William Montgomery, a director atEnterprise Products Partners (EPD), recently bought 50,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 77 percent, and came to a total cost of $1.33 million. This marks the first insider buy since March, when one of the company’s co-CEOs bought 15,835 shares for just under $401,000. There have been nearly two dozen insider buys over the past two years, with no insider sales. Overall, company insiders own 32.7 percent of shares. The oil and gas pipeline company is up about 2 percent over the past year, reflecting the range-bound trading in the energy ...

Julie Southern, Chair ofNXP Semiconductors (NXPI), recently added 203 shares. The buy increased her stake by 2 percent, and came to a total cost just over $44,260. This is the first insider buy since Southern bought in March 2022, buying 135 shares and paying just over $24,000. Since then, there have been four insider sales, three coming from company vice presidents, but one from the company CEO. All told, company insiders own just under 0.2 percent of shares. The chipmaker is up 18 percent over the past year, more than double the return of the S&P 500 over the same period. ...

Steven Mollenkopf, a director atBoeing (BA), recently added 850 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 29 percent, and came to a total cost of $201,450. This marks the first insider buy at the airplane manufacturer this year. Last year saw Mollenkopf buy on two occasions, picking up nearly 1,800 shares. Another director bought 5,000 shares, and the company CEO bought 25,000 shares as well. There have been two small insider sales so far this year. Overall, company insiders own 0.1 percent of shares. Boeing is up 40 percent over the past year, moving 5 times higher than the S&...

Jeffrey Ubben, a director atExxon Mobil (XOM), recently added 458,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 19 percent, and came to a total cost of $48.97 million. The director was the last insider to buy shares, with a purchase in August 2022 of 1 million shares, coming to $88.45 million. Otherwise, company insiders have been modest sellers of shares over the psat year, exclusively at the VP level. Overall, Exxon insiders own just under 0.1 percent of shares. The oil giant’s shares have traded in a range year-to-date, as energy prices have also fluctuated at a smaller rate compa...

Thomas Smach, a director atCrocs (CROX), recently added 1,435 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $150,001. The director was the last buyer of shares with a 3,000 share pickup in March at a slightly higher price. Since then, company insiders, including the Crocs’ CEO and the company president, have sold off shares, albeit at higher prices. Overall, insiders own 2.7 percent of the company. The specialty footwear manufacturer is up sizeably over the past one year period, but shares have been rangebound year-to-date. Currently, shares are ...

Mark Sheahan, President and CEO atGraco (GGG), recently added 1,263 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 2 percent, and came to a total cost of $99,828. This marks the first insider buy at the company in the past two years. Graco has had about two dozen insider sales in that timeframe, all following the exercise of company stock options. The sales have mostly been near where shares current trade, or at higher prices. Overall, company insiders own 0.8 percent of shares. The specialty machinery producer has performed about in-line with the S&P 500 over the past year. And sh...

Scott Watson, CIO atNorthwest Bancshares (NWBI), recently bought 5,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 20 percent, and came to a total cost just over $61,000. This marks the first buy since a company director bought 1,675 shares back in June. And a cluster of directors bought back in May, and the company CEO picked up shares in late April. A few EVPs have been sellers of shares in small amounts in the past few months. Overall, company insiders own about 1 percent of the Ohio-based bank. Shares slid earlier this year, amid two bank failures. But shares have started to trend ...

Robert Robotti, a director at Tidewater (TDW) recently added 1,135 shares. The buy increased his holdings by less than 1 percent, and came to a total price of $64,763. The director has been the only active insider over the past year, with eight total buys and one sale. The sale totaled less than $4,500, but the total buys have added up to over $35 million. Overall, company insiders own about 1.4 percent of shares. The offshore oil services company has nearly tripled in the past year, amid strong energy prices and a demand for maintenance needs. Revenues are up 82 percent, and Tide...

Lecil Cole, CEO atCalavo Growers (CVGW) recently added 75,000 shares. The buy increased the CEO’s stake by 17 percent, and came to a total cost of $2.275 million. The CEO Was joined by a director two days later, who bought 2,000 shares, increasing his stake by 6 percent. Over the past year, one director has been a seller, while the CEO has bought on three occasions so far. Overall, insiders own 3.4 percent of the company. The produce grower is down slightly over the past year, but shares have been trending higher in recent sessions. Revenue slid by a quarter last year, and Calavo ...

Bryant Riley, Co-CEO and major holder atB. Riley Financial (RILY), recently added 72,727 shares. The buy increased his stake by 1 percent, and came to a total cost just shy of $4 million. He was joined by the other CEO, who bought 5,000 shares, at a cost of $275,000. A company director also bought 5,000 shares around the same time. This adds to a number of insider buys over the past year. Overall, insiders own 49.3 percent of the company. The financial services firm is starting to trend higher. Shares dove in 2022 as financial services slowed down, including investment services su...