Insider Transactions

Carol Foster, a director atHercules Capital (HTGC) recently bought 3,850 shares. The buy increased her holdings by 30 percent, and came to a cost of just over $50,000. This is the first insider transaction of 2020, and the first insider buy since 2015. Foster previously sold some shares last year at a price near where the stock trades today. Hercules is an investor in early-stage companies, typically with a focus on new technologies. The company is structured as a business development company, ...
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Christian Brickman, President and CEO ofSally Beauty Holdings (SBH), remelt added 11,350 shares to his holdings. The purchase price came to just over $124,000 and increased his total stake by 2.5 percent. This follows a 10,000 share buy from the CEO in August, around the same time a director picked up shares as well. Insiders have been active throughout the year, with insider buys handily beating insider sales at the company. Shares of the cosmetics firm remain down 40 percent over the ...
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SRS Investment Management, a major holder atAvis Budget Group (CAR), added to their stake with a 149,796 share buy. The purchase increased the fund’s stake in the company by 0.8 percent, and came to a total cost of just over $5.36 million. This marks the fund’s first purchase in over two months. Besides being a regular buyer throughout the past few months, a number of directors bought shares in March. Shares of the car rental firm tanked during the pandemic lockdowns, but ...
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Gordon Crawford, a director atLions Gate Entertainment (LGF.B), recently bought 200,000 shares of the company. The buy increased his holdings by 330 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $1.66 million. Insider data shows that company insiders have largely been buyers over the past two years, with only one insider buy back in 2019. Crawford in particular has been the company’s sole insider buyer of shares in 2020. All told, insiders own just over 2 percent of the ...
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Stephen Adams, a director atCamping World Holdings (CWH), recently bought 200,000 shares. The buy increased his total holdings by 400 percent, and came to a cost of just over $4.9 million. That follows on a number of insider buys from the company CEO in September, who paid anywhere from 2 to 15 percent more for the shares that he bought.  Company insiders have been both buyers and sellers over the past year. Overall, the pattern of insiders selling at higher prices and ...
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Jonathan Johnson, CEO atOverstock.com (OSTK), recently bought 1,000 shares of the online retail firm. The buy increased his holdings by just over 1 percent, and cost the company CEO just over $55,000. Insiders have generally been sellers of the company over the past few months, at prices as much as double the current amount or as low as 60 percent below the current price, thanks to the unusual volatility in shares this year. Shares of the retailer started the year around $8 ...
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Ronald Nelson, a director atHanesbrands Inc. (HBI), recently bought 50,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by over 30 percent and came to a total cost of just over $636,000. Insider trends show that this is the first buy from company insiders since August 2019. Insiders have bene sellers so far this year, with a sale in August and one in October. Shares of the company recently sank nearly 20 percent following reasonable earnings but a poor outlook. Overall, shares are down ...
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Alexandre Van Damme, a director atThe Kraft Heinz Company (KHC), recently bought 13.85 million shares of the company. The buy came to just over $420 million, and increased the director’s holdings by over 5,500 percent. The buy comes as 3G Global Food Holdings, a private equity firm and major shareholder, has shed nearly 29 million shares. The past few years have shown similar sales by 3G, with Van Damme picking up some of those shares. To find a non-3G/ Van Damme insider ...
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