Carl Icahn, a major holder of CVR Partners (UAN), recently bought 5,490 shares. The buy increased his position by less than 1%, and came to a total cost of $411,043. The buy follows additional buys over the past months, totaling over 25,000 shares, for just under $2 million. Icahn was a steady buyer in 2024 as well. No other insiders have been buyers, and there have been no insider sales over the past two years. Overall, CVR Partners insiders own 0.4% of shares, and institutions like Icahn own 45%. The fertilizer producer is down 5% over the past year, amid a weak market for most ...

Bbrc International, a major holder of Victoria’s Secret & Co. (VSCO), recently bought over 1.3 million shares in the past month across three transactions. The total buys increased the fund’s stake by 16%, and came to a total cost of over $23 million. Over the past two years, a company director has also been a small buyer of shares, and the company CFO bought 20,000 shares a year and a half ago for just over $343,000. Overall, Victoria’s Secret insiders own 12.8% of shares. The apparel retailer is up about 6% over the past 12 months, in-line with the overall stock market. Victo...

Peter Matt, President and CEO of Commercial Metals Co. (CMC), recently bought 6,100 shares. The buy increased his stake by 5%, and came to a total cost of $294,630. Matt was the last insider to buy with a 6,200 share pickup for about $250,000 back in late 2023. Otherwise, there were some sizeable insider sales in 2024, mostly from the company’s Chairman of the Board, at slightly higher prices than where shares trade today. Overall, Commercial Metals insiders own 0.9% of shares. The steel recycler and manufacturer is down 21% over the past year, reflecting the challenges of the ste...

William Shepard, a director at CME Group (CME), recently bought 274 shares. The buy increased his position by less than 1%, and came to a total cost of $71,995. Shepard was also a buyer in January, paying $324,198 for 1,422 shares. And Shepard has been a buyer in the past two years. Other company insiders, including the CEO and CIO, have been smaller sellers of shares over the last two years. Overall, CME Group insiders own 0.5% of shares. The owner and operator of financial exchanges is up 24% over the past year, beating the returns of the S&P 500 by about 3 to 1. Revenues...

Daniel Durn, CFO of Adobe (ADBE), recently bought 1,300 shares. The buy increased his stake by 13%, and came to a total cost of $204,750. This is the second insider buy at Adobe this year, following a director pickup of 2,250 shares for just under $999,000 back in January. Going further back insiders, including Durn, were more likely to be sellers, although Adobe stock traded significantly higher at the time of those sales. Overall, Adobe insiders own 0.2% of shares. Adobe shares are down 22% over the past year, and off nearly one-third from their all-time high. That’s in spite of...

John Barry, CEO and major shareholder of Prospect Capital (PSEC), has been a repeat buyer of shares in recent weeks. He’s bought over 3 million shares in a series of transactions this month, paying over $12 million. Two company directors have also been accumulating shares in recent weeks. Going further back, company insiders have had a few dozen insider buys, including multiple buys from the company COO and CFO. There have been no insider sales over the past two years. Overall, Prospect Capital insiders own 28.5% of shares. The business development company (BDC) is down 22% over t...

Carmine Di Sibio, a director at Prudential Financial (PRU), recently bought 200 shares. The buy is a new position for the director, and came to a total cost of $22,208. This marks the first insider buy since last June, when a company EVP bought 365 shares, paying $42,364, to increase her stake by 2%. Overall, company insiders have been regular sellers over the past two years, with a handful of those sales coming following the exercise of stock options. Overall, Prudential Financial insiders own 0.2% of shares. The financial services giant has traded flat over the past year, underp...

Charles Townsend, a director at Gogo Inc. (GOGO), recently bought 200,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 5%, and came to a total cost of $1.33 million. He was joined by another director and major holder, who picked up 75,432 shares for a cost of just under $496,000. Similar director buys were also made in February, totaling about $2.5 million. Otherwise, there were just two insider sales in 2023. Overall, Gogo insiders own 24.8% of shares. The in-flight internet service provider is down 12% over the past year. Despite a 40% jump in revenue from increased demand for in-flig...

Douglas Mouton, a director at Riot Platforms (RIOT), recently bought 8,384 shares. The buy increased his stake by 70%, and came to a total cost of $64,892. This marks the first insider buy at Riot over the past two years. There have been over a dozen insider sales, including a $9 million sale from the Chairman of the Board in June 2023 at a far higher price. All sales were market sales, not coming from the exercise of stock options. Overall, Riot insiders own 6.9% of shares. The bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining platform is down 32% over the past year, following the price of crypt...

Gregory Brenneman, a director at Home Depot (HD), recently bought 2,884 shares. The buy increased his stake by 5%, and came to a total cost of $999,967. This is the first insider buy at Home Depot over the past two years. Company executives have been regular sellers of shares, with most of those sales occurring following the exercise of stock options. The largest sale occurred when the company CEO sold 25% of his position for over $13 million in early 2024. Overall, Home Depot insiders own 0.1% of shares. The home improvement retailer is down 10% over the past year. A slow real es...