Insider Transactions

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B), a major holder ofOccidental Petroleum (OXY), recently increased their stake by nearly 30 percent with a 27,107,389 share buy, coming in at just over $1.5 billion. That’s on top of a 61 million share buy earlier in March at a cost of over $3.1 billion, also from the conglomerate managed by Warren Buffett. A number of company directors have been active in the past few weeks, with buys exceeding sales there. Company insiders at the major oil company own ...
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Daniel Fisher, President atBall Corporation (BLL), recently picked up 7,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 6.7 percent, and came to a total price just over $601,000. He was joined by a director who picked up 1,362 shares, a purchase that increased her holdings by 91 percent, and came to a total price just over $116,000. This follows up on a number of insider buys over the past few months. Over the past three years, insiders have been more likely to ...
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Micheal Pegram, a director atCaesars Entertainment (CZR), recently picked up 13,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 16 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $895,000. He was joined by the company CEO, who also bought 10,000 shares on the same day. The cost of that buy came to about $714,000. These two buys mark the first time insiders have added shares since late 2019. Otherwise, company insiders have been somewhat regular and steady sellers of shares ...
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Gordon von Bretten, Chief Transformational Officer atCoty Inc (COTY), recently added 38,776 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 26 percent, and came to a total price of just over $302,000. This marks the first insider buy of 2022. Going into the last year, insiders have been both buyers and sellers of shares, with sellers having a big advantage thanks to a large institutional sale. Overall, insiders at the company own over 57 percent of shares. Shares of the cosmetics company are down ...
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Virginia Boulet, a director atVelodyne Lidar (VLDR), recently bought 50,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by 417 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $108,500. Another director also made a 5,000 share buy on the same day, for about the same price, doubling his holdings in shares as well. These buys came just two days after a third director also picked up 20,000 shares as well. Otherwise, company insiders and a major owner have largely been sellers ...
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Robert Sarver, Executive Chairman atWestern Alliance Bancorp (WAL), recently added 25,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 2.2 percent, and came to a total price of just over $1.92 million. He was joined by the company’s Vice Chairman, who bought 2,000 shares on the same day, coming to a total price of about $77,770. Company insiders have been active so far this year with a number of buys, but only one sale. Over the past three years, however, insiders have been ...
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Michelle Sterling, a director atDigital Turbine (APPS), recently added 1,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by 2.6 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $37,000. This marks the first insider buy of the year. Insiders were last active buying shares at higher prices in November and December last year. The buys have been overshadowed by a sale from the company CEO earlier this month. Over the past three years, however, insider buys have exceeded insider sales. Overall, ...
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Sundar Srinivasan, a director atJames River Group Holdings (JRVR), recently added 12,500 shares. The buy increased the director’s stake by 217 percent, and came to a total price of $254,000. Other company insiders have also been buyers recently as well, with another director buying 4,150 shares, one picking up 2,000 shares, and the company President and CEO making a 12,450 share buy. Insiders were last buyers back in November, although at a smaller scale than the current cluster of buys. Over the ...
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