There are different ways to classify the “most bought.” It could be the number of shares, the number of insiders, the number of buy transactions, and the dollar value of the buying. In this circumstance, it comes down to the number of shares being purchased with a minimum of two transactions. Between June 1 and June 5, RCM Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: RCMT) saw insiders buy 1.1 million shares for a total value of $1.32 million in two separate transactions. RCMT is a microcap that is a business technology company. The buyers were Roger Ballou, director, Kevin Miller, CFO, and Vizi Bradley, ...

  American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) is an Agoura Hills, CA residential REIT that is the leader in the single-family home rental industry. They acquire, develop, renovate, lease and operate single-family homes as rental properties. AMH announced their earnings on February 27, 2020. The initial reaction was to move lower but finished higher on the session and then retested it’s prior high near $30 within a few days. The price has retreated slightly from its high and looks poised to retest it again. As the price was rallying, insiders began accumulating large blocks of the company tot...

President & CEO adds to stake.Christian Brickman, President and CEO at Sally Beauty Holdings (SBH), recently bought 7,650 shares. The buy cost just under $95,000, and increased his shares by 1.8 percent. This marks the second insider buy at the company this year, following a director buy of 9,000 shares earlier in the month. Insider activity at the company over the past three years shows large numbers of insider buys on a regular basis, as well as the occasional small insider sale. Shares of the beauty supply chain have dropped 30 percent in the past year, underperforming the market by...

CEO and director add to insiders picking up shares here. Gregory Heckman, CEO at Bunge (BG) recently bought 37,180 shares. That buy increased his holdings by nearly 40 percent. The cost of the purchase came to just under $2 million. He was joined by director Erik Fyrwald, who bought 3,750 shares. His total buy came to just under $200,000, and he increased his holdings by nearly 55 percent. This comes on top of insider buying by the company CFO in the prior week. Shares of the agribusiness giant are now flat over the past year. Insiders have turned from modest sellers in 2017 to sizeable ...

Major owner continues to add to stake.Randall Williams, a major holder and director at Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), continues to add to his stake. In February, he has bought in 50,000 share increments on 13 different trading days. That’s a total of 650,000 shares. Each daily buy of this nature costs just over $1.3 million. Insider data shows these buys are dwarfing all prior buys and sells in the past few years at the company. Considering the existing stake in shares, the buy may be because of a perceived weakness in shares, or in the expectation of an event like a buyout or acquisit...

Chief Legal Officer makes $800,000 buy.Joseph Podwika, Chief Legal Officer atBunge (BG), recently picked up 15,000 shares. The buy came to just over $800,000, and represents a new position for the insider. This marks the first insider trade of the year. In 2019, insiders were active, with one sale of nearly 1,800 shares, but insider buys of over 300,000 shares. Looking back further, insiders were sellers in 2017, at far higher share prices and in smaller amounts. Bunge, a global agribusiness company, has seen shares rise just 2 percent in the past year. Shares are down 6.3 percent sin...

Multiple directors, including a major holder, add to stakes.John Cumming, a director atCrimson Wine Group (CWGL), picked up 8,800 shares last week. The buy increased his total holdings to 281,078 shares, and cost just over $64,000. He was joined by Joseph Steinberg, also a director and major holder, who bought 8,620 shares to bring his total to 2.67 million shares. Insider buying data for the past three years shows repeat insider buys from directors and C-suite executives, with no sales. Crimson Wine Group is based out of Napa, California, and produces and sells premium wines, both wh...