Paul Koonce, a director at Spire (SR), recently bought 500 shares. The buy increased his stake by 3%, and came to a total cost of $33,065. This is the first insider activity in two months, since a company EVP bought 4,500 shares back in June, at a cost of $107,235. Other company directors have been buyers over the past two years, as well as the company Treasurer. There have been only a handful of insider sales, far less than the total insider buying. Overall, Spire insiders own 2.7% of shares. The gas utility is up 5% over the past year, far lagging the overall market. Revenues an...

Julie Southern, a board chair at NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), recently bought 146 shares. The buy increased her stake by 1%, and came to a total cost of $27,600. Southern was the last insider to buy shares in August 2023, when she bought 203 shares for $44,268. There have been a dozen insider sales over the past year, including some sales from the company President and CEO totaling nearly $10 million. Overall, NXP insiders own 0.1% of shares. The semiconductor producer is up 14% over the past year, underperforming both the chip sector and the market as a whole. Earnings and revenues...

Richard Anderson, a director at Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC), recently bought 2,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 200%, and came to a total cost of $494,960. Insiders were previously buyers in June, when a company director bought 2,000 shares for $438,500. And a cluster of company directors bought in May, with the largest buy coming to just under $1.25 million. Year-to-date, there have been only two insider sales, one of which occurred following the exercise of stock options. Overall, Norfolk Southern insiders own less than 0.1% of shares. The railroad network is up 9% ove...

William Jurgensen, a director at Lamb Westin Holdings (LW), recently bought 10,000 shares. The buy increased his position by 6%, and came to a total cost of $554,291. He was joined by another director who bought 5,000 shares, at a cost of $277,476. These are the first insider transactions of 2024. The last insider activity was last October, with a buy for 3,000 shares. Going further back in 2023 and 2022, insiders were more likely to be sellers. Overall, Lamb Westin insiders own 0.7% of shares. The producer and seller of frozen potato products is down 42% over the past year. Re...

Keith Harvey, President and CEO of Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), recently bought 2,588 shares. The buy increased his position by 3%, and came to a total cost of $199,871. This marks the first insider buy over the past two years. Otherwise, company insiders have been occasional sellers of shares, with the company CFO selling shares on a regular basis in 2022 and 2023. There was only one sale this year, by a SVP, back in May, when Kaiser traded over 20% higher. Overall, Kaiser insiders own 1.6% of shares. The aluminum producer is down 6.5% over the past year, amid a lackluster commodity m...

Peter Warwick, President and CEO of Scholastic Corporation (SCHL), recently bought 1,674 shares. The buy increased his position by 2%, and came to a total cost of $50,997. He was joined by the company’s Chief Strategy Officer, who bought $50,430 in shares on the same day. Warwick was the last buyer of shares at the company in September 2022, when he bought 3,245 shares for just over $100,000. There have been two insider sales in the interim. Overall, Scholastic insiders own 21.2% of shares. The children’s book publishing company is down 27% over the past year. That’s about in-line...

William Johnson, a director at United Parcel Service (UPS), recently bought 5,000 shares. The buy increased his position by over 1,000%, and came to a total cost of $643,025. This is the second buy from insiders this year, following a 1,400 share buy from another director for just under $200,000 back in February. Going further bank, UPS insiders were more likely to be sellers of shares, largely following the exercise of stock options. Overall, UPS insiders own less than 0.1% of shares. The shipping and logistics giant is down 32% over the past year. That’s in-line with the company...

William Rogers, CEO of Truist Financial Corp (TFC), recently bought 57,300 shares. The buy increased his stake by 5%, and came to a total cost of $2,518,908. The CEO was the last buyer of shares with a 10,000 share buy in October 2023, at a cost of $280,480. There were two additional insider buys from directors last year, with the largest buy for just under $500,000. There has been just one insider sale this year. Overall, Truist insiders own 0.3% of shares. The regional bank is up 36% over the past year, nearly twice the return of the S&P 500. That’s in spite of the bank’s ea...

Gregory Shepard, a major holder at Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), recently bought 3,248 shares. The buy increased his holdings by less than 1%, and came to a total cost of $70,417. He was a buyer earlier in July for 30,013 shares, paying just over $588,255 to do so. And he made two purchases in June for just under $1.5 million. Going further back, insiders, largely major shareholders, were likely to be sellers, not buyers of AESI. Overall, Atlas Energy insiders own 42.7% of shares. The oil and gas equipment services company is up less than 5% over the past year, far underperformin...

Andy Waters, an EVP at Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), recently bought 10,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 71%, and came to a total cost of $322,700. This marks the first insider buy since January, when several executives bought shares. That includes a 10,033 buy from another EVP, for just over $324,000, and a director bought 2,129 shares for $84,205. There have been a few inside sales as well, but buyers have far outnumbered sellers over the past two years. Overall, CTBI insiders own 3.2% of shares. The Kentucky-based regional bank is up 34% over the past 12 months, fol...