William Ford, a director atBlackRock (BLK), recently added 3,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 25 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $2.06 million. This marks the first insider buy at the asset management company in the past three years. All other insider transactions have been sales. And those sales have all been by C-suite executives on a fairly steady basis. Overall, insiders at the company own 1.1 percent of shares. Shares of the asset manager are down 15 percent over the past year. Earnings are up 6 percent, and revenue is up 14 percent. While a...

Global Media & Entertainment, a major owner ofiHeartMedia Inc (IHRT), recently added 3,908,826 shares. The buy increased the fund’s stake by just over 17 percent, and came to a total purchase price of  $74.1 million. Company insiders, including directors, C-suite executives, and other major holders, have generally been buyers of shares over the past three years, with only one sale by an institution in October 2021. Overall, company insiders own 2 percent of shares, with institutions owning a further 96 percent of the company. Even with large institutional buying, shares are es...

WindAcre Partnership Master Fund, a major owner ofNielsen Holdings (NLSN), has been buying up shares in recent days. Last week, the company bought over 23 million shares, increasing its holdings to 91,074,000 shares in total. That’s following an earlier buy for just over 31.5 million shares in April. All told, the fund now owns just over 25 percent of the company, and has become the largest shareholder. The buys have occurred as Nielsen has agreed to be bought out by a consortium of private equity players, after first rejecting a lower offer earlier in the year. WindAcre opposes the ...

Robert Quartermain, a director and major holder atDakota Gold Corp (DC), recently picked up 10,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 0.14 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $50,000. The buy comes just a few days after the company President and CEO picked up 12,500 shares, at a price of just under $59,000. That constitutes the only two insider transactions since the company went public just a few weeks ago. Overall, company insiders own 63 percent of shares. The Vancouver-based gold mining company has properties in the Dakotas. Gold’s mixed pricing in th...

Juliana Chugg, a director atDarden Restaurants (DRI), recently added 1,925 shares. The buy represents an initial stake at the company for the director, and came to a total cost of just over $248,000. This represents the first insider buy at the company since a cluster of 12 buys back in April 2020. Over the past two years, company insiders, including both executives and directors, have been consistent sellers of shares instead. Overall, company insiders own just 0.4 percent of shares. Shares of the restaurant chain are down nearly 10 percent over the past year. That’s in spite of ...

Trian Fund Management, a major holder atInvesco (IVZ), recently picked up 3,724,600 shares. The buy increased the fund’s stake by just over 7 percent, and came to a total price of just over $86 million. The buy comes as the fund bought nearly 10 million shares back in March, paying more than $210 million for that stake in total. Going further back, company insiders have been regular sellers of shares. Overall, company insiders at the asset management firm own a scant 1.4 percent of shares. The company has slid 17 percent in the past year, despite a nearly 80 percent increase in ea...

Brad Gerstner, a major owner atConfluent (CFLT), recently added 439,200 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 8.3 percent, and came to a total price of just over $17.1 million. That follows up on two buys he also made in the last month, one for 175,000 shares just over $6.7 million, and one for 201,700 shares for just over $7 million. Going back further, company insiders have been more prone to sell shares. Insiders own just under 0.4 percent of the real-time data streaming platform. As with many other tech names, the company has seen a drop in the past year, with shares down ...

Kevin Sheehan, Interim CEO atDave & Buster’s Entertainment (PLAY), recently added 10,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 6.5 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $405,800. This marks the first insider buy of the year. The CEO was the last buyer of 2021 as well. However, other companies insiders, all C-suite executives, have all been regular sellers of shares going back to 2019. Overall, insiders own about 2.2 percent of the company. Shares of the entertainment company are down about 7 percent over the past year, compared to about an 8 percent gain for the S...

Newtyn Management, LLC, a major holder ofPG&E Corp (PCG), recently added to their position with a 2,400 share buy. The purchase increased their holdings by just under 0.2 percent, and came to a total price of just over $58,000. This is the second buy from the fund this month, following up on another 2,400 share buy. And the fund made a 363,468 share buy in April for over $9.4 million. Two company directors were also small buyers of shares last year. The last insider sales occurred in 2018. Overall, insiders own 21.6 percent of company shares. The regulated utility is up 7 perc...

Paresh Patel, CEO and a major owner atHCI Group (HCI), recently added 1,500 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just over 3 percent, and came to a total price of just under $104,000. This marks the second insider buy of the year, following a buy from the company’s corporate counsel last month. Over the past three years, there’s only been one modest insider sale, and company directors and executives have been regular and steady buyers. Overall, insiders at the company own just over 18 percent of shares. The Florida-based property and casualty insurer has seen shares drop near...