CD&R Investment Associates IX, a major owner ofBeacon Roofing Supply (BECN), recently added 116,945 shares to their holdings. The buy increased the fund’s stake by over 0.8 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $6 million. This marks the first insider buys since August, when the company CEO and CFO bought shares, with the CFO buying nearly $100,000 in shares and the company CEO nearly $245,000. Going farther back, insiders were more likely to be sellers. Company insiders own just 0.6 percent of company shares, but institutions like CD&R have nearly locked up the floa...

The Abdiel Qualified Master Fund, a major owner ofCricut Inc (CRCT), recently added 42,558 shares to its holdings. The buy increased the fund’s ownership by 0.23 percent, and came to a total price of just over $1.1 million. The fund has been a repeat buyer over the past few months, picking up nearly 900,000 shares since the start of September. A number of company insiders have been sellers prior to these repeat buys. Overall, company insiders own nearly 15 percent of the company. The creativity platform has seen shares rise 53 percent since going public in the past year, beating t...

Julie Doyle, a director atBank of the James Corp (BOTJ) recently picked up 1,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by over 8 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $16,000. A number of other directors and a company Treasurer also bought shares, albeit in the few hundred share range. Over the past three years, insiders have been exclusively buyers of shares on a regular basis. Overall, company insiders own just over 13 percent of the regional bank. Shares of the bank are up nearly 70 percent in the past year thanks to the strong economic rebound. The bank trades at a slig...

Christopher Reynolds, a director atParamount Gold Nevada Corp (PZG), recently picked up 4,600 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 15 percent, and came to a total price of just under $4,000. This marks the second insider buy this month, following a 2,000 share buy from another director back on October 1. Insiders have been buyers going further back over the past three years, with no insider sales. Overall, company insiders own 19.5 percent of shares. The gold exploration company has seen shares slide about 19 percent over the past year. It’s also been about a year since g...

Patrick Gelsinger, CEO atIntel (INTC), recently picked up 10,000 shares of the company. The buy increased his stake by nearly 21 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $995,000. He was joined by a number of company directors, one of whom picked up 20,000 shares totaling just under $2 million. The smallest director buy in this latest cluster was for 5,000 shares, coming in at just under $250,000. This is a solid show of strength from company management following the stock’s recent dive since its last earnings report. However, company insiders still own a mere 0.07 pe...

Julie Anderson, CFO atTexas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), recently added 4,000 shares to her holdings. The buy increased her stake by just over 6 percent, and came to a total price of just under $242,000. She was joined by a director on the same day who picked up 1,000 shares, valued at just under $60,000. And a director bought last week, picking up 5,000 shares, at a cost of just over $300,000 in a cluster of insider buying. Overall, there’s been just one insider sale over the past two years, amid a growing number of insider buys at far higher prices and in a far larger amount. Overall...

Gary Gladstein, a director atMueller Industries (MLI), recently picked up 11,399 additional shares. The buy increased his stake by over 9 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $544,000. This is the first insider buy at the company since February. A number of company insiders have been regular sellers of shares, including both directors and the company CEO over the past three years, even as shares have trended higher. At present, company insiders own 2.8 percent of shares. The metal fabrication company creates a number of alloys and products using copper, brass, aluminum,...

Robert Niblock, a director atLamb Weston Holdings (LW), recently bought 2,500 shares. The buy increased his stake by 27.5 percent, and came to a total price of $141,000. The buy came just a few days after another director bought 5,000 shares, increasing his holdings by 32 percent and at a cost of just under $279,000. The buys come a few months after the company President and CEO made the last insider sale. Overall, insiders own just over 1 percent of the company. Shares of the manufacturer of packaged goods, mostly in frozen potato products, are down nearly 20 percent over the past y...

William Rogers, CEO ofTruist Financial Corp (TFC), recently picked up 67,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 7 percent, and came to a total price of just over $4.14 million. This marks the first insider buy at the bank since July 2020. Otherwise, company insiders have been regular sellers of shares, even as the bank’s price has risen in the past year. The last cluster of insider buying occurred in early-to-mid 2020, amid the covid bear market. Insiders own 0.3 percent of the company overall. The bank has performed well in the past year, with shares up 44 percent, bea...

Martin Wygod, a director atForian Inc (FORA), recently added 9,002 shares to his stake. The buy increased his holdings by 3.6 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $90,000. This is the third buy from the director in the past month, including a 3,700 share buy in early October, and an 11,844 share buy in September. Other directors have also been buyers throughout the year. Overall, company insiders own nearly 43 percent of shares. Shares of the predictive analytics software company for the cannabis industry have dropped over 50 percent since going public back in ...