Sara Lewis, a director atFreeport-McMoRan (FCX) recently added 4,000 shares. The buy increased her holdings by 29 percent, and came to a total cost just under $139,600. That’s the first insider buy at the copper producer since last August, when she and another director were buyers of shares in the high-$20 to low $30 range.  Two company insiders sold shares when they popped over $40 in the intervening months. Overall, company insiders own 0.6 percent of shares. The copper producers is down about 4 percent over the past year, as investors have started to shy away from commodity com...

Oliver Brewer, President and CEO atTopgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), recently added 5,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by just under 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $85,596. The buy came a day after the company’s CFO added 10,000 shares, increasing his holdings by 8 percent, and coming at a cost of $177,900.  The two executives were last buyers of shares in December, both picking up 10,000 at that time. Overall, company insiders own 11.4 percent of shares. The golf equipment and apparel manufacturer is down about 20 percent over the past year as the company has lost mo...

Gary Mick, CFO atSix Flags Entertainment (SIX), recently added 5,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 6 percent, and came to a total cost of $133,125. This marks the first insider activity at the company so far this year. The CFO was also the most recent buyer with 3 separate buys last December, when the share price was more than 20 percent lower than where it trades today. Overall, company insiders own 0.9 percent of shares. The theme park operator is down 10 percent over the last year. Revenues are up 3 percent, but the company failed to earn a profit in that time. T...

Wes Morris, a Group President atTyson Foods (TSN), recently bought 10,362 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 31 percent, and came to a total cost of $499,431. He was joined by another Group President who bought 2,040 shares, paying just over $99,700 to do so. These buys are the first insider buys at the company over the past two years. Generally, company executives have been slight sellers of shares, usually following the exercise of stock options. Overall, company insiders own 2.3 percent of shares. The livestock and poultry producer has seen shares drop nearly in half ove...

Scott Gottlieb, a director atPfizer (PFE), recently bought 2,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 50 percent, and came to a total cost of $77,005. This marks the first insider buy at the company over the past two years. Company executives have largely been sellers of shares, particularly at the executive vice president level. Some of those sales came from exercising stock options, although more than half did not. Overall, company executives own 0.01 percent of shares. The drugmaker was a winner during the race for a Covid vaccine, but over the past year shares have revert...

Kristin Coleman, General Council atAlbemarle Corp (ALB), recently added 1,373 shares. The buy is a new stake for the executive, and came to a total cost of $249,886. She was joined by the company CEO, who bought 5,470 shares, increasing his stake by 12 percent, and paying just under $994,000 for the position. These two buys represent the first insider buys since February 2022. Otherwise, company insiders have been sellers of shares. Overall, insiders at the lithium company own about 0.2 percent of shares. The stock is down 16 percent over the past year, even amid triple-digit move...

Thomson Leighton, CEO atAkami Technologies (AKAM), recently bought 642 shares. The buy increased his stake by less than 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $50,061. The buy follows up on a 934 share buy made a few days before, at a cost of $75,122. And the CEO made 8 separate buys in April, most in the $50,000 range, with two buys in the $75,000 range. Overall, insiders own 1.8 percent of shares. The cloud services software company is still down about 20 percent over the past year, but shares are well off their lows and trending higher. While growth in the cloud services spa...

A cluster of insiders picked up shares ofKeurig Dr Pepper (KDP) last week. That includes the company’s CFO, who bought 5,074 shares at a cost of $165,511. And the firm’s Chief Supply Chain Officer bought 12,000 shares, paying just under $394,000. The company’s R&D Officer bought 8,561 shares at a cost of $276,948. And finally, the company’s General Council topped them all with a 13,957 share buy costing $458,612. Overall, company insiders at the global beverage firm own about 35.6 percent of shares. Keurig Dr Pepper is down about 12 percent over the past year, as higher costs ...

Kevin Stephens, a director atCrown Castle Inc (CCI), recently added 1,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 7 percent, and came to a total cost of $117,996. The director was also the most recent buyer of shares, with a 2,000 share pickup in October 2022 that cost $247,000. One other director has been a buyer in the past year. Two company insiders were sizeable sellers of shares in April. Overall, company insiders own 0.4 percent of the cell tower real estate investment trust. The company has lost about one-third of its price over the past year, amid the stock market sellof...

Michael Marberry, a director atAmerican Water Works Company (AWK), recently bought 825 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 200 percent, and came to a total cost of $120,541. This marks the first insider buy at American Water Works over the past two years. Otherwise, a few company executives have been sellers of shares, largely after exercising stock options with the firm. Overall, insiders own 0.2 percent of shares. The regulated water utility is down about 4 percent in the past year, about on par with the overall stock market. Operationally, AWK has performed better, with r...