Kevin Johnson, a director at Goldman Sachs (GS), recently bought 2,400 shares. The buy is a new stake for the director, and came to a total cost of $1,485,648. That’s the first insider buy since March 2022, when another company director bought 82 shares for just under $30,000. Otherwise, there have been over two dozen insider sales over the past year, including the company CEO and CFO. Most sales have been direct sales, not a result of exercising stock options. Overall, Goldman insiders own 0.5% of shares. The investment bank is up 67% over the past year, amid a market rally and a...

William Giles, a director at Constellation Brands (STZ), recently bought 1,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by a massive 216%, and came to a total cost of $186,390. This marks the first insider buy at the company over the past two years. Insiders have been hefty sellers of shares over the past two years, including the President & CEO, as well as major holders. Most sales occurred at prices at least 30% higher from where shares currently trade. Overall, Constellation Brands insiders own 11.9% of shares. The brewing giant is down 27% over the past year. Consumer tastes ar...

Micah Woolstenhulme, a SVP at United Fire Group (USFC), recently bought 2,500 shares. The buy came to a total cost of $48,003, and increased his stake by 7%. Woolstenhulme was a buyer last year for 1,000 shares. Two company directors were also buyers last year, as well as the company CFO. Two other directors and a major holder were sellers of shares last year, with insider sales slightly exceeding insider buys. Overall, United Fire Group insiders own 18.2% of shares. The property and casualty insurance company is up 24% over the past year, just slightly edging out the overall stoc...

Robert Niblock, a director at Lamb Weston Holdings (LW), recently bought 3,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 13%, and came to a total cost of $182,819. This marks the first buy of 2025. In 2024, Niblock and two other directors were also buyers of shares, with purchases ranging from over $75,000 to $554,000. There were no insider sales in 2024, but there were in 2023, when prices traded more than 40% higher. Overall, Lamb Weston Holdings insiders own about 0.9% of shares. The producer and distributor of potato products shed 46% of its value over the past year. Earnings are...

Jeffrey Brown, a director at Upbound Group (UPBD), recently bought 1,146 shares. The buy increased his stake by 1%, and came to a total cost of $33,245. Brown was the last buyer of shares with a 1,065 share pickup back in October, at a cost of just over $31,000. Three company EVPs were sellers of shares over the past year. Going further back, there was a similar mix of insider buys and sales. Overall, Upbound Group insiders own 11.4% of shares. The parent company of lease-to-own brand Rent-A-Center is down about 10% over the past year. That’s at odds with the company’s operations,...

David Nierenberg, a major holder at Potbelly Corp (PBPB), recently bought 7,600 shares. The buy came to a total of $70,149, and increased his position by less than 1%. Other company insiders, including the CEO, CFO, and COO, were buyers in the past year, usually in amounts ranging from $8,000 to $25,000 at a time. There has been just one insider sale over the past year, from a company SVP who sold 8% of his stake. Overall, Potbelly Corp insiders own 15.2% of shares. The sandwich chain is down 20% over the past year. That’s a bit out of line with a 5% drop in revenues over the past...

Nina Capital Holdings, a major holder of Petmed Express (PETS), recently bought 25,000 shares. The buy increased the fund’s position by 1%, and came to a total cost of $124,375. The fund also made three buys in December, picking up 132,000 shares at a cost of over $700,000. A company director was also a buyer of 60,000 shares last December, paying over $324,000 to do so. Overall, Petmed Express insiders own 16.1% of shares. The online pet pharmacy is down 30% over the past year, far underperforming the rallying market. Operationally, shares have had a mixed year. Revenues decli...

Alexander Merk, COO of ASA Gold & Precious Metals (ASA), recently bought 28,860 shares. The buy increased his stake by 13%, and came to a total cost of $634,720. The buy comes following several other buys in the final weeks of 2024, where the COO paid over $2.1 million for over 100,000 shares. A company director also bought 400 shares in the past few days. There have been zero insider sales at ASA over the past two years. Overall, ASA insiders own 1.1% of shares. The gold and hard asset investment manager is up 47% over the past year, outperforming both gold and traditional go...

Carl Icahn, a major holder of CVR Energy (CVI), recently bought 878,212 shares. The buy increased his stake by 1%, and came to a total cost just over $16 million. Icahn has previously been a seller of shares last year. The most recent sale was for 4.1 million shares last September, raising over $144.3 million. The sale was made at a price about double where he recently bought. Overall, major holders own nearly all of CVR shares. The petroleum and fertilizer producer is down 38% over the past year. Oil prices have been lackluster, and fertilizer prices have also struggled, with ove...

Lynn Bamford, CEO of Curtiss Wright (CW) recently bought 34 shares. The buy increased her stake by less than 1%, and came to a total cost of $10,340. She was one of six recent insider buys, including a pickup from the company’s CFO and COO. Going further back insiders have a more mixed track record, with both buys and sellers, mostly from company executives. That includes prior sales by executives at lower prices than where shares trade today. Overall, Curtiss Wright insiders own 0.7% of shares. The defense contractor’s shares are up about 60% over the past year, far outperforming...