David Staffieri, COO atDaVita Inc (DVA), recently added 20,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 18 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $1.55 million. This marks the first insider buy at the company since late 2020. Insiders have been consistent and sizeable sellers of shares over the past three years, with only a few modest insider buys in total. Overall, insiders at the company own 2.9 percent of shares. Shares of the dialysis center operator have shed about 32 percent in the past year. Earnings are also down by a similar amount, but overall revenue is flat. T...

David Faeder, a director atFederal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), recently picked up 10,565 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 79 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $1,012,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company in the past three years, and the end of a two-year period with no insider activity whatsoever. Otherwise, company insiders, most notably the company President and CEO, have been sellers of shares, but only as recently as 2020. Overall, insiders at the company own 0.9 percent of shares. Shares of the REIT, which focuses on retail properties i...

Aaron Alt, CFO and an EVP atSysco Corp (SYY), recently picked up 1,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 7.5 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $80,000. This is the first insider buy at the company since early 2020. Over the past three years, company insiders, including both executives and directors, have largely been sellers of shares. Those sales have also occurred on a regular basis. Overall, company insiders own 0.1 percent of the company. Shares of the restaurant supply company are up 12 percent over the past year. Earnings have surged 241 percent in the p...

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B), a major holder ofOccidental Petroleum (OXY), has added another 9,551,454 shares. The buy increased the company’s holdings of shares by 6.7 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $529 million. Berkshire has been a regular buyer of shares at the company throughout the year. So as the company President and CEO this year. Insiders have been far more likely to be buyers rather than sellers. Overall, company insiders own about 0.2 percent of shares. Berkshire now owns more than 10 percent of the company. Shares of the oil giant have risen nearl...

Bruce Evans, a director atAnalog Devices (ADI), recently picked up 3,650 shares. The buy increased his stake by 3.6 percent, and came to a total price just over $526,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company since last October. Company insiders, including c-suite executives and directors, have been regular sellers of shares of the semiconductor firm over the past three years, with only a few buys from insiders. Overall, insiders at the company own 0.4 percent of shares. Shares of the company are down about in line with the overall stock market over the past year. But ea...

Michael Henry, CFO atTilly’s (TLYS), recently picked up 4,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 16 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $29,000. This follows up on a 6,005 share buy from the director a few days before. This marks the first insider buy at the company since September 2020. Insiders were active buyers during the Covid selloff, and then have generally been sellers of shares in the past two years after shares rallied higher. Overall, insiders own about 1.6 percent of shares. The retail apparel chain has now slid 55 percent in the past year. Revenue is d...

Brian Ferraioli, a director atVistra Corp (VST), recently picked up 8,050 shares. The buy increased his holdings by nearly 12 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $181,000. The buy came three days after the company president and CEO picked up 32,000 shares for just over $547,000. Over the past three years, company insiders have been active as both buyers and sellers, with buyers having a slight edge over that time period. Overall, insiders at the company own about 0.3 percent of shares. Shares of the utility are up about 25 percent over the past year, in contra...

Holden Lewis, CFO atFastenal (FAST), recently added 1,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 12 percent, and came to a total price of just under $50,000. He was joined by another EVP, who also picked up 1,000 shares on the same day for about the same price. This adds to further insider buys in recent months, from company executives and directors alike. Going back over the past three years, there has been a mix of insider buys and sells. Overall, insiders own 0.2 percent of shares. Like the rest of the market, shares have slid in recent sessions. The stock is now down ab...

Peter Feld, a director atNortonLifeLock (NLOK), recently picked up 2,500,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 15 percent, and came to a total price of $55.5 million. This marks the first insider buy at the cyber safety solution company since the summer of 2019. Otherwise, company insiders, including both C-suite executives and directors, have been sellers of shares, irrespective of how shares have traded over the past three years. Overall, company insiders own about 0.5 percent of the company. The stock is down about 20 percent in the past year. Earnings have slid about 4...

ValueAct Capital Master Fund, a major holder ofFiserv (FSV), recently added 1,000,000 shares. The buy increased the fund’s holdings by 7.3 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $92 million. Over the past three years, insiders have generally been sellers of shares. That includes both directors and c-suite executives. Funds have tended to be large buyers of shares at the company. Overall, insiders own just over 12.1 percent of the company. Shares of the financial tech services company have shed about 30 percent in the past year. That’s about in-line with a similar drop in ...