. This is an initial stake for the C-suite officer, and came to a total cost of just over $102,000. Insiders have generally been buyers at the telemedicine company over the past three years, even as the share price has skyrocketed during the pandemic. The only sale in that time came from the company’s former COO, who sold nearly half their position in late 2020. Shares of the company have tripled since the start of 2021, adding to gains from last year, but the company still has a relatively small marke...

John Thornton, a director atFord Motor Company (F), recently picked up 8,620 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 3.5 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $100,000. This is the first insider buy since last April. In 2018 and 2019, insiders were generally more likely to be sellers of shares, but the past year has only seen insiders pick up shares of the car maker. Overall, insiders own just 0.2 percent of the company. Shares of Ford dipped to nearly $4 per share during last year’s bear market, and have since nearly tripled to over $11. The automaker hasn’t seen a pro...

Mithaq Capital, a major holder inSoftware Acquisition Group II (SAII), recently added to their stake with a 1.56 million share buy. The buy increased their holdings by 26 percent, and came to a total price of $17.2 million. This follows on a buy from the day before of 658,000 shares totaling just over $7.5 million. Those are the sole insider buys since the firm went public. SAII is a SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company. Otherwise known as a “blank check” company, SPACs are a new tool that merge with privately-held companies in exchange for some capital, effectively going pub...

Scott Letier, a director atConduent (CNDT), recently picked up 10,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 4 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $50,000. He was joined by CEO Clifford Skelton, who bought 20,661 shares, for a total buy of just over $100,000. Overall, insiders have been buyers of shares over the past three years, with no insider sales in that timeframe. Overall, insiders own 6.2 percent of shares. The medical data management company was spun off fromXerox (XRX) in late 2016. Since then, its share price has slid to a low under $2 in early 2020 before it...