Major fund adds to stake.Crestview Partners, a fund with board seats and major ownership, added to their stake ofWideOpenWest (WOW). The fund bought 18,120 shares, increasing their total stake to over 30,547,000 shares, at a cost of $108,000. Insiders such as the CEO and CFO have also been buyers of the company in the past two years, with most of that buying coming in recent weeks. Insiders have last sold shares of the company back in 2017. WideOpenWest provides cable, telephone, and data services to residential and business customers throughout the United States, with over 3.2 million c...

Bet on continued drop in shares.A number of bearish options trades were made againstFord Motors (F) recently, as the company reported lower-than-expected sales. Of all the options trades, the November 15th $8 puts saw the most action, with over 44,000 contracts trade, for a 63-fold surge in volume from a prior 700 contracts. That bet, expiring in about six weeks, will move in-the-money if shares drop just fifty cents, or about 6 percent from here. Ford announced that its auto sales dropped 4.9 percent, largely on a big drop in demand for its F-Series pickup truck, one of the company’s mo...

Director makes $59 million buy.Charles Heilbronn picked up 243,849 shares ofUlta Beauty (ULTA), increasing his stake by 13 percent to just over 2,087,000 shares. The total cost for the latest purchase, with shares around $240, came to $58,900,000. This marks the second insider buy at the company this year, following a 1,300 shares buy from the CEO in late September. Insiders have otherwise been sellers of the company, at prices 21 to 26 percent higher than the current price. Although shares have rallied in recent weeks, shares of Ulta Beauty are still down 11 percent in the past year, un...

Director makes $675,000 buy.Christopher Kennedy, a director atInterface Inc. (TILE), picked up 49,000 shares of the company, increasing his holdings by 55 percent. The total cost came to just under $675,000, and the director now owns over 136,000 shares. Insiders have been inactive at the company since late 2017, with this marking the first buy at the company. Insiders have previously been net sellers of shares two years ago, at prices 25-35 percent higher than where shares currently trade. Interface is a modular flooring company, which designs, produces and sells modular carpet worldwid...

Major investor on verge of majority stake.CD&R Investment Associates picked up 3.2 million shares ofBeacon Roofing Supply Inc. (BECN). The firm, already a major holder, increased their stake by 30 percent by making the buy. The total cost came out to just over $102 million, and leaves the fund with 13.7 million shares of the company. In the past year, CD&R has picked up over 28 million shares, and corporate insiders have also been net buyers, with only two small sales. Beacon Roofing distributes residential and commercial roofing materials through various suppliers, and also prov...