Lisa Caldwell, a director atOld Republic Insurance (ORI), recently bought 9,920 shares. The buy increased her stake by 1,262 percent, and came to a total purchase price just over $234,000. This is the first insider activity at the company since March, when two directors also purchases shares. Generally, company insiders have been buyers of shares over the past three years, with some major holders acting as major sellers. Overall, insiders at the company own about 7.5 percent of shares. The insurance company has seen shares drop 10 percent in the past year. That’s a modest drop com...

Richard Schulze, Chairman Emeritus atBest Buy Co (BBY), recently picked up 250,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by about 1.1 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $19,900,000. The buy is notably large, as company insiders have generally been sellers of shares over the past three years. Typically, company insiders will sell around 10,000-15,000 shares in their largest blocks, against some modest insider buys of as few as 10 shares. Overall, insiders, led by Schulze, own 10.8 percent of the company. Shares of the electronics retailer are down about 27 percent in t...

Jim Kever, a director at3D Systems Corp (DDD), recently picked up 10,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 2.5 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $106,000. The buy comes one week after the company president and CEO picked up 10,141 shares, also for a total cost of around $106,000. Going back over the past three years, company insiders, including both executives and directors, have been inclined to be sellers of shares. Overall, insiders at the company own about 2.5 percent of the company. The 3D printing hardware and software company has lost about two-thirds o...

James Breyer, a director atBlackstone (BX), recently picked up 9,326 more shares of the company. The buy increased his holdings by 37 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $1,000,000. This follows from a series of buys from another director over the past four months, totaling just over 10,000 shares. Going back over the past three years, these are the only insider buys at the company, with sales by company executives and insiders occurring on a regular basis. Overall, company insiders own 0.8 percent of shares. Shares of the asset management company are up abou...

John Michel, CFO atHomeStreet Inc (HMST), recently added 3,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just over 5 percent, and came to a total cost of $119,400. He was joined by the company’s CIO, who picked up 1,000 shares for just over $39,000 on the same day. And in the prior week, a company director acquired 27,000 shares. Insiders have largely been notable buyers of shares going back over the past three years, with only a handful of sales. Overall, insiders at the company own 3.8 percent of shares. Shares of the regional bank are down about 10 percent over the past year. T...

Becker Seidman, a director atHome Depot (HD), recently bought 1,500 shares. The buy represents an initial stake for the director, and came to a total cost of just under $432,000. This represents the first insider buy at the company since December 2020. Otherwise, insiders have been regular sellers of shares, although those sales have almost exclusively come from company executives. Overall, insiders own just under 0.1 percent of shares. Shares of the home improvement chain have dropped 9 percent in the past year, slightly underperforming the S&P 500. From its 52-week high of a...

Mark Sopp, an EVP and CFO atKBR Inc (KBR), recently picked up 2,150 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just under 2 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $101,000. This marks the second buy from this CFO in the past six months. Over the past three years, company insiders have been more likely to be sellers than buyers. Overall, company insiders own about 1 percent of shares. The engineering company has seen shares rise about 13 percent in the past year. While the company hasn’t been profitable overall, revenue is up about 17 percent, and shares trade at ...

Kent Schickli, a director atCamping World Holdings (CWH), recently added 10,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 15 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $284,000. This marks the first insider buy of the year. Over the past three years, insider buying has been mixed, with large amounts of insider buying in 2019 and 2020, and less insider activity overall in the past year. Overall, insiders at the company own 4.1 percent of shares. Shares of the recreational vehicle company are down over one-third in the past year. That’s about in-line with the company’s earnings,...

National Amusements Inc, a major holder atParamount Global (PARA), recently added 646,764 shares. The buy increased the company’s stake by just over 2 percent. The company paid just under $21 million to make the buy. This is the first insider activity at the company since the summer of 2020. Over the past three years, company insiders have largely been buyers when there has been insider activity. Overall, company insiders own about 5.4 percent of shares. While shares have lost a quarter of their value, earnings have been cut in half in the past year. But revenue has been flat, and...

James DeFranco, a director atDISH Network Group (DISH), recently picked up 1,250,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by over 154 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $24.3 million. The buy comes a day after another company director picked up 5,000 shares for just over $95,000. Going further back, the last insider buys occurred in July 2019, and company insiders have generally been moderate sellers of shares over the past three years. Overall, insiders at the company own about 14.9 percent of shares. The pay-TV company has seen shares slide nearly 53 percen...