Insider Transactions

Daniel Solomita, President and CEO of Loop Industries (LOOP), recently bought 10,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 5 percent, and came to a cost of just over $73,000. He was joined by the company CFO, buying 5,000 shares. Two directors have also been buyers in recent days, each picking up 10,000 shares in the low $8 range. This cluster of insider buying has occurred as shares have been cut nearly in half in the past month. The last insider activity ...
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Ares Trading, already a major holder in Precigen (PGEN), recently added another $25 million investment. At that price, the company was able to pick up 6,758,400 shares. That’s a 32 percent increase to the fund’s stake in the company. The move dwarfs the insider sales in the past month from company insiders. The buy comes as shares of the company have dropped from $15 to under $4 in the past two years. Insiders, including Ares Trading, own over 15 percent of ...
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Timothy Springer, a director and major owner at Selecta Biosciences (SELB), recently bought 3,185,394 shares of the company. That trade came to over $5.4 million. The buy increased his total holdings to just over 16.05 million shares. Another director made a 50,000 share buy at the start of October as well. There have been some insider sales in the past year, but they have been dwarfed by insider buys. Insiders own 17 percent of all shares of the immunogenetics company. Shares of ...
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Richard Anderson, a director at Medtronic PLC (MDT), recently added 4,607 shares. The buy came to a total purchase price of nearly $51,000, and increased the director’s stake by 4.4 percent. This is the second insider buy of 2020, following a buy from the company CEO back in February. Insiders have been a mix of buyers and sellers this year. The share price of the company has held up relatively well in the past year. Although sales and earnings are slightly off ...
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James Filler, a major owner at Century Bancorp (CNBKA), recently added 1,002 shares to his stake. A mere 0.12 percent increase, the $69,000 buy increased his holdings to over 848,000 shares. This follows on top of some small share buys from company executives earlier in the month, although Filler has been the major buyer of shares in the past year. The Massachusetts based-bank has 27 offices in the state. Shares have shed 21 percent in the past year, as the decline in ...
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Dan Hill, a director at NuStar Energy (NS), recently picked up an even 5,000 shares. Paying about $10 per share, the buy came to $50,000. It increased his total holdings to 59,214 shares. This is the first insider buy in six months. Insider buying for 2020 shows a number of insider buys, at prices anywhere from $6 at the March lows to $12. The buys include directors and C-suite executives. Shares have traded between $5 and $30 in the past year at ...
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Harold Hamm, executive chairman at Continental Resources (CLR) recently added 769,235 shares to his holdings. The buy increased his stake to over 296 million shares, and came at a cost of just over $9.7 million. Hamm has been a repeat buyer throughout the year, as have a number of directors and C-level executives earlier in the year. Insiders have bought in a range anywhere from $8 to $16 per share. With shares currently under $13, the price is in the middle of ...
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Rainer Gawlick, a director at Progress Software Corp (PRGS), recently picked up 1,000 shares of the company. That increased his share count by 3 percent. The buy came to just over $32,000. That makes him the third insider to buy this month, following a CEO buy of 2,700 shares, costing just over $101,000. The company CFO also bought shares on October 1st, picking up 2,622 shares and paying just under $99,000. Insiders at the company were net sellers earlier in the year ...
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