Carl Icahn, a major owner atSouthwest Gas Holdings (SWX), recently added 9,652 shares. The buy came to a total price of $559,700, and increased his holdings by less than one percent. Icahn has been increasing his position since March, buying over 3 million shares in total across a number of transactions. Company insiders were last sellers of shares in June 2022, when the share price was about 50 percent higher than where the stock trades today. Overall, insiders own about 0.5 percent of shares, and institutional owners like Icahn own 91 percent of the stock. The natural gas distri...

Julie Lagacy, a director atVistra Corp (VST), recently bought 10,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by 143 percent, and came to a total cost just over $248,000. This marks the first insider buy in the past three months. The company President and CEO bought 5,000 shares back in March, and a director bought 11,000 shares around the same time. The last insider sales came from an institutional investor last November. Overall, company insiders own 0.5 percent of the power utility company. Shares are up about 6 percent over the past year, a return about half that of the overall sto...

Deborah Diaz, a director atArcher Aviation (ACHR), recently bought 12,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by 54 percent, and came to a total cost of $53,640. This marks the first insider buy at the company since January, when a cluster of insiders, including the CEO and CFO, bought shares. Since then, a major holder has been a repeated seller of shares, as well as the company COO. Overall, Archer insiders own 26 percent of shares. The electric aviation vehicle producer is down 14 percent over the past year and trades down over 80 percent from its peak. The early stage compa...

Jason Stabell, CEO atEpsilon Energy (EPSN), recently bought 11,300 shares. The buy increased his stake by 14 percent, and came to a total cost of $57,856. This is the third buy from the CEO in recent months. In early June, he bought 18,000 shares, paying just over $90,100. And in May, he bought an initial stake of 24,200 shares at a cost of $123,178. Otherwise, a major holder of shares was a big seller last year. Overall, insiders at the energy exploration and development company own 5.1 percent of shares. Epsilon has dropped about 5 percent over the past year as energy prices hav...

Steven Black, a director atNasdaq (NDAQ), recently picked up 4,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 3 percent, and came to a total cost of $205,840. This is the first insider buy at the company in over two years. Rather, company insiders have been regular and steady sellers of shares in low-six-digit amounts over the past two years, particularly at the executive vice president level. Overall, insiders own 18.9 percent of the financial exchange firm. Shares have traded flat over the past year. Last year’s bear market cut down on trading activity, and even with this year’s ...

Scott Kinney, a vice president atAvista Corp (AVA), recently bought 1,250 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 21 percent, and came to a total cost just under $50,400. This marks the first insider buy since September 2021, when a director made a small purchase of shares. Otherwise, company insiders have generally been sellers of shares on a steady basis over the past two years. Overall, insiders own 0.8 percent of the regulated utility company. Shares have gained just 2 percent over the past year, about in-line with Avista’s revenue growth. Meanwhile, higher energy costs have...

John Ketchum, President and CEO atNextEra Energy (NEE), recently bought 13,600 shares. The buy increased his stake by 8 percent, and came to a total cost just over $1 million. This marks the first insider activity since March, when a company director bought 10,000 shares, paying about $700,000 to do so. And another major holder bought 13,200 shares in February, for a total cost just over $995,500. There has been one small insider sale in recent months. Overall, insiders own 0.2 percent of shares. The power utility is up about 4 percent over the past year, with another 2.5 percent ...

Jorge Gonzalez, President and CEO atSt. Joe Co (JOE) recently bought 1,200 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 3 percent, and came to a total price of $54,588. This is the first insider buy in about a year. Gonzalez was also the most recent buyer in June 2022, picking up 1,200 shares at a price of $49,584. Since then, a director and major holder has sold shares on three occasions. Overall, insiders own 5.4 percent of shares. The property developer and operator is up about in-line with the overall stock market in the past year with an 18 percent return. Shares are going for a...

Bryant Riley, Co-CEO ofB. Riley Financial (RILY), recently bought 6,199 shares. The buy increased his holdings by less than 1 percent, and came to a total cost just under $235,000. This follows up on several other purchases from the co-CEO, including 3 buys in May for 65,000 shares, valued at over $2.1 million. A company director also bought 10,000 shares back in March, paying nearly $300,000 to do so. Overall, insiders own 49.3 percent of the financial services provider. Shares are down about 15 percent over the past year, compared to a nearly 20 percent move higher in stocks. An...

Michael Manley, CEO and director atAutoNation (AN) recently bought 7,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 46 percent, and came to a total cost of $1.014 million. This is the first insider activity since last May, when the company’s COO bought 2,342 shares at a cost just under $259,000. Otherwise, executives and directors have been sellers of shares, as well as billion investor Eddie Lampert, who is a major holder of the stock. Despite the large sales by insiders overall, they still own 19.2 percent of shares. The automotive retailer is up 33 percent over the past year, fa...