Christopher Conoscenti, CEO atSitio Royalties Corp (STR), recently bought 2,500 shares. The buy increased his stake by 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $50,475. The buy came a few days after the CEO made a 10,000 share buy, which came to a cost just over $221,000. Those two buys have been the only insider filings since the oil and gas royalty company went public. Overall, company insiders own 2.2 percent of shares. The royalty company is down about 18 percent over the past year, as energy prices have slid from last year’s highs. However, Sitio has a 50 percent profit margin....

Randall Stephenson, a director atWalmart (WMT), recently purchased 7,245 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 58 percent, and came to a cost of $1,000,168. This marks the first insider buy at the company in the past two years. Otherwise, insiders have been regular sellers of shares. Those sales have been dominated by members of the Walton family, who are still major holders of the stock, but a few company executives have sold as well. Overall, Walmart insiders still own 48 percent of the company. The discount retailer’s shares are down about 3 percent over the past year, far ...

Kristin Van Dask, CFO atProspect Capital Corp (PSEC) recently bought 6,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by 10 percent, and came to a total cost just over $41,200. She was also the most recent insider to buy, with a 4,250 share pickup back in November, paying nearly $32,000 . A company director has also been active over the past two years. There have been no insider sales over the past two years either. Overall, insiders at the business development company (BDC) own about 27.5 percent of shares. The company’s business model of providing capital to early-stage companies can c...

Pershing Square Capital Management, a major owner ofHoward Hughes Corp (HHC) has been adding shares in recent days. The fund bought 62,474 more shares, shelling out over $4.6 million, a buy that increased the fund’s holdings by just under 1 percent. This marks the first insider buy of the year. Last year, Pershing Square bought shares on 4 separate occasions, at prices close to where the stock trades today. There was only one insider sale from a company division president. Overall, company insiders own 0.9 percent of shares. Pershing Square owns about 32 percent of Howard Hughes. ...

Walter Bettinger, CEO atCharles Schwab (SCHW), recently bought 50,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 8 percent, and came to a total cost of $2.965 million. He was joined by a number of other company officers and directors. The company’s CFO bought 5,000 shares, at a cost of just under $297,000. One director bought 10,000 shares, paying just under $568,000. The buys come just a few weeks after the last insider sales at the company. Overall, company insiders own 6.1 percent of shares. The recent spate of buys comes as fears about the solvency of the banking system caused ...

Christopher Blake, President and CEO atPacWest Bancorp (PACW), recently bought 6,660 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 3 percent, and came to a total cost just over $118,000. He was joined by the company’s COO, who bought 3,148 shares for the price of $48,000. And a company director bought 25,000 shares, at a cost of $383,250. Other company insiders have been buyers in the past week as well, as shares of the regional bank have taken a big dive. Overall, insiders own 1.8 percent of the company. The bank’s shares have been hit hard in recent days, and the stock is down nearl...

Richard Dreiling, CEO atDollar Tree (DLTR), recently added 7,100 shares to his holdings. The buy increased his stake from just 18 shares, and came to a total cost of just over $1 million. This marks the first insider buy in nearly a year, when a director bought 425 shares at a cost of just over $66,000. Otherwise, there has been one insider sale over the past year, by the company’s chief strategy officer. Overall, insiders own 1.3 percent of the company. The discount retailer is down about 7 percent over the past year, in line with the returns on the S&P 500. Revenues have inc...

Michael Bless, a director atPiedmont Lithium (PLL), recently bought 1,750 shares. The buy is an initial stake for the director, and came to a total cost of $105,250. This is the first insider buy since last July, when the company CFO bought 2,700 shares, paying just over $101,000, at a price of about $37.50 for the stock. Since then, multiple insiders have been sellers of shares, including the company CEO and CFO. Overall, insiders own about 9 percent of the company. The lithium producer has been volatile, and shares are now down about 12 percent over the past year. Piedmont is an...

Norman Wright, a director atFirst Solar (FSLR), recently bought 465 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 40 percent, and came to a total cost just over $99,900. The buy marks the first insider purchase since last August, when two officers picked up just over $1 million in shares. Otherwise, company insiders have generally been selling shares of stock, including both directors and officers. Overall, insiders own 5.2 percent of shares. The manufacturer of solar panels has seen share soar 180 percent over the past year. That’s far in excess of the company’s revenue growth of 11 ...

Joshua Wilson, general counsel atRed Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRBG), recently added 10,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 22 percent, and came to a total cost of $112,250. He was joined by the company’s Chief People Officer, who bought 1,751 shares for just under $20,000 a few days before, increasing his holdings by 11 percent. Overall, company insiders have been steady buyers of shares over the past 18 months, with the last insider sale occurring in May 2021. Overall, insiders own 4.8 percent of the burger chain. Shares of RRBG have been knocked down 11 percent in the pa...