Seifi Ghasemi, President and CEO of Air Products & Chemicals (APD), recently bought 11,000 shares. The buy increased the CEO’s stake by 2 percent, and came to a total cost of $2.9 million. The buy came a few days after a 10,000 share buy from the CEO, costing just over $2.5 million. Otherwise, there have been no other insider transactions this year. The company’s general counsel made two sales in 2022 and 2021. Overall, APD insiders own 0.4 percent of shares. The specialty chemical producer is down 10 percent over the past year. Fears of a slowing global economy have weighed o...

Richard Davis, a director atWells Fargo (WFC), recently bought 3,500 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 470 percent, and came to a total cost of $144,270. This is the first insider buy since July 2022, when the company’s general council bought 97 shares for about $4,200. One other director made a small buy around the same time, also for less than 100 shares. A company vice president was a seller in February, otherwise, insiders have been fairly inactive. Overall, Wells Fargo insiders own 0.1 percent of shares. The stock is down about 12 percent over the past year, as rising...

John Rutherford, a director atEnterprise Products Partners (EPD), recently bought 10,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 7 percent, and came to a total cost just under $260,000. This is the first insider activity since August, when another director bought 50,000 shares, at a slightly higher price. Going back over the last two years, there have been over a dozen insider buys with no sales. Most of the buys have been directors, with a three from the CEO. Overall, company insiders own 32.7 percent of shares. The oil and natural gas pipeline company is up just 4 percent over...

Kristin Coleman, an Executive Vice President atAlbemarle (ALB), recently bought 1,373 shares. The buy came to a total cost just over $167,000 and doubled the executive’s stake. That’s the first insider activity since May, when a division president bought 1,260 shares, paying just over $246,000. Going further back, company insiders were sellers in the high $200 to low $300 range, and were buyers in early 2022 the last time shares were trading under $200. Overall, Albemarle insiders own 0.2 percent of shares. The lithium producer is down over 62 percent in the last year. Sales of li...

Dirk Debbnik, a director atCincinnati Financial (CINF), recently bought 1,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by about 2 percent, and came to a total cost of $98,781. That buy comes about six weeks after another director also bought 1,000 shares. Company insiders have generally been buyers this year, with just one sale. Over the past two years, a similar number of consistent director buys far outpacing sales has been the case. Overall, company insiders own about 1.6 percent of shares. The insurance company is trading flat over the past year. Rising interest rates are impacting...

Patrick Gelsinger, CEO atIntel (INTC), recently added 6,775 shares. The buy increased his position by about 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $249,333. This is the first insider buy at Intel since August, when Gelsinger bought 3,850 shares. There have been some small insider buys and sells in the past few months, but overall, insiders have been big buyers of shares over the past two years. All told, Intel insiders own about 0.1 percent of shares. The chipmaker has been a solid performer this year, with shares up over 30 percent. That’s in spite of a drop in revenue and ear...

David Taylor, a director atDelta Air Lines (DAL), recently bought 20,000 shares in two 10,000 share buys. The first buy cost just under $331,000, and the second buy came to $307,500. The director was previously a buyer back in April, the last time shares also traded in the low $30 range before moving higher over the summer. Over the same time, several company executives were sellers when shares traded in the high-$30 to low-$40 range. Overall, Delta insiders own 0.3 percent of shares. The airliner is currently trading flat over the past year, following the recent seasonal market s...

Jonathan Locker, a director atLoews Corp (L), recently bought 15,870 shares. This is an initial stake for the director, and the total purchase price came to $1.01 million. This is the first insider buy since May, when the company’s developer of corporate strategy bought 330,000 shares, paying $18.7 million. Otherwise, there have been a few insider sales over the past few months, largely from directors in small amounts. Loews insiders own 18.6 percent of shares. The conglomerate, which operates insurance, hotels, and gas pipelines, is up about 17 percent over the past year. Whil...

Karin Rotem-Wildeman, Chief R&D Officer atKeurig Dr Pepper (KDP), recently bought 7,050 shares. The buy increased the officer’s stake by 9 percent, and came to a total cost of $211,148. Rotem-Wildeman was the last buyer with a 53,837 share pickup in June, which came to $1.84 million. Otherwise, company executives have been regular buyers of shares this year, more than offsetting a few insider sales. Overall, company insiders own a sizeable 31.6 percent of shares. The beverage producer is down 16 percent over the past year, even as earnings jumped nearly 188 percent and revenue...

Daryl Bible, CFO atM&T Bank (MTB), recently bought 5,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 18 percent, and came to a total cost of $555,218. This is the second buy from the CFO this year, following a 10,000 share pickup in June, for just over $1.2 million. Another director bought shares in February. Otherwise, company insiders have been small sellers of shares, often from the exercise of stock options. Overall, company insiders own 0.6 percent of shares. The bank has seen its share price slide by about one-third over the past year. Rising interest rates have weighed on...