Insider Transactions

Jeffrey Ubben, a director at Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM), recently picked up 1,000,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 565 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $88.45 million. This is the first buy at the company since last November. So far this year, a few company insiders have been sellers of shares. Over the past three years, there’s been a mix of insider buys and sells, but overall sellers have been slightly greater than buyers. Overall, company ...
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Aaron Ravenscroft, President and CEO of Manitowoc Co (MTW), recently picked up 3,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 1.4 percent, and came to a total price of just under $34,000. The buy comes several days after two directors at the company also picked up shares. Each bought about $25,000 worth of shares at the start of August. That follows up on other buys throughout the year. Over the past three years, company insiders have only bought and never sold ...
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Georges Antoun, Chief Commercial Officer at First Solar (FSLR), recently picked up 9,946 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 36 percent, and came to a total price just under $1 million. He was joined by the company’s Chief Quality Officer, who picked up 489 shares, paying about $50,000 to do so. And earlier in the month, the company CFO picked up nearly 2,000 shares for about $200,000. These mark the only insider buys at the company in the past three ...
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Andrea Ayers, a director at Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), recently added 15,500 shares. The buy increased her holdings by nearly 700 percent, and came to a total price of $1.48 million. This represents the first insider buy at the company in the past three years. Over that time, a number of company executives have been regular sellers of shares. No company directors have been sellers of shares over the past three years. In total, company insiders own about 0.4 percent of ...
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Austin Russell, Chairman and President at Luminar Technology (LAZR), recently bought 25,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just over 3 percent, and came to a total price of $180,000. This is the 9th buy from the President since the company went public last year. The most recent buy was back in May for 300,000 shares, valued at nearly $2.6 million. Only one company director has been a seller of shares since the company went public. Overall, insiders at the company ...
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Randall Paulson, a director at B. Riley Financial (RILY), recently added 52,500 shares to his holdings. The buy increased his stake by nearly 6 percent, and came to a total price of just over $2.7 million. That adds to a number of other insider buys at the company so far this year, from directors and executives alike. Over the past three years, insider buying has handily beat the occasional insider sale. Overall, insiders own 45.4 percent of shares. The financial conglomerate has seen ...
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James Fairweather, an EVP at Pitney Bowes (PBI), recently picked up 4,335 shares. The buy increased his holdings by just over 3 percent, and came to a total cost just under $15,000. The buy comes a few days after the company’s Chief Legal Officer picked up 3,013 shares, at a cost of about $10,000. Going back further, insider buys from directors and executives have far exceeded sales in the past three years. Overall, company insiders own 7.3 percent of shares. The freight and ...
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CD&R Investment Associates, a major holder of Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), recently added 103,931 shares to their holdings. The buy increased the fund’s holdings by 0.7 percent, and came to a total purchase price just under $6 million. This marks the third buy from this fund so far this year. The other two prior buys have also been for about $6 million as well. A few company executives have been modest sellers of shares this year. Overall, company insiders own about 0.5 ...
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