Aaron Ravenscroft, President and CEO ofManitowoc Co (MTW), recently picked up 3,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 1.4 percent, and came to a total price of just under $34,000. The buy comes several days after two directors at the company also picked up shares. Each bought about $25,000 worth of shares at the start of August. That follows up on other buys throughout the year. Over the past three years, company insiders have only bought and never sold shares. Overall, company insiders own about 2.7 percent of the company. The farm equipment manufacturing company has seen...

Georges Antoun, Chief Commercial Officer atFirst Solar (FSLR), recently picked up 9,946 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 36 percent, and came to a total price just under $1 million. He was joined by the company’s Chief Quality Officer, who picked up 489 shares, paying about $50,000 to do so. And earlier in the month, the company CFO picked up nearly 2,000 shares for about $200,000. These mark the only insider buys at the company in the past three years. Overall, insider at the solar panel manufacturing and design company own about 10.7 percent of shares. The company is up...

Andrea Ayers, a director atStanley Black & Decker (SWK), recently added 15,500 shares. The buy increased her holdings by nearly 700 percent, and came to a total price of $1.48 million. This represents the first insider buy at the company in the past three years. Over that time, a number of company executives have been regular sellers of shares. No company directors have been sellers of shares over the past three years. In total, company insiders own about 0.4 percent of shares. The power tool manufacturer and designer has had its stock price cut in half in the past year. Earni...

Austin Russell, Chairman and President atLuminar Technology (LAZR), recently bought 25,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just over 3 percent, and came to a total price of $180,000. This is the 9th buy from the President since the company went public last year. The most recent buy was back in May for 300,000 shares, valued at nearly $2.6 million. Only one company director has been a seller of shares since the company went public. Overall, insiders at the company own 13.5 percent of shares. Shares of the lidar technology company are down 60 percent in the past year. As a...

Randall Paulson, a director atB. Riley Financial (RILY), recently added 52,500 shares to his holdings. The buy increased his stake by nearly 6 percent, and came to a total price of just over $2.7 million. That adds to a number of other insider buys at the company so far this year, from directors and executives alike. Over the past three years, insider buying has handily beat the occasional insider sale. Overall, insiders own 45.4 percent of shares. The financial conglomerate has seen shares drop 18 percent in the past year. While the company failed to make a profit based on its mo...

James Fairweather, an EVP atPitney Bowes (PBI), recently picked up 4,335 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just over 3 percent, and came to a total cost just under $15,000. The buy comes a few days after the company’s Chief Legal Officer picked up 3,013 shares, at a cost of about $10,000. Going back further, insider buys from directors and executives have far exceeded sales in the past three years. Overall, company insiders own 7.3 percent of shares. The freight and logistics company has lost about 57 percent in the past year. That’s occurred as earnings have slid by 78 pe...

CD&R Investment Associates, a major holder ofBeacon Roofing Supply (BECN), recently added 103,931 shares to their holdings. The buy increased the fund’s holdings by 0.7 percent, and came to a total purchase price just under $6 million. This marks the third buy from this fund so far this year. The other two prior buys have also been for about $6 million as well. A few company executives have been modest sellers of shares this year. Overall, company insiders own about 0.5 percent of shares. Institutions own all outstanding shares. The roofing supply company is up about 12 percen...

Gary Torgow, a director atHuntington Bancshares (HBAN), recently added 19,382 shares to his holdings. The buy increased his stake by 2.2 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $250,000. This is the first insider buy since April, when two other directors and the company President and CEO picked up shares. Going back over the past 3 years, insiders have been fairly active… although sellers have largely exceeded buyers. Overall, company insiders own about 0.9 percent of shares. The bank stock is down about 5 percent in the past year. Huntington has recently missed o...

Andrea Weiss, a director atBed Bath & Beyond Corp (BBBY), recently added 2,000 shares. The buy increased her holdings by about 3 percent, and came to a total purchase price just over $9,200. The buy adds to two other director buys in the past month, as well as a 50,000-share pickup from the company’s Interim CEO. Over the past three years, insiders have been regular buyers of the stock, with only one insider sale occurring in July 2021. Overall, insiders at the company own about 14.4 percent of shares. The retailer has struggled in the past year, with a 25 percent revenue drop...

Emanuel Chirico, a director atConagra Brands Inc (CAG), recently picked up 30,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by just over 29 percent, and came to a total purchase price just over $1.02 million. This purchase marks the last insider buy since last July. There have only been a few modest buys from insiders over the past three years. For the most part, company insiders, including both directors and executives, have largely been sellers of shares. Overall, insiders at the company own 0.4 percent of shares. The stock has traded essentially flat over the past year. Earnings have...