Gary Mick, CFO atSix Flags Entertainment (SIX), recently bought 5,812 shares. The buy increased his stake by 7 percent, and came to a total cost just under $157,000. The buy came just a few weeks after he bought 2,500 shares. And the CFO has made 5 other buys since last December, now totaling nearly $900,000. Other company insiders have been buyers as well, with the last insider sale in September 2021. Overall, insiders own 0.9 percent of the theme park operator. Six Flags is up 21 percent over the past year, slightly outperforming the S&P 500. The company is back to profitabi...

Four directors atAdvance Auto Parts (AAP) recently bought shares. Director Eugene Lee led the group with a 7,635 share buy. That increased his holdings by 41 percent, and came to a total stake of $500,160. The smallest buy was for 500 shares valued at just under $33,000. This marks the first insider activity since 2021. That's when a company EVP sold 3,500 shares when the stock traded more than three times higher than where it stands today. Overall, insiders at the auto parts store chain own just under 1 percent of shares. Advance Auto Parts has slid 63 percent in the past year, a...

Joseph Rice, a director atBanc of California (BANC), recently bought 7,500 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 85 percent, and came to a total cost of $84,375. This is the first insider activity in a month, when another director bought 3,200 shares in early May for about $35,000. Company insiders have been buyers so far this year, including over $1 million from a third director across multiple transactions. Overall, insiders at the regional bank own 1.9 percent of shares. The bank is down just under 30 percent in the past year. Shares hit a low under $10 during the banking c...

Tami Erwin, a director atDeere & Co (DE), recently bought 675 shares. The buy increased her stake by 29 percent, and came to a total cost just under $250,500. This marks the only insider buy at the company over the past two years. Company executives have otherwise exclusively been sellers over the past two years. However, those sales have come following the exercise of stock options. Overall, company insiders own 0.2 percent of shares. The agricultural equipment manufacturer is up about 10 percent over the past year. Shares trade at 12 times earnings, nearly half the valuation...

Johan Hart, President and CEO atRed Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRBG), recently bought 15,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 4 percent, and came to a total cost just over $193,000. He was joined by a company director, who bought 4,340 shares valued at $55,300. Over the past two years, insiders have been buyers of shares, at prices varying from half of where shares trade today to nearly double where shares now trade. Overall, insiders own 3.4 percent of shares. The burger chain is up 33 percent over the past year, far in excess of revenue growth of 6 percent. Overall, the chain ...

Daryle Bible, CFO atM&T Bank Corp (MTP), recently bought 10,000 shares. This marks an initial stake for the CFO. The buy came to a total cost just over $1.2 million. This is the largest insider activity since last year, when a company director exercised their stock options and sold over 22,700 shares. Insiders have mostly been sellers over the past two years, except for this buy and a small director buy in February. Overall, company insiders own about 0.6 percent of shares. The regional bank has dropped about 30 percent in the past year. Shares hit a 52-week low in March durin...

Douglas Crocker, a director atAcadia Realty Trust (AKR), recently bought 28,250 shares. The buy increased his stake by 34 percent, and came to a total cost of $364,425. This marks the first insider purchase at the company in over two years. Otherwise, company insiders have generally been sellers of shares. One director was a regular seller throughout 2022, and company executives have been modest sellers of shares after exercising stock options. Overall, insiders own 0.7 percent of shares. The retail-oriented real estate investment trust (REIT) is down about 30 percent over the pas...

Bruce Thorn, President and CEO atBig Lots (BIG), recently bought 51,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 8 percent, and came to a total cost just over $247,000. This marks the only insider buy at the company over the past two years. One company Executive Bice President was a regular seller of shares in 2021 and into early 2022, but insiders have been inactive for the past 14 months. Overall, company insiders own 3.3 percent of shares. The discount retailer has seen shares drop nearly 80 percent over the past year. The company has lost money and revenues have declined as d...

Bernard Kim, CEO atMatch Group (MTCH), recently bought 31,439 shares. The buy increased his stake by 184 percent, and came to a total cost just over $1.08 million. The last insider buy also came from the CEO last August, with a 16,000 share pickup. Otherwise, one company executive sold following the exercise of stock options, and a company director sold a small position back in March. Overall, insiders own about 0.7 percent of shares. The dating product company has seen shares drop about 60 percent over the past year. That’s more than twice the 33 percent drop in earnings in the s...

Gunnar Wiedenfels, CFO atWarner Brothers Discovery (WBD), recently added 15,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 2 percent, and came to a total cost just over $168,300. This is the first insider activity since last August, when the company’s international division president bought 20,000 shares at a price about 25 percent higher than where the stock trades today. The last insider sale occurred in November 2021. Overall, company insiders own 9.2 percent of shares. The media conglomerate is down 36 percent over the past year, as earnings and profits have declined. While WBD...