Max Mitchell, a director atGoodyear Tire & Rubber (GT), recently bought 42,000 shares. The buy is a new stake for the director, and the total cost of the buy came to $510,300. This marks the only insider buy over the past two years. One company EVP was a seller on two occasions last September. Otherwise, there have been no other insider transactions or buys or sells from major funds in the past two years. Overall, Goodyear insiders own about 0.5 percent of shares. The manufacturer of tires and other auto parts is up 10 percent over the past year, lagging the overall market. Th...

Michael Weinbach, President atMr. Cooper Group (COOP), recently bought 17,000 shares. The buy is a new position for the President, and it came to a total cost of $1,209,720. This marks the first insider buy over the past two years. The company CEO has been a regular and steady seller of shares, with over a dozen sales amounting to 2-4 percent of his potion nearly monthly. Overall, Mr. Cooper Group insiders own 3.6 percent of shares. The mortgage financing company has seen shares soar 57 percent over the past year. Even with that big rally, shares look inexpensive at 9 times for...

James Barker, a director atBanc of California (BANC) recently added 10,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 6 percent, and came to a total cost of $131,590. The director was the last buyer of shares with another 10,000 share pickup last September. A cluster of company insiders were buyers last May, following the selloff in the bank’s shares. There have been just two insider sales over the past year. Overall, Banc of California insiders own 0.9 percent of shares. The regional bank is down about 25 percent over the past year. Shares were caught up in last year’s banking cri...

Blake Moret, President and CEO ofRockwell Automation (ROK), recently bought 3,500 shares. The buy increased his stake by 5 percent, and came to a total cost of $992,758. This marks the first insider buy since May 2022. Otherwise, company insiders, particularly executives, have been regular sellers of shares. Most of those sales have occurred following the exercise of stock options. Overall, Rockwell Automation insiders own 0.2 percent of shares. The automation machinery manufacturer is down about 6 percent over the past year, underperforming the overall market. Operations have ...

Art Garcia, a director atRaymond James Financial (RJF), recently bought 879 shares. The buy is an initial stake for the director, and came to a total cost of $98,715. This marks the only insider buy over the past two years. Otherwise, company executives have been sellers of shares over the past two years. The biggest sales have come following the exercise of stock options, and have totaled as much as $5.2 million. Overall, Raymond James insiders own 9.8 percent of shares. The financial services company is up 2 percent over the past year, far underperforming the overall stock marke...

Bracken Darrell, President and CEO ofV F Corporation (VFC), recently bought 65,360 shares. The buy increased his stake by 83 percent, and came to a total cost of $1,005,296. This is the first insider buy of the year. However, last year saw over a dozen insider buys, largely from directors, but also a 10,000 share buy from the company’s interim President and CEO. The last insider sale occurred in May 2022. In total, VFC insiders own 0.9 percent of shares. The apparel designer and manufacturer is down 43 percent over the past year, even after an activist investor has recently taken ...

Jennifer Hyman, a director atEstee Lauder (EL), recently bought 1,350 shares. The buy increased her stake by 135 percent, and came to a total cost of $198,045. This marks the first insider buy over the last two years. Otherwise, company insiders have been regular and steady sellers of shares, mostly in 2022 and early 2023, in particular the company’s President and CEO. Most sales from other executives have come following the exercise of stock options. Overall, Estee Lauder insiders own 0.4 percent of shares. The cosmetics producer has seen shares drop nearly 44 percent over the pa...

Kirk Hachigian, a director atNextEra Energy (NEE), recently bought 20,000 shares. The purchase increased his stake by 44 percent, and came to a total cost of $1,116,700. This is the first insider activity of the year. Several company directors, as well as the company President and CEO, bought shares last year. Two company insiders sold shares in the past year as well, with one of those sales coming from the exercise of stock options. In total, NextEra insiders own 0.2 percent of shares. The utility company is down 23 percent over the past year, as rising interest rates have result...

Karole Lloyd, a director atAflac (AFL), recently bought 1,000 shares. The buy increased her position by 2 percent, and came to a total cost of $77,280. Her buy came a day after another director bought 1,500 shares, also increasing his position by 2 percent. That buy came to a total cost of $114,000. These two buys are the first since last April. Otherwise, company executives and directors have been regular sellers of shares. In total, Aflac insiders own 9.8 percent of shares. The supplemental health insurance company is up 9 percent over the past year, returning about half as much...

Shiu Chan, a director atSuper Micro Computer (SMCI), recently bought 2,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 5 percent, and came to a total cost of $1,136,000. The director also made the most previous buy with 4,000 share pickup last August, paying $1,062,280. Otherwise, company insiders have been sellers of shares over the past year, driven largely by the exercise of stock options. Overall, Super Micro Computer insiders own 15 percent of shares. The server hardware producer has soared 709 percent over the past year, far outpacing the overall stock market and even the big cap...