Andrew Liveris, a director atInternational Business Machines (IBM), recently bought his first stake in the company, buying 2,655 shares. The buy came to a cost of just under $300,000. The buy comes on a cluster of director buys in the past week, amounting to nearly 20,000 shares. All in all, six directors have bought anywhere from $107,000 to $999,000 worth of shares at a time, marking the first insider buys since 2018. The insider buys come as the company has made an announcement to split off its legacy server division to focus on cloud services. Despite the recent rally that’s caus...

Jasmin Staiblin, a director atNXP Semiconductor (NXPI), recently bought 1,500 shares. The buy increased her holdings by over 135 percent, and came to a total price of just over $135,000. As is typical of a tech company, insiders are mostly sellers of shares, with a heavy concentration of selling at the executive vice president level. However, this was the second buy of the year from insiders following another director purchase back in April. NXP, based out of the Netherlands, has underperformed many other tech and semiconductor names in the past year. Shares are up less than 15 perce...

Jon Springer, President and CRO atUniversal Insurance (UVE), recently picked up 10,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by nearly 2 percent and came to just over $117,000. He was joined by Stephen Donaghy, CEO, who also picked up 10,000 shares, paying just over $119,000. The company CIO also picked up 350 shares. This is the second cluster of insider buying in 2020, and insiders have been entire buyers since 2019. Universal Insurance is a property and casualty insurance company with extensive policies in the Gulf states. Shares have been impacted by hurricane season, and are do...

John Holder, a director atGenuine Parts Company (GPC) recently picked up 2,200 shares. The buy increased his total holdings by over 20 percent, and cost the director just over $201,000. This is the second insider buy at the company this year, also from a director back in March. Insiders have been both buyers and sellers of shares over the past few years. Insiders own nearly 3 percent of the company. Genuine Parts Company distributes automotive and industrial parts and materials worldwide, with a focus on automotive parts. While shares are considerably off their March lows, shares are...

Steven Bateman, a director atOld Republic International (ORI), recently added 4,000 shares to his holdings. The buy increased his stake by nearly 10 percent and came to a total purchase price of just over $32,000. Insiders have been active buyers of shares throughout 2020, with no insider sales since 2019. Most of the buys have been from directors. This has pushed insider ownership up to just over 6 percent of the company. A diversified insurance company, Old Republic provides automobile warranties, home warranties, title insurance, and other related products. Shares are down 30 p...

Mark Oman, a director at specialty insurance companyFirst American Financial (FAF), recently bought 4,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by nearly 12 percent and came to a total cost of just over $191,000. The purchase marks the first buy from company insiders in years. Insiders have typically been sellers over the past three years, mostly by C-suite executives and not directors. Shares of the company have slid 22 percent in the past year, in spite of a 14.5 percent rise in company revenue. Besides faring operationally well, the company trades at less than 14 times forward...

Joseph Evans, a director atCadence Bancorp (CADE), recently added 4,000 shares. The buy came to just over $48,000, and increased his holdings by 0.9 percent. This follows up on multiple buys from directors back in September. Overall, insiders have been active buyers in shares this year, with only one small insider sell over the summer. In total, company insiders own 3.3 percent of outstanding shares. Like many bank stocks in general, shares are down over the past year. The regional bank, headquartered in Texas, offers services throughout the Gulf states. The bank has recently posted ...

Ari Levy, a director atDel Taco Restaurants (TACO), recently added 67,400 shares to his holdings. The buy came to just over $504,000. The director now owns over 3 million shares of the company. Insider data shows that company insiders have been massive buyers of shares in the past year, picking up nearly 500,000 shares in total. The last insider sale occurred in early 2019. All told, insiders own over 19 percent of shares. Like most fast-food names, the company’s shares have been trending up in the past few months as customers have started to head back to low-priced restaurants first...

Hsenghung Hsu, a director atFastenal (FAST), recently started a stake at the company with a 2,000 share buy. The buy came to just over $88,000. This follows on a 550 share buy from another director back in September. Prior to that, insiders have been sellers throughout the year, at prices as much as 12 percent higher than where shares currently trade. The buy comes after a rally that boosted the company’s shares by 18 percent in the past year. Overall, insiders own a scant 0.33 percent of shares at the company. The industrial and construction supplier has continued to grow earnings a...

Michael Barns, Executive Chairman and a major holder atTiptree (TIPT), recently added 6,104 shares to his holdings. The buy came to just under $32,000. He followed up with a buy on Tuesday of 4,954 shares. Barnes has been a regular buyer of shares over the past few weeks, and his holdings have crept up from 8.55 million shares to over 8.60 million. The buys have occurred as shares have slid nearly 30 percent in the past year for the specialty insurance company. Insiders were sellers of shares at higher prices earlier in the year, and data for the past few years shows large amounts of...