James Wainscott, a director atCSX Corp (CSX), recently picked up 10,000 shares. The buy increased his position by nearly 95 percent, and came to a total price of just over $330,000. This marks the first insider buying at the company since the summer of 2020, and the first insider activity of any kind since last October. Otherwise, company directors and executives, have been sellers of shares though the end of last year. Overall, insiders own just over 0.2 percent of the railroad. Shares are essentially flat over the past year, as the stock hasn’t been as volatile as most names on ...

Stephen Luczo, a director atMorgan Stanley (MS), recently bought 25,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 11.8 percent, and came to a total price of just over $1.98 million. This marks the first insider buy at the company since late 2020. Over the past three years, company insiders, including both executives and directors, have generally been regular and consistent sellers of shares. Despite those sales, insiders at the investment bank own 21.8 percent of shares. The stock has pulled back in recent months and is now down 8 percent over the past year. Earnings are down 11 perc...

Howard Schultz, interim CEO ofStarbucks (SBUX), recently added 137,500 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 0.6 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $10 million. This marks the first insider buy at the company over the past three years. Otherwise, company executives and directors alike have been regular sellers of shares of the beverage chain giant. The buy comes following the company’s latest earnings, and as Schultz takes up the CEO role for the third time. Overall, company insiders own a scant 0.2 percent of shares. The stock is down 32 percent over th...

Michael Ancius, a director atFastenal (FAST), recently added 1,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 3 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $51,000. This is the fourth buy from the director this year, who in total has now acquired over 2,100 shares. Going back further, sellers at the company have exceeded buyers over the past three years. Overall, insiders own about 0.2 percent of shares. The distributer of fasteners and other industrial equipment is down about 6 percent over the past year, about in line with the overall market. But with revenue up 20 percent and ea...

Courtney Mather, a director atCaesars Entertainment (CZR), recently bought 16,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by 113 percent, and came to a total price just over $961,000. That follows up on other sizeable insider buys this year. The company CEO bought 10,000 shares in March, and another director bought 13,000 shares on the same day. Since then, the stock is down nearly one-third. Over the past two years, company insiders have been more prone to sell than to buy. Overall, insiders at the casino operator own about 4.5 percent of shares. The stock is down about 45 percent in...

Maria Eitel, a director atCloudflare (NET), recently picked up 15,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by 226 percent, and came to a total price just over $941,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company in the past three years. Company insiders, largely C-suite executives but also some directors, have been sellers of shares regularly over the past three years. Overall, company insiders own about 6.2 percent of shares. The software infrastructure company, best known for cloud-based security solutions, has seen shares decline about 20 percent in the past year, and are d...

Hugh Brown, a director atBrown & Brown (BRO), recently added 1,311 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 3 percent, and came to a total price of just under $79,000. That buy came the same day that two other directors picked up shares as well, with one director picking up 10,000 shares at a cost of $589,000, and the other buying nearly 1,700 shares for just under $100,000. These buys constitute the largest insider activity of the past three years. Otherwise, there’s been a more even mix of company insiders buying and selling shares. All told, company insiders own 16.7 perc...

Enrique Lores, a director atPayPal Holdings (PYPL), recently picked up 1,100 shares. The buy increased his stake by over 26 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $97,000. This follows up on a number of insider buys since late 2021. Company insiders have been exclusively sellers in the two years before that timeframe. The more recent insider buys have included directors and company executives as shares have substantially dropped from their highs. Overall, insiders own 0.2 percent of shares. The stock has shed two-thirds of its value in the past year, as tech names have de...

Randall Paulson, a director atB. Riley Financial (RILY), recently added 10,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by nearly 6 percent, and came to a total price of just under $485,000. This adds to a number of recent insider buys, including multiple buys from the company Chairman and Co-CEO over the past few months. And going back three years, insiders have only been buyers at the company. Overall, company insiders own 36.7 percent of shares. The stock is down nearly 25 percent over the past year, as the company’s investment banking and financial services to high-net-worth ind...

David Zinsner, CFO atIntel (INTC), recently picked up 5,550 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 166 percent, and came to a total price of just over $246,000. The buy comes one day after the company CEO, Patrick Gelsinger, also picked up 5,500 shares, a buy that increased his stake by nearly 4 percent. Insiders last bought shares following the company’s earning in February. And late 2021 saw a flurry of insider buys that bucked the usual trend of tech insiders being big sellers of shares. Despite these strong buys in the past few months, insiders at the chip giant own 0.06 pe...