Farhad Nanji, a director atPennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), recently added 160,854 shares to his holdings. The buy increased his stake by just over 4 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $10.45 million. This follows up from a buy from the director a week before, in the amount of 282,872 shares, an $18.2 million buy. Going further back, there is a mix of insider buys and sales, with more buys from directors and sales largely from insiders. Overall, insiders own 14.6 percent of the company. Shares of the mortgage servicing company are up a mere 6 percent in the past yea...

Michael Kerr, a director atEOG Resources (EOG), recently bought 50,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 47 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $4.3 million exactly. This marks the first insider buy at the company in the past three years. Company insiders have typically been sellers of shares. The sales have been clustered by company executives, and appears to be based on the exercise of stock options. Company insiders own just 0.4 percent of shares. Those company insiders are missing out, as the stock is up nearly 88 percent over the past year, more than tr...

Sardar Biglari, Chairman & CEO ofBiglari Holdings (BH), recently added 28,966 more shares. The buy increased his stake by 2.25 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $4.62 million. Biglari was the most recent buyer as well with a pickup back in August, before shares traded 40 percent higher. He and other insiders have been active over the past three years, with every transaction involving the pickup of shares. Overall, insiders own 0.5 percent of company shares. Shares of the restaurant holding company have performed about in-line with the S&P 500 over the past year f...

Charles Bunch, a director atMarathon Petroleum Corp (MPC), recently picked up 1,000 more shares. The buy increased his stake by 3.7 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $65,000. This marks the first insider activity since June 2019, when another director bought 12,500 shares. Going back further over the past three years, insiders have generally been buyers, with a few periodic sales from company executives. Company insiders own 0.3 percent of company shares. Shares have surged 56 percent in the past year as energy prices have moved higher following a reboundin...

Sandeep Mathrani, CEO ofWeWork (WE), recently bought 29,600 shares. The buy increased his stake by 1.7 percent, and came to a total price of just over $250,000. This marks the first insider activity since the company went public earlier in the year. Overall, insiders own about 2.3 percent of WeWork, which went public via a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC in October. The work colocation company was originally set to be one of the largest IPOs a few years back, before the company’s unsustainable business model led to the offering being pulled. Shares of this more modest of...

Steven Murray, a director atDraftKings (DKNG), recently picked up 10,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by over 55 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $366,000. This is the third director to buy in as many days, following two other insider buys last week. One director bought 7,000 shares, the other 50,000. All told, company insiders have bought over $2.5 million in recent days, marking the first buys since the firm went public. Overall, insiders own over 7.4 percent of company shares. One of the hottest IPOs of 2020, the current year hasn’t been as kind f...

David Wichmann, a director atBoston Scientific Corp (BSX), recently picked up 25,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 100 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $1.05 million. This action constitutes the sole insider buy of the past three years. Company insiders have largely been sellers, particularly among executives, who are also likely selling off shares acquired as stock options. Overall, company insiders own 0.2 percent of shares. The medical equipment designer and manufacturer has taken a backseat to other companies in the broader healthcare space du...

Keith Koci, an EVP atCleveland-Cliffs (CLF), recently picked up 10,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 5 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $218,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company since May. Overall, company insiders have been regular buyers of shares over the past three years, with some moderate sales by company directors earlier this year and the sale of a stake from a major company back in February. Overall, company insiders own 8.9 percent of company shares. The steelmaker has benefitted from a rally in the commodity space ...

Mark Hickson, a director atFisker (FSR), recently picked up 44,900 shares. The buy increased his stake by 259 percent, and came to a total purchase price just over $983,000. The buy comes a day after another director picked up 11,359 shares, paying nearly $248,000, and the day before that a third director bought 1,175 shares, paying just under $25,000. Prior to that, some company insiders including a major holder, have sold shares. Insiders own roughly 3.2 percent of the electric vehicle company, which went public earlier this year. In the past year, shares are up roughly 31 perce...

Bradford Whitehurst, a director atUSA Compression Partners LP (USAC), recently bought 3,500 shares. The buy represents an initial stake for the director, and came to a total purchase price of just under $52,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company since January, when a company director as well as the President and a Vice President picked up shares. There was also an insider sale in late 2020, otherwise, company insiders haven’t been too active. Overall, company insiders own 48.6 percent of shares. The provider of compression and other services to the oil and natural ga...