Brian Choi, CFO ofAvis Budget Group (CAR), recently picked up 23,735 shares. The buy set him back $1.09 million, and represents an initial stake in the company. This marks the first insider buy of the year. Insiders, largely led by a major holder, have been big buyers in the past year.  Company executives have generally been light sellers, provided you go back to 2018 or 2019. The insider buy occurs as shares hit a 52-week high. Shares are up nearly nine-fold from their lows of last year, when a shutdown economy spelled big trouble for the car rental industry. Even with that big move...

Mohamad Ali, a director atHenry Schein (HSIC), recently picked up 1,000 shares. The buy cost just over $65,000, and is an initial stake by the director. Insider trends also show that it’s the first buy at the firm in the past three years. Insiders have been exclusively sellers over that timeframe, including both directors and C-suite executives. The sales have occurred on a regular basis, so some insiders have sold at lower prices than where shares trade today. Even with the large numbers of sales, insiders own about 1.4 percent of company shares. The medical equipment distributio...

Matthew Koeppen, Chief Investment Officer atTwo Harbors Investment Corp (TWO), recently added 20,000 shares to his holdings. The buy came to just over $133,000. He was joined a day later by William Greenberg, the company President and CEO, who bought 35,000 more shares, at a total cost of just over $230,000. These mark the first insider buys since 2019. Prior actions over the past year have been sales. Shares of the mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) are down nearly 60 percent over the past year, but have been trending higher in recent months as real estate has recovered an...

Edward Ludwig, a director atCVS Health Corp (CVS) recently picked up 3,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by over 13 percent, and came to a total cost of exactly $216,000. This is the first insider buy at the company since last May, when an EVP bought 5,000 shares. Overall insiders have been sellers of shares, and entirely from the C-suite of executives, rather than from company directors. Insiders own a paltry 0.17 percent of shares. The drugstore chain has traded flat in the past year. Sales have been off, and Covid vaccines are being delivered through a number of different lo...

Meryl Hartzband, a director atEverest Re Group (RE), recently picked up 1,000 shares. The buy increased the stake by nearly 30 percent, and came to a total cost of $244,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company in nearly a year. Company insiders, notably the Chairman and President, have both been sellers of shares in the past year while directors have been more likely to buy. Reinsurance companies bundle up insurance policies written by other companies and swap them with policies from other firms to reduce their overall risk. They perform an essential service to the indust...

David Brooks, a director atCapital Southwest Corp (CSWC), recently added 1,500 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just over 5 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $31,000. This marks the first insider buy in nearly a year, when the company CEO and CFO each picked up more than 20,000 shares near the market low. Overall, insiders have been buyers over the past three years, with no insider sales since that time. Overall, insiders own 7.7 percent of the company. Capital Southwest is structured as a business development company. It invests in credit and private equity...

James Winnefeld, a director atMolson Coors Beverage Co (TAP), recently picked up 1,000 more shares. The buy increased his stake by over 15 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $45,000. Over the past three years, insiders have generally been sellers, led by members of both the Molson and Coors families. Only in the past six months have some insiders looked to pick up shares. Even with some moderate sales, company insiders still own over 11 percent of shares. Shares of the brewer are down nearly 20 percent over the past year. While the company reported some quarterly loss...

Anthony Jabbour, CEO ofDun & Bradstreet (DNB), recently bought 42,900 shares. The buy increased his holdings by nearly 1 percent, and came to a cost just under $1 million. He was joined by the company CFO, who picked up 5,000 shares on the same day, paying just over $116,000 to make the trade. The two insiders made similar buys at this time last year. Otherwise, there have been no other insider transactions over the past three years. Overall, insiders own just 0.2 percent of the financial analytics firm. Shares of the company are down 10 percent over the past year. Revenue is up ...

Sang Young Lee, a director and major holder atPCB Bancorp (PCB), recently picked up 3,700 shares. The buy increased his stake by 0.3 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $50,000. Insiders, including both directors and C-suite executives, have been large buyers in the past year as shares have sold off. The last insider sale occurred in late 2019, and at prices far higher than where shares trade today. Overall, insiders own over 21 percent of shares. Like many banks, shares are still off over the past year as markets are concerned over bank profitability in an age of zero ...

Ted Dosch, a director atUGI Corp (UGI), recently picked up 10,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by over 41 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $374,000. This marks the first insider buy of the year. Insiders have been both buyers and sellers in the past year, with massive insider buying back in August overwhelming insider sales. Overall, insiders own about 0.6 percent of shares. The utility has been a relative underperformer compared to the overall market, with shares down about 10 percent in the past year. With shares trading at 12 times earnings, and with solid ...