Insider Transactions

James Kilts, a director at Viatris (VTRS), recently added 27,736 shares. The buy increased his holdings by nearly 75 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $500,000. This is the second insider buy of the year following another purchase from a director in August. There’s also been one sale this year. Insiders have been sellers at higher prices back in 2018 and 2019. The prior insider sales were likely from either Mylan or Pfizer, as those two companies shed ...
Read More

Dennis Zember, President and CEO of Southern National Bank of Virginia (SONA), just increased his holdings by 200 percent. That came as a result of a 100,000 share buy, which cost the CEO just over $1.1 million. Insider data shows that company directors and C-suite executives alike have been buyers over the past three years. There have only been two sales from a major holder, a capital fund and not a director or executive. The Virginia-based bank provides regional banking services at ...
Read More

Wayne Hughes, a major holder at American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), recently added to his stake with a 342,000 share buy. The buy came to just under $10 million, and increased the stake in the company by just under 2 percent. The buy comes as shares of the company have rebounded to all-time highs following a major drop in March. Company executives have been active insider traders the past few months, but entirely on the sell side. Overall, insiders own over 14 ...
Read More

Robin Hayes, a director at KeyCorp (KEY), recently started a stock position with a 2,500 share buy. The purchase cost a total of $40,000. Over the past year, insiders have seen both buyers and sellers. But buyers have held the advantage, thanks to multiple director buys and a 100,000 share purchase from the company President back in April. Over the past three years, insiders have been net sellers, so 2020 has been an outlying year for insider activity. Shares of the regional ...
Read More

Martin Landis, a director at Crown Castle International (CCI) recently bought shares on two consecutive days last week. On December 9th, he picked up 2,100 shares. On December 10th, he bought 1,200 shares. The total cost for those two buys came to just under $540,000. Landis also bought shares in October. Most company insiders have been sellers of shares throughout the year at the cell tower firm. The company, structured as a real estate investment trust, has moved about 16 percent higher ...
Read More

Anna von Bayern, the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Coty (COTY), recently started a stake with a 32,100 share buy. The total price came to just over $232,000. This is the first buy from a company executive in months, but company directors have been active buyers over the past few months. In total, a handful of directors have picked up over 1.1 million shares of the cosmetics company. Overall, insiders own over 62 percent of shares. Shares of the firm have rebounded ...
Read More

Robert Singer, a director at Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), recently added 2,500 shares to his stake. That increased his holdings by 11 percent. The total purchase price came to just over $75,000. That’s on top of another buy made from the director in November of 7,500 shares, which came to just over $226,000. Insiders have generally been sellers in the past year, although that’s occurred at the major shareholder level by firms JAB Holdings and Mondelez International. Despite the large sales, thanks ...
Read More

Michele Hooper, a director at United Airlines Holdings (UAL), recently purchased 1,900 shares. The buy increased her stake by 166 percent. The purchase price for the shares came to just over $93,000. This marks the first insider buy at the airline since mid-2019. Insiders have largely been sellers this year. That includes sales from directors and C-suite executives, even at prices as much as 43 percent lower than where shares trade today. The overall insider track record here is a tough one, ...
Read More