Insider Transactions

Ronald Sargent, a director at grocery chainThe Kroger Company (KR), recently bought 3,200 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just under 3 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $101,000. This buy marked the only time a company insider bought shares in 2020. Insiders were generally sellers, with the last insider buy occurring in July 2019. Shares of the chain had a strong year as the grocer benefited from pandemic-related shopping trends. Shares of the grocery chain saw ...
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Russell Ellett, a director atAtlantic Union Bankshares Corp (AUB), has made multiple buys in the past few weeks. On December 29th, he bought 3,000 shares, paying just over $98,000. That follows on a similar 3,000 share buy on the 23rd that cost just over $96,000. It’s the first insider buy at the bank since mid-2018. A number of directors and C-suite executives have been sellers, largely in 2020 at lower prices. Shares of the regional bank, headquartered in Virginia, dropped 14 percent ...
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Michael Berry, an Executive Vice President of Finance atNetApp (NTAP), recently bought 15,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 66 percent. The total cost of the buy came to just over $958,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company in 2020, and the first buy in the last three years. There have been a number of sales, some from directors, with some smaller sells from some C-suite executives. Overall, insiders own just 0.3 percent of outstanding shares of the ...
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John Danhakl, a director atIQVIA Holdings (IQV), recently started a stake at the company with 63,451 shares. The total cost of the buy came to just over $11.2 million. This marks the first buy from a company insider since August. Over the past three years, company insiders have largely been sellers. In 2020, those sales have largely been by major owners and directors, rather than C-suite executives. The healthcare life sciences and diagnostics company has seen shares move about in-line with the ...
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John Holder, a director atGenuine Parts Company (GPC), recently picked up 1,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by nearly 8 percent, and came to a cost of $97,000. Holder also made the second most recent insider transaction with a buy back in October. Another director also picked up shares back in March. Looking to prior years, there have been a number of both insider buys and sells. Overall, insiders own just under 3 percent of shares. Shares of the automobile part company ...
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Michael Hogan, a director atUnited Insurance Holdings Corp (UIHC), recently picked up 24,009 shares, which increased his stake by nearly 20 percent. The trade cost just over $123,000. That’s the second buy from that director in the past month, following a buy at the end of November. He’s also been joined by three other directors and the company’s Chief Claims officer in that timeframe. Overall, insiders own just over 53 percent of the company. The property and casualty insurance firm, which offers ...
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Thomas Wimsett, a director atJack Henry & Associates (JKHY) recently bought 8,900 shares. The buy increased his stake by 37 percent, and came to a total cost just under $1.4 million. This marks the second insider buy of 2020, following a buy from a director back in March. Insiders have generally been sellers of shares, including both executives and directors. As the company is in the technology and IT space, a large number of insider sales isn’t unusual. Shares of the company ...
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Karl Hanneman, a director atGatos Silver (GATO), recently bought 10,000 shares. That increased his holdings by nearly 265 percent, and came to a total price of $97,000. This marks the first insider buy since October, when two other directors, the CFO, and the Chief Administrative Officer bought shares. The silver ore mining company just went public in October, and shares are already up nearly 50 percent from the IPO price. Like most mining operations, the share price will likely move based on ...
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