Francis Blake, a director atDelta Air Lines (DAL), recently bought 12,880 shares. That came to a total cost just under $497,000, and increased the director’s holdings by 16 percent. This marks the first buy at the airliner since another director bought $293,000 in shares back in July. A third director also rounded out the total insider buying over the past year. Otherwise, company executives have been modest sellers of shares in the ensuing months. Overall, company insiders own 0.3 percent of shares. Shares of the airline company are flat over the past year. Earnings jumped 42 per...

Mellody Hobson, a director atJPMorgan Chase (JPM), recently added 375 shares. The purchase cost the director $50,448, and increased her stake by less than 1 percent. Hobson was the last buyer of shares at the company one year prior, with a 670 shares pickup for just over $100,000. In the past year, company insiders have largely been sellers of shares, both from existing holdings and from the exercise of options. Overall, company insiders own 0.9 percent of shares. The money center bank is down about 7 percent over the past year, performing slightly better than the overall stock ma...

Shekhar Priyadarshi, CFO atKeurig Dr Pepper (KDP), recently added 10,000 shares. The buy set the CFO back $350,000 and is an initial stake for this particular insider. This is the first buy at the beverage company since the Chief Supply Chain Officer made a number of buys back in August and September. Since then, the company CEO has been a seller of shares, as well as a company director. Overall, company insiders own 37.4 percent of shares. The beverage company has seen share slide 10 percent in the past year, even as revenues have risen by 11 percent. Overall earnings have been d...

Ecor1 Capital, a major holder atZymeworks (ZYME), recently bought 985,100 shares. The buy increased the fund’s holdings by 11 percent, and came to a total cost just under $9.7 million. The buy comes a few days after the company bought 1,026,300 shares, paying about $7.8 million for that stake. Another major holder at the company bought shares back in October. Otherwise, company insiders have largely been sellers of modest amounts of shares. Overall, company insiders own 5.1 percent of shares, and institutions own nearly all of the remaining float. Shares of the biotherapy company ...

Michael Kerr, a director atEOG Resources (EOG), recently bought 20,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 12 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $2.61 million. The director also logged the last buy at the company in November 2021, with a 50,000 share buy for about $4.3 million. Since then, company insiders have been sellers of shares, mostly after exercising stock options. Overall, EOG insiders own about 0.5 percent of shares. The oil and gas exploration company is up about 24 percent over the past year, thanks to a strong energy market. Earnings have surged 160...

Thomson Leighton, CEO atAkamai Technologies (AKAM), recently added 282 shares. The buy increased the CEO’s holdings by less than 1 percent, and came to a total price just over $25,000. The buy comes a week after the CEO bought 850 shares, paying just over $75,000 to do so. This follows on a pattern of buys going back to December. Over the past year, company insiders have largely been sellers of shares, including both officers and directors. Overall, company insiders own 1.5 percent of shares. The cloud service content application provider is down about 20 percent over the past yea...

Richard Bingham, a director atMidland States Bancorp (MSBI), recently added 4,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 22 percent, and came to a total cost of $100,000. The company’s corporate council bought 2,000 shares, for just under $51,000, latest last year. Generally, Midland States Bancorp insiders have been regular and modest sellers of shares following option exercises over the past few years. Insiders at the regional bank still own about 5 percent of shares. The bank has traded flat over the past year, compared with an overall drop in large bank stocks. Midland saw ...

Jeffrey Brown, a director atRent-A-Center (RCII), recently bought 1,084 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just over 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $26,233. The director has been a quarterly buyer of shares going back to 2021. Other company insiders have been slight buyers, with a CEO buy of 40,000 shares for $1.08 million last March. The last insider sale occurred in December 2021. Overall, Rent-A-Center insiders own 11 percent of shares. The rental and leasing service company has dropped 44 percent in the past year on fears of a slowing economy. Revenues are off 1...

Randall Paulson, a director atB. Riley Financial (RILY), recently added 20,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 8 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $744,000. That adds to other insider buys over the past year, including the company Co-CEO, who last bought over 26,500 shares in late December. Overall, insiders have been substantial buyers over the past two years, with the last insider sale occurring back in May 2022. Overall, company insiders own 46.5 percent of shares. The financial services company has seen shares get cut in half over the last year, as slowi...

Augusta Investments Inc., a major owner ofAugusta Gold Corp (AUGG), recently purchased 20,000 additional shares. The fund owns over 22 million shares, and the latest buy increased their holdings by less than 1 percent at a cost of just over $28,500. The fund last bought shares in August, picking up 10,000 shares for just under $11,000. The fund bought shares on over two dozen occasions in the last year. Going further back, company insiders were buyers of shares in early 2021. Overall, insiders own 47 percent of shares. The small cap gold exploration company is up over 50 percent i...