Kelcy Warren, Chairman atEnergy Transfer (ET), recently bought 3,000,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by about 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $38.89 million. The Chairman was also a buyer for several days back in May, and before that in February. A company EVP also picked up 10,000 shares at the end of May. There have been no insider sales at the company over the past two years. Overall, company insiders own 17.2 percent of shares. The natural gas pipeline company is up about 6 percent over the past year, in-line with the S&P 500. Shares are trading for about...

Douglas Treff, a director atCrocx (CROX), recently bought 2,114 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 2 percent, and came to a total cost just over $200,000. The buy comes a week after the company CFO bought 1,950 shares, paying just over $198,000 to do so. There have been a few other buys from company directors earlier in the year. The CEO sold off about 3 percent of his holdings in April, at a price about 40 percent higher than today’s. Overall, insiders own 2.7 percent of the footwear company. Shares are up 30 percent over the past year, outperforming the stock market by fi...

Matthew De Soto, a director atMid Penn Bancorp (MPB), recently bought 2,355 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 4 percent, and came to a total cost of $50,001. The director was also a buyer in late June, buying 362 shares for just under $8,000. Another company director was a buyer at the same time. Over the last two years, company directors and the CEO have been regular and steady buyers of shares, with no insider sales. In total, insiders own 11.3 percent of shares. The regional bank is down about 30 percent over the past year, reflecting weakness in the space following the...

Amy Banse, a director atLennar (LEN), recently bought 820 shares. The buy increased her stake by 11 percent, and came to a total cost of $100,909. The director was the last insider buyer, with a 790 share pickup in July and a 165 share buy in June. Overall, that adds another $110,000 in purchases to the recent buy. Insiders have otherwise been slight sellers of shares over the past two years. Overall, insiders own about 2.4 percent of the homebuilder’s shares. Lennar has been a strong performer, with the stock up 43 percent over the past year. Part of the move has been driven by a...

John Risher, CEO atLyft (LYFT), recently bought 100,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $1.15 million. He was joined by a company director who bought 8,826 shares, increasing his stake by  28 percent, and paying just under $100,000. These are the only insider buys at Lyft over the past two years. There have been nearly two dozen sales from directors and executives over the past two years. Overall, insiders own 9.6 percent of shares. The ride share company is down nearly a third over the past year. Revenues have been flat, and Lyft hasn...

Devina Rankin, a director atKeycorp (KEY), recently bought 10,000 shares. The buy is an initial stake for the director. The total cost for the stake came to $114,900. This marks the first insider buy since the company’s institutional bank head bought 75,000 shares in May. He paid $733,500 to do so. Company insiders have mostly been buyers since March, following the drop in bank stocks. And they were largely sellers last year at higher prices. Overall, insiders at the bank own 0.3 percent of shares. Even though prices have stabilized, the regional bank is down 44 percent over the p...

Michael Gerdin, CEO atHeartland Express (HTLD), recently bought 5,841 shares. The buy increased his position by less than 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $89,367. Gerdin was also an active buyer back in May, and six other buys in the past 12 months. This marks the first insider activity since May, when a major owner bought 1,792 shares. There have been no insider sales at the company over the past year. Overall, company insiders own 44 percent of the trucking company. Shares have been slightly down over the past year, underperforming the 4 percent rise in the S&P 500 ov...

John Geller, President and CEO atMarriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC) recently bought 5,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 5 percent, and came to a total cost of $564,200. He was joined by the company CFO, who bought 1,800 shares at a cost just under $205,000, and who increased his stake by 16 percent. These mark the only insider buys over the past two years. Company insiders have been periodic sellers of shares otherwise. Overall, company insiders own about 7.9 percent of shares. The vacation and resort operator has seen shares lose about a quarter of their value in the ...

Ruth Porat, a director atBlackstone (BX), recently bought 298 shares. The buy increased her holdings by 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $30,817. This marks the first insider buy in three months, following a similarly-sized buy from the director. She has made similar buys going into the last year as well. Two company insiders sold shares in the past month, including Blackstone’s chief accounting officer. Overall, insiders at the money manager own about 0.5 percent of shares. Blackstone is slightly down over the past year, but revenues have surged higher as investor interest ...

William Sanders, a director atMid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), recently bought 5,000 shares across two transactions. The purchases increased his holdings by 13 percent, and came to a total cost of about $740,000. These mark the first insider buys over the past two years. Otherwise, there have been regular and steady sales by company insiders, largely at the EVP level. Some sales have been in the $1,000,000 range. Overall, company insiders own 0.7 percent of shares. The owner and operator of apartment buildings across 16 states has seen shares drop just over 20 percent in t...