Martin Landis, a director atCrown Castle International (CCI) recently bought shares on two consecutive days last week. On December 9th, he picked up 2,100 shares. On December 10th, he bought 1,200 shares. The total cost for those two buys came to just under $540,000. Landis also bought shares in October. Most company insiders have been sellers of shares throughout the year at the cell tower firm. The company, structured as a real estate investment trust, has moved about 16 percent higher in the past year, just edging out the S&P 500 Index. Shares of the company have traded somewh...

Anna von Bayern, the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer atCoty (COTY), recently started a stake with a 32,100 share buy. The total price came to just over $232,000. This is the first buy from a company executive in months, but company directors have been active buyers over the past few months. In total, a handful of directors have picked up over 1.1 million shares of the cosmetics company. Overall, insiders own over 62 percent of shares. Shares of the firm have rebounded from a low near $3 per share in the fall to over $6 today. While impressive, shares have traded as high as $18 back i...

Robert Singer, a director atKeurig Dr Pepper (KDP), recently added 2,500 shares to his stake. That increased his holdings by 11 percent. The total purchase price came to just over $75,000. That’s on top of another buy made from the director in November of 7,500 shares, which came to just over $226,000. Insiders have generally been sellers in the past year, although that’s occurred at the major shareholder level by firms JAB Holdings and Mondelez International. Despite the large sales, thanks to the presence of these major holders, insiders own nearly 43 percent of shares. Shares o...

Michele Hooper, a director atUnited Airlines Holdings (UAL), recently purchased 1,900 shares. The buy increased her stake by 166 percent. The purchase price for the shares came to just over $93,000. This marks the first insider buy at the airline since mid-2019. Insiders have largely been sellers this year. That includes sales from directors and C-suite executives, even at prices as much as 43 percent lower than where shares trade today. The overall insider track record here is a tough one, given the strong rally in airline shares in recent weeks. However, a buy now indicates faith t...

Lemuel Lewis, a director atDollar Tree (DLTR) recently added 1,000 shares to his holdings. The buy increased his stake by over 4 percent, and came to a total purchase price of over $112,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company since March. Company insiders have generally been sellers of shares, ranging from other directors to the company’s CEO and COO. Insiders have sold at prices as much as 16 percent higher than the current price. Overall, insiders own about 1.3 percent of the company. The discount retail chain, which prices all its goods at $1, has performed about i...

AJ Teague, co-CEO ofEnterprise Products Partners (EPD), recently added 5,025 shares. The buy came to $100,000, and represents a 0.25 percent increase in the co-CEO’s holdings. This is the third buy from the co-CEO this year. Other insiders have also been active buyers throughout the year, including both directors and C-suite executives. Investors would have to go back two years to find the last insider sale, which was a small one relative to insider buying. Overall, insiders own an impressive 32.5 percent of the company. Shares of the energy pipeline company have started to rise i...

Elio Sceti, a director atThe Kraft Heinz Co (KHC), recently picked up 90,000 shares. The buy is an initial stake in the firm, and the total purchase price of shares came out to $2.98 million. Insiders have a mixed trading record at the company, as 3G Global Food Holdings makes regular sales of millions of shares each year to reduce their stake. However, directors have been large buyers of shares overall in the past few years as well. The packaged food giant, best known for condiments, has underperformed the stock market in the past year. Trading at 14 times earnings, shares have stil...

Steven Lykken, a Senior Vice President atHormel Foods Corp (HRL), recently bought 6,873 shares. The buy increased his stake by over 25 percent, and came to a total cost of $322,000. This is the second buy from insiders in as many months, following a small sale by a Group Vice President in November. Generally, insiders have been nearly exclusively sellers of shares over the past three years. Insiders currently own over 47 percent of shares, however, so the relatively large and consistent sales by insiders aren’t necessarily a mark against investing here. Shares of the food giant, b...

Christian Winkle, a director atBeazer Homes (BZH), recently bought 3,775 more shares. That increased his stake by over 13 percent, and came to a price just over $55,000. This follows two buys that he made in the prior two months. While this director has been buying, C-suite executives have been sellers of shares this year. And one director sold a massive stake back in March, when the share price was less than half of what shares go for today. While company insiders haven’t had the best track record, the latest buys, with shares in an uptrend, look like a better trend to bet on. Wi...

Thomas Aaron, a director atCincinnati Financial (CINF), recently bought 2,500 shares of the company. The buy increased his stake by 115 percent, and the price paid came in just under $200,000. This follow on two insider buys in early November from another director. Directors have been accumulating shares throughout the year, even as one C-suite executive made a large sale of shares. Over the past few years, insider buys have outnumbered sales. Overall, insiders own 6.8 percent of shares. A property and casualty insurance company with a long operating history, shares of the company ar...