Cascade Investment LLC, a major holder ofRepublic Services Inc (RSG), recently added 362,747 shares. The buy increased the fund’s holdings by 0.33 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $42.5 million. Cascade is best known as the fund owned by billionaire Bill Gates, for his personal holdings outside of Microsoft. The fund last bought nearly a year ago, with a mere 10,055 share buy for about $1 million even. While the fund has been a regular buyer, company insiders have been more likely to be sellers than buyers over the past two years. Overall, company insiders own just u...

Kent Masters, Chairman, President and CEO atAlbemarle Corp (ALB), recently bought 5,241 shares. The buy increased his holdings by over 49 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $1,000,000. He was joined by company president Netha Johnson, who picked up 1,060 shares at a cost of just under $188,000. The buy increased the President’s stake by about 17 percent. Overall, company insiders own just 0.3 percent of company shares. The stock is up about 23 percent in the past year, nearly double the return of the S&P 500 over the same timeframe. The company tends to trade in l...

Jane Scaccetti, a director atPenn National Gaming (PENN) recently added 1,975 shares. The buy increased her stake by over 4 percent, and came to a total price of just over $98,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company in the past year, since the same director picked up 820 shares at a cost of just over $99,000. Otherwise, company directors and executives have been big sellers of shares over the past two years. Overall, insiders own 1.6 percent of the company’s shares. The resort and casino operator with 41 properties in 19 states has seen shares drop by nearly 60 percen...

Harry Sloan, a director atLions Gate Entertainment (LGF.B), recently added 50,000 shares to his holdings. The buy came to a cost of $649,000 exactly. This marks the first insider transaction of the year. Another director was a steady buyer throughout 2021 and 2020, and the last insider sale occurred back in early 2019, so company insiders have generally been buyers of shares at the company. Overall, insiders own just under 2.8 percent of shares. Shares of the entertainment production company are just slightly down over the past year. While unprofitable, shares are valued at about ...

Lawrence Kellner, a director atBoeing (BA), recently added 5,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 200 percent, and came to a total price of just over $1.04 million. This marks the second director buy so far this month, as another director bought 480 shares at a cost of just over $100,000 at the start of the month. Over the past three years, insiders have been more likely to be sellers rather than buyers. Overall, insiders own just under 0.1 percent of the company. Shares of the airline manufacturer are up 4 percent in the past year, underperforming the S&P 500 by abou...

Farhad Nanji, a director atPennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), recently added 95,982 shares. The buy increased his stake by over 2 percent, and came to a total price of just over $5.8 million. The buy came 4 days after he made another buy of 204,018 shares, costing just under $12.5 million. Over the past three years, insider transactions have featured more insider sales, but buys have been more prominent in the past few months. Overall, insiders own 15.3 percent of company shares. Shares of the mortgage servicing company have dropped 7 percent in the past year, likely in part due ...

Edward Ludwig, a director atCVS Health Corp (CVS), recently added 1,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 3.5 percent and came to a total price of just under $106,000. The director was also responsible for the last insider buy at the company last August, with a 3,000 share pickup for just under $239,000. Otherwise, company insiders have largely been sellers at the drugstore chain. Overall, insiders at the company own just under 0.2 percent of shares. The drugstore chain is up nearly 48 percent over the past year, more than triple the return of the S&P 500 in the same t...

Saba Capital Management, a major owner ofSalient Midstream (SMM), recently added 35,636 shares. The buy increased the fund’s holdings by over 1.2 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $261,000. That adds on the fund’s other buys, including another 38,000 shares added earlier in February, as well as nearly 100,00 shares in January and over 100,000 in December alone. Outside of major fund holders, no insiders are recorded owners of the company since it went public. However, institutional investors like Saba own nearly 48 percent of shares. The recently-publicly-la...

Kenneth Phelan, a director atHuntington Bancshares (HBAN), recently added 7,560 shares to his holdings. The buy increased his stake by nearly 14 percent, and came to a total price just under $120,000. The same director also picked up 20,000 shares back in November, at a price similar to where shares trade today. Otherwise, company insiders have more likely been sellers of shares over the past three years. Overall, insiders at the company own just under 0.9 percent of the shares. The regional bank has seen shares rise about 12 percent in the past year, underperforming the S&P 5...

Frank Yeary, a director atPayPal Holdings (PYPL), recently bought 4,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by nearly 15 percent, and came to a total price of just under $500,000. The buy came a day after the company President and CEO also bought shares, buying 7,994 shares at a cost of just under $996,000. Insiders have generally been sellers of shares at the company over the past three years, as is typical of big tech firms, but this adds to recent buying by insiders. Overall, insiders own just over 0.1 percent of company shares. Shares of the payments platform have shed near...