Barbara Adachi, a director atOld Republic International (ORI), recently bought 2,300 shares. The buy represents an initial stake for the director, and the purchase price came to just over $59,000. This is the second insider buy this month, following a buy from another director, although for just 118 shares. Company insiders have been regular buyers over the past few years, although a few large insider sales have overshadowed those buys. Overall, insiders own 7.6 percent of the company. Shares of the property and casualty insurer are up about 23 percent in the past year, beating ou...

John Ho, CEO atLandsea Homes Corp (LSEA), recently picked up 30,769 shares. The buy increased his holdings by nearly 7 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $274,000. The buy comes following a number of director buys over the past several days. And company insiders have been further bullish on the stock going back into the last year. There have been no insider sales over the past three years. Insiders at the company own 77 percent of shares. Shares of the homebuilder have slid about 9 percent over the past year, even as revenue has risen by 40 percent and earnin...

Richard Boucher, a director atKennedy-Wilson Holdings (KW), recently added 24,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just over 50 percent, and came to a total cost just under $563,000. This marks the first insider transaction of 2022. Going back one year, company insiders have been exclusively buyers, with a few sales going back further. Over the past three years, insider buys have slightly beaten out insider sales. Overall, insiders at the company own about 15 percent of shares. Shares of the real estate development company are up about in-line with the S&P 500 over th...

Ric Fulop, CEO ofDesktop Metal (DM), recently picked up 128,850 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 0.64 percent, and came to a total price just under $526,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company since it went public last year. One company director has been a seller of shares on two occasions over the past two months, otherwise, insiders have been holding their position. Overall, company insiders own just under 17 percent of shares. Shares of the metal 3D printing system company have slid 77 percent over the past year. As with many small-cap companies that went ...

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B), a major holder ofOccidental Petroleum (OXY), recently increased their stake by nearly 30 percent with a 27,107,389 share buy, coming in at just over $1.5 billion. That’s on top of a 61 million share buy earlier in March at a cost of over $3.1 billion, also from the conglomerate managed by Warren Buffett. A number of company directors have been active in the past few weeks, with buys exceeding sales there. Company insiders at the major oil company own about 0.2 percent of shares, with big institutions owning over 75 percent of the stock. Occidental has surge...

Daniel Fisher, President atBall Corporation (BLL), recently picked up 7,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 6.7 percent, and came to a total price just over $601,000. He was joined by a director who picked up 1,362 shares, a purchase that increased her holdings by 91 percent, and came to a total price just over $116,000. This follows up on a number of insider buys over the past few months. Over the past three years, insiders have been more likely to be sellers of shares, particularly going back to 2019. And there was a massive series of insider buying back in August 2021. O...

Micheal Pegram, a director atCaesars Entertainment (CZR), recently picked up 13,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 16 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $895,000. He was joined by the company CEO, who also bought 10,000 shares on the same day. The cost of that buy came to about $714,000. These two buys mark the first time insiders have added shares since late 2019. Otherwise, company insiders have been somewhat regular and steady sellers of shares over the past three years. All told, company insiders own about 4.5 percent of shares. The casino operator h...

Gordon von Bretten, Chief Transformational Officer atCoty Inc (COTY), recently added 38,776 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 26 percent, and came to a total price of just over $302,000. This marks the first insider buy of 2022. Going into the last year, insiders have been both buyers and sellers of shares, with sellers having a big advantage thanks to a large institutional sale. Overall, insiders at the company own over 57 percent of shares. Shares of the cosmetics company are down about 14 percent in the past year, far underperforming the overall stock market. That’s eve...

Virginia Boulet, a director atVelodyne Lidar (VLDR), recently bought 50,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by 417 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $108,500. Another director also made a 5,000 share buy on the same day, for about the same price, doubling his holdings in shares as well. These buys came just two days after a third director also picked up 20,000 shares as well. Otherwise, company insiders and a major owner have largely been sellers of shares since the company went public in 2020. Overall, insiders at the company still own 39.6 percent of shar...

Robert Sarver, Executive Chairman atWestern Alliance Bancorp (WAL), recently added 25,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 2.2 percent, and came to a total price of just over $1.92 million. He was joined by the company’s Vice Chairman, who bought 2,000 shares on the same day, coming to a total price of about $77,770. Company insiders have been active so far this year with a number of buys, but only one sale. Over the past three years, however, insiders have been more likely to be sellers than buyers. Insiders at the regional bank own just over 2.7 percent of shares. Share...