Martin Birmingham, President and CEO atFinancial Institutions Inc (FISI) recently picked up 1,000 additional shares. The buy increased his holdings by just under 1 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $31,000. That follows on a buy for 637 shares made two days before by the company CFO. That came to a total purchase price of just under $20,000. Company insiders have been steady buyers in small amounts over the past three years, with no insider sales. Overall, insiders own about 2 percent of company shares. Financial Institutions is a regional bank in the upstate ...

Bruce Strohm, a director atSmartRent (SMRT) recently picked up 10,000 shares. The buy represents an initial stake for the director, with no prior shares owned. The total value of the shares came to just over $122,000. This represents the first insider transaction since the company went public in late August. Overall, company insiders still own 16 percent of shares. The smart home and smart building technology platform recently went public via SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company. Since going public, shares have returned a scant 4 percent. As an early-stage company, the fir...

Kerri Anderson, a director atAbercrombie & Fitch (ANF), recently picked up 1,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by nearly 3 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $35,000. This is the second buy in recent weeks, following a 700 share buy from another director in August. Overall, company insiders have been more active on the sell side before these buys, which have occurred as shares have slid in recent weeks. Overall, company insiders own about 1.7 percent of shares. Shares of the retailer are about 25 percent off their 52-week highs, but are still up ove...

Russell Burke, a director atGlobal Self Storage (SELF) recently picked up 1,800 shares. The buy increased his stake by just over 8 percent, and came to a total price of just over $23,000. This follows up on 5,000 shares bought by the company President and CEO over the two prior weeks. Over the past 3 years, insiders have only bought shares with no sales. Overall, insiders own just over 10.3 percent of the company. Shares of the small cap owner of self-storage units have slightly beaten the market in the past year. Strong real estate trends likely helped move shares higher. Revenue...

Alvin Libin, a major owner atRiley Exploration Permian (REPX), recently bought 4,814 additional shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 0.3 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $96,000. Libin has been a major buyer throughout the past month, with three additional purchases in August, totaling nearly 35,000 shares. Going further back, there has been more of a mix of insider buys and sells, with buying overall exceeding insider sales. Overall, company insiders own nearly 43 percent of the company. The independent oil and natural gas company has risen over ...

Carol Davidson, a director atFMC Corporation (FMC), recently picked up 1,500 shares. The buy increased her stake by nearly 50 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $140,000. She was joined by the company CEO, who bought shares last week, picking up 1,1100 shares at a price of nearly $100,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company since late 2018. Otherwise, company insiders have been steady sellers of shares. Overall, company insiders own 0.7 percent of shares. Shares of the agricultural sciences company are down about 15 percent over the past year, fa...

Hubert Joly, a director atRalph Lauren Corp (RL), recently bought 8,400 shares. The buy increased his stake by 47 percent, and came to a total price of just over $990,000. This marks the first insider buy since last October. Overall, insiders have been sellers of shares on a regular basis, with few insider buys on a regular basis. Company insiders own about 1.1 percent of the company. Insiders who have been selling are missing out. Shares are up 72 percent over the past year, more than double the return of the S&P 500. With revenues up 182 percent in the same timeframe, shares po...

John Rutherford, a director atEnterprise Products Partners LP (EPD), recently bought 10,000 more shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 26 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $222,000. This is the first insider buy in nearly a month. Overall, company insiders have been buyers of shares with just one small exception over the past three years back in 2019. In total, company insiders own about 32.5 percent of shares. Shares of the partnership are up about in line with the S&P 500 index over the past year. Structured as a partnership, shares pay an out...

Loan Le Duy, a director atCree Inc. (CREE), recently bought 1,000 more shares. The buy increased the holdings by nearly 6 percent, and came to a total price of just under $85,000. That marks the second insider buy of the year, also from the same director. Overall, insiders have been sellers of shares over the past 2 years, with insiders last buying in late 2019. Overall, insiders own about 0.5 percent of company shares. The manufacturer of semiconductors and light emitting diodes, is up 43 percent over the past year. The company has been deeply unprofitable, although revenue is up...

Arik Ruchim, a director atSix Flags Entertainment Corp (SIX), recently bought 100,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 1.2 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $3.8 million. This follows a buy from the day before by the company president and CEO, who bought 13,200 shares. That buy came in at just under $500,000. Prior insider activity over the past year had previously been all sales until these buys. Overall, company insiders own about 2 percent of shares. The theme park operator has seen shares rise 108 percent over the past year, largely coming off of s...