Aphm Invest, a major holder of Noble Corporation (NE), recently added 300,000 shares. The buy increased the fund’s stake by 1%, and came to a total cost of $13.2 million. This is the fund’s second buy of the year, following a 192,156 share pickup back in May, for just over $8.9 million. The company’s CFO also bought nearly 2,000 shares in March, for just under $96,000. Otherwise, most insiders have been sellers over the past two years. Overall, Noble insiders own 21.8% of shares. The oil and gas drilling operator is down about 5% over the past year. That’s holding up slightly b...

Darin Harper, CFO atDave & Buster’s Entertainment (PLAY), recently bought 13,578 shares. The buy increased his stake by 61%, and came to a total cost of $526,540. This is the first insider buy since April 2023, when a company SVP bought 500 shares, paying just over $17,000. Otherwise, company executives and directors have largely been sellers of shares, nearly all sales occurring following the exercise of stock options. Overall, Dave & Buster’s insiders own 1.6% of shares. Dave & Buster’s shares are down nearly 15% over the past year, far underperforming the overall st...

Robert Swan, a director atNike (NKE), recently bought 2,941 shares. The buy increased his stake by 15%, and came to a total cost of $226,516. Swan was the last buyer in October, picking up 13,072 shares for just over $1.25 million. Since then, a few company insiders have been sellers, largely following the exercise of stock options. Going back over the past two years, a similar trend of large insider sales relative to buys continues to hold up. Overall, Nike insiders own 1.4% of shares. The athletic apparel and shoe company is down 28% over the past year on concerns over a slowing...

Katherine Losness-Larson, a SVP at Hormel Foods Corp (HRL), recently bought 830 shares. The buy increased her stake by 4%, and came to a total cost of $25,000. This is the first insider buy since September, when another SVP bought 1,454 shares, paying just over $54,000 for the stake. Otherwise, insiders have been slight sellers of shares overall, with a mix of option exercises and traditional sales. And both executives and directors have been sellers. Overall, Hormel insiders own 0.2% of shares. The packaged food producer has declined about 25% in the past year. That’s a worse ret...

Gary Friedman, CEO and major holder of RH (RH), recently bought 46,274 shares. The buy increased his stake by 1%, and came to a total cost just under $10 million. This is the first insider buy at RH in over two years. Otherwise, company executives have largely been sellers of shares following the exercise of stock options. And company directors have been sellers of shares periodically over the past two years. Overall, RH insiders own 18.6% of shares. The specialty retailer is down nearly 30% over the past year. Consumer trends indicate a drop in spending on home furnishings. Th...

Amy Murray, a director at American Financial Group (AFG), recently bought 1,200 shares. The buy came to a total cost of $150,205, and increased her position by 55%. This marks the first insider buy over the past two years. Otherwise, company insiders, including both executives and directors, have been sellers of shares on a regular basis. Most of those sales have occurred in a price range between $115 and $145, near where shares trade today. Overall, AFG insiders own 18.0% of shares. The property and casualty insurance company is up 3% over the past year, lagging the overall marke...

Kristin Van Dask, CFO of Prospect Capital (PSEC), recently bought 3,330 shares. The buy increased her stake by 275%, and came to a total cost of $74,925. That follows up on two buys from the company CEO back in May. Those buys totaled nearly 803,000 shares, at a cost of about $4.4 million. Other company insiders have been active buyers over the past year. There have been no insider sales over the past year. Overall, Prospect Capital insiders own 26.7% of shares. The business development company is down 11% over the past year. Relatively high interest rates have impacted the com...

William Shepard, a director at CME Group (CME), recently bought 326 shares. The buy increased his position by less than 1%, and came to a total cost of $63,569. Shepard was the last insider buy, with a 294 share pickup for about the same total cost back in March. Otherwise, company insiders have been sellers of shares the past few months. The CEO sold 40,000 shares for just over $8.4 million in late April. Overall, CME Group insiders own 0.4% of shares. The market exchange holding company is up 6% over the past year. Trading activity has slowed somewhat, as indicated by the sca...

Oscar Munoz, a director at Salesforce (CRM), recently bought 2,051 shares. The buy increased his position by 41%, and came to a total price of $499,806. That’s the second insider buy of the month, following a $99.8 million share buy from a major holder. Those are the only two insider buys over the past two years. Otherwise, company executives have largely been sellers of Salesforce stock, with about half of those sales occurring following the exercise of stock options. Overall, Salesforce insiders own 2.6% of shares. The sales and customer service software company is up about 14% ...

Daniel Durn, a director at Marvell Technology (MRVL), recently bought 1,425 shares. The buy increased his stake by a massive 286%, and came to a total cost of $100,049. This is the first insider buy at Marvell since September 2022, when a company director bought 6,781 shares at a cost of just over $314,000. Otherwise, company executives and directors alike have been heavy and steady sellers of shares over the past two years. Overall, Marvell insiders own 0.5% of shares. The data infrastructure semiconductor manufacturer is up 11% over the past year. As with many other chip comp...