Insider Transactions

Douglas Field, chief EV design officer at Ford Motor Company (F), recently bought 182,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 34 percent, and came to a cost of $2.01 million. This marks the first insider buy since March, when the company’s Executive Chairman spent $4.5 million to buy 267,697 shares. In the past few months, a few company officers have been sellers of shares following the exercise of stock options. Overall, Ford insiders own 0.2 percent of shares. The automaker has seen ...
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Vicenzo Vena, CEO of Union Pacific (UNP), recently bought 4,500 shares. The buy increased his position by a massive 742 percent, and came to a total cost of $999,007. This is the first insider buy at the railroad since October 2022, when a company director bought 1,380 shares, paying just under $260,000. Otherwise, there have been some small insider sales over the past two years. In total, Union Pacific insiders own 0.2 percent of shares. The railroad is up 7 percent over the ...
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Amy Chang, a director at The Walt Disney Company (DIS), recently bought 1,078 shares. The buy increased her stake by 21 percent, and came to a total cost of $99,918. This is the first insider buy at the company in the past two years. Company insiders have been steady sellers, with a mix of sales following the exercise of stock options and regular sales. Overall, Walt Disney insiders own less than 0.1 percent of shares. The media giant is down about 2 percent ...
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Saba Capital Management, a major holder of ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited (ASA), recently added 20,445 shares. The buy increased the fund’s stake by less than 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $313,298. The fund was joined by the company COO, who bought over 10,000 shares in 3 separate transactions over 3 days last week. Those buys totaled over $150,000. There have been no sales by company insiders over the past two years. Overall, ASA Gold insiders own ...
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Kristen Soler, EVP at Advance Auto Parts (AAP), recently bought 1,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by 9 percent, and came to a total cost just under $53,000. This marks the first insider activity since September, when a company director bought 8,670 shares for just under $500,000. And other company directors made a cluster of buys back in June, when AAP traded about $13 per share higher than today’s prices. In total, Advance Auto Parts insiders own 1.1 percent of shares. The ...
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Christopher McCormick, a director at Big Lots (BIG), recently bought 12,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 31 percent, and came to a total cost of $75,480. This marks the first insider activity since June, when two company EVPs and a director bought a combined 23,000 shares. Going further back, the company’s President and CEO was a buyer in May for 51,000 shares. And the last insider sales occurred in April 2022. In total, Big Lots insiders own 3.5 percent of ...
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Lori Lancaster, a director at Vital Energy (VTLE), recently picked up 1,000 shares. The buy increased her stake by 134 percent, and came to a total cost just over $45,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company in the past two years. Company insiders have been sellers of shares over the past two years. That includes the exercise of stock options. Insiders have generally been sellers with shares at prices from $50-89, far higher than where Vital currently trades. Overall, ...
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David Smith, a director at Illinois Tool Works (ITW), recently bought 1,000 shares. The buy increased his position by less than 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $241,790. The director was also the most recent buyer of shares with a 1,390 share buy last September, at a cost of just over $308,000. Otherwise, three company insiders have been sellers this year, all coming from the exercise of stock options. Overall, Illinois Tool Works insiders own 0.3 percent of shares. The ...
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