Jack Hightower, CEO and major holder of HighPeak Energy (HPK), recently bought 132,487 shares. The buy increased his stake by less than 1%, and came to a total cost of $2.05 million. Hightower was the last insider to buy shares with a 164,000 buy back in December 2023, paying just over $2.4 million. The last insider sale occurred around the same time, with a company director selling off about $52,000 in shares. Otherwise, insiders were bullish throughout 2023. Overall, HighPeak insiders own 84.6% of shares. The oil and gas exploration company is up about 7% over the past year. Tha...

Rene Lacerte, CEO of Bill Holdings (BILL), recently bought 42,248 shares. The buy increased his stake by 2%, and came to a total cost of $2.095 million. He was joined by the company CFO, who bought 21,124 shares, paying just over $1.04 million. A company director also bought 25,000 shares the day after, shelling out $1.34 million. These marks the first insider buys at the company since November 2023. Otherwise, company insiders have generally been regular and steady sellers of shares. Overall, Bill Holdings insiders own 3% of shares. The small business financial platform company i...

Teresa Harris, a director at Ziff Davis (ZD), recently bought 1,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by 10%, and came to a total cost of $46,760. This marks the first insider buy since May 2023, when several company insiders, including both the CEO and CFO, picked up shares. There was one insider sale by an EVP earlier in the year, for just under $290,000, but that insider also bought shares at a far lower price in 2023. Overall, Ziff Davis insiders own 2.8% of shares. The advertising agency is down nearly 30% over the past year. Ad spending has been down across the economy as ...

Albert Monaco, a director at Weyerhaeuser (WY), recently bought 31,500 shares. The buy increased his stake by 80%, and came to a total cost of $988,376. This marks the only insider buy over the past two years. Insiders have otherwise been sellers of shares, with the company CEO and CFO as the largest sellers, usually following the exercise of stock options. A few company directors have also been steady sellers of shares. Overall, Weyerhaeuser insiders own 0.3% of shares. The timberland owner and operator is down 7% over the past year, lagging the stock market’s overall gain. Earni...

Jennifer Johnson, President and CEO ofFranklin Resources (BEN), recently bought 18,900 shares. The buy increased her stake by less than 1%, and came to a total cost of $396,000. This marks the first insider buy since June, when a major holder bought 300,000 shares over two transactions, totaling over $6.8 million. Going further back to 2023, two company insiders sold shares. Those represent the only insider sales over the past two years. Overall, Franklin Resources insiders own 46.7% of shares. The asset manager is down 22% over the past year. That’s about in-line with the company...

Charles Fargason, a director at Carriage Services (CSV), recently bought 3,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 14%, and came to a total cost of $94,300. The buy came a few weeks after the company CEO bought 2,000 shares, paying $58,800 to do so. Other Carriage insiders this year have been sellers of shares, largely at the VP level. The sales have been a mix of stock option exercises, and regular sales of shares. Overall, Carriage insiders own 16.7% of shares. The cemetery and funeral services provider is up 4% over the past year, far lagging the overall market. Operat...

Frederic Salerno, a director at Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp (MSGE), recently bought 5,000 shares. The stake cost $206,250, and increased his position in the stock by 40%. This marks the first insider buy since June 2023, when a major holder bought 422,580 shares for about $10 million. Otherwise, company insiders, mostly the CEO, have been sellers of shares over the past two years, usually selling multiple millions of dollar’s worth of shares per transaction. Overall, MSGE insiders own 3.2% of shares. The live entertainment venue operator is up 28% over the past year, ...

Robert Connor, a director at Dillard’s (DDS) recently bought 100 shares. The buy increased his stake by less than 1%, and came to a total cost of $34,682. This marks the first insider buy over the past two years. Other company directors have been sellers of shares this year, and a few company executives were sellers of shares in 2023 and 2022, at prices close to where the stock trades today. Overall, Dillard’s insiders own 31.7% of shares. The department store chain’s shares are up 3% over the past year, far lagging the overall stock market. Investors have been more interested in ...

Liberty 77 Capital LP, a major holder ofLions Gate Entertainment Corp (LGF-A), has made three buys so far this month, totaling over 2.6 million shares. The partnership has paid over $22 million to increase its stake. Liberty 77 also made four buys in July for nearly 2 million shares, and three buys in June for nearly 1 million shares. The company’s CEO was also a buyer of 100,000 shares back in March. Overall, Lions Gate insiders own 8% of shares, and institutions own the rest of the free float. The entertainment services company is up 8% over the past year, far underperforming th...

Michael Chambers, a director at Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), recently bought 37,038 shares. The buy increased his stake by 15%, and came to a total cost of $4,995,728. This is the first insider buy since last November, when a company director bought 50,000 shares for $3.9 million, and the company CEO bought 25,225 shares at a cost of just over $2 million. Otherwise, company insiders have been moderate sellers of shares, mostly following the exercise of stock options. Overall, Sarepta insiders own 4.4% of shares. The biopharmaceutical firm working on gene therapies is up 20% over t...