Terrell Crews, CFO atNextEra Energy (NEE), recently bought 2,672 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 8 percent, and came to a total cost of $200,000. He was joined by two directors, one picked up 4,000 shares for just under $300,000 and more than doubled his stake. Another bought 1,000 shares for just under $75,000. Overall, insiders have been more active as buyers than sellers over the past few years. Overall, company insiders own 0.2 percent of shares. The utility company has traded flat over the past year, which has outperformed the overall stock market. Plus, the company...

Yehuda Shmidman, a director atExpress Inc (EXPR) recently started an initial stake with 5,424,783 shares. The cost came to just over $25 million. Generally, company insiders haven’t been very active at the firm. This buy marks the first insider transaction over the past two years. Otherwise, company insiders were last active in mid-2021, when the company President and CFO were both modest sellers of shares. Overall, insiders own 12.2 percent of the company. Shares of the apparel retailer have been knocked down 70 percent over the past year. The company hasn’t turned a profit in th...

Gregory Hayes, a director atPhillips 66 (PSX), recently bought 10,250 shares. The buy came to a total cost just over $1.1 million, and increased the director’s stake by a massive 253 percent. This is the first purchase at the company in two years, following another buy from a director for 77 shares valued at just under $5,900. A number of company executives have been sellers of shares over the past two years, largely by exercising options. Overall, company insiders own just under 0.5 percent of the company. The oil and gas midstream company is up 11 percent over the past year, tha...

Douglas Lebda, CEO atLendingTree (TREE), recently added 18,268 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just over 1 percent, and came to a total cost just over $705,000. The purchase comes a week after the CEO bought 65,062 shares, paying just over $2.08 million. Going further back, some insiders have been sellers over the past year, and a company director has been a repeat buyer of LendingTree stock. Overall, insiders own 14.9 percent of the company. Shares of the lending platform have lost about two-thirds of their price over the past year. A slowing economy and rising interest...

CD&R Investment Associates, a major holder ofBeacon Roofing Supply Inc (BECN), recently added 107,185 shares. The buy came to a total cost just under $6 million, and increased the fund’s sake by about 1 percent. The fund last made a buy, also for about $6 million, back in October. Since then, one company division president started a 9,009 share stake, paying about $500,000. And one company EVP was a seller of shares back in November. Overall, company insiders own 0.4 percent of shares, and institutions own nearly all of the remaining outstanding shares, indicating a tight supply ...

Yasir Al-Rumayyan, a director atUber Technologies Inc (UBER), recently bought 250,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 181 percent, and came to a total cost of $5.145 million. This is the first insider buy since the company CEO bought 200,000 shares last May. Two insiders have been slight sellers of shares over the past year, but overall there has been little activity since the company went public. Insiders own 0.2 percent of the ride-sharing company. Shares have lost a quarter of their price over the past year, as the company continued to lose money. However, revenues di...

John Morikis, CEO atSherwin Williams (SHW) recently added 2,207 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just over 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $500,327. The CEO was the last buyer of shares at the company nearly a year ago, with a 2,000 share pickup for about $519,000. One division president sold shares in the past year. Going back further, a number of company executives were sellers of the stock. Overall, insiders own about 8.5 percent of the paint manufacturer and retailer. Shares have been knocked down about 20 percent in the past year, even with revenues up nearly ...

Andrew Barker, a director at theBanc of California (BANC), recently bought 48,435 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 50 percent, and came to a total cost just over $800,800. This insider was also the most recent buyer with a 12,900 share pickup back in February 2022. The company President and CEO also picked up about $100,000 worth of BANC shares at the time as well. There have been no insider sales over the past three years. Overall, company insiders own 1.6 percent of shares. The regional bank sank 13 percent in the past year, as rising interest rates weighed on stocks. B...

John Donovan, a director atLockheed Martin (LMT), recently added 556 shares to his holdings. That increased his stake by 31 percent, and came to a total cost just under $251,000. The director was responsible for the last insider activity, with a 568 share buy back in October. Over the past year, the director has made four purchases. And one company vice president has been a seller of shares. Overall, company insiders own 0.1 percent of shares. The defense contractor is up 16 percent over the past year, handily beating the decline in the stock market over the same time. Shares surg...

Michael Kennedy, a director atOld Republic Insurance (ORI), has been a buyer of 2,950 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 40 percent, and came to a total cost just under $68,500. Insiders have generally been buyers over the past year, with company directors picking up small sums of shares. One company executive sold 11,000 shares over the past year, receiving just over a quarter million dollars. Overall, company insiders own 7.6 percent of shares. The property and casualty insurance company is down about 3 percent over the past year, slightly outperforming the overall market...