Insider Transactions

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B), a major holder of Occidental Petroleum (OXY), has added another 9,551,454 shares. The buy increased the company’s holdings of shares by 6.7 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $529 million. Berkshire has been a regular buyer of shares at the company throughout the year. So as the company President and CEO this year. Insiders have been far more likely to be buyers rather than sellers. Overall, company insiders own about 0.2 percent of shares ...
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Bruce Evans, a director at Analog Devices (ADI), recently picked up 3,650 shares. The buy increased his stake by 3.6 percent, and came to a total price just over $526,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company since last October. Company insiders, including c-suite executives and directors, have been regular sellers of shares of the semiconductor firm over the past three years, with only a few buys from insiders. Overall, insiders at the company own 0.4 percent of shares. Shares of ...
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Michael Henry, CFO at Tilly’s (TLYS), recently picked up 4,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 16 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $29,000. This follows up on a 6,005 share buy from the director a few days before. This marks the first insider buy at the company since September 2020. Insiders were active buyers during the Covid selloff, and then have generally been sellers of shares in the past two years after shares rallied higher. Overall, ...
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Brian Ferraioli, a director at Vistra Corp (VST), recently picked up 8,050 shares. The buy increased his holdings by nearly 12 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $181,000. The buy came three days after the company president and CEO picked up 32,000 shares for just over $547,000. Over the past three years, company insiders have been active as both buyers and sellers, with buyers having a slight edge over that time period. Overall, insiders at the company ...
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Holden Lewis, CFO at Fastenal (FAST), recently added 1,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 12 percent, and came to a total price of just under $50,000. He was joined by another EVP, who also picked up 1,000 shares on the same day for about the same price. This adds to further insider buys in recent months, from company executives and directors alike. Going back over the past three years, there has been a mix of insider buys and ...
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Peter Feld, a director at NortonLifeLock (NLOK), recently picked up 2,500,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 15 percent, and came to a total price of $55.5 million. This marks the first insider buy at the cyber safety solution company since the summer of 2019. Otherwise, company insiders, including both C-suite executives and directors, have been sellers of shares, irrespective of how shares have traded over the past three years. Overall, company insiders own about 0.5 percent of the company. The stock ...
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ValueAct Capital Master Fund, a major holder of Fiserv (FSV), recently added 1,000,000 shares. The buy increased the fund’s holdings by 7.3 percent, and came to a total cost of just under $92 million. Over the past three years, insiders have generally been sellers of shares. That includes both directors and c-suite executives. Funds have tended to be large buyers of shares at the company. Overall, insiders own just over 12.1 percent of the company. Shares of the financial tech services company have ...
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Nanco Falotico, a director at Alliant Energy Corp (LNT), recently added 1,200 shares. The buy increased her stake by 12,000 percent, and came to a total price just over $73,000. This marks the first insider activity since late 2019. Back then, there were a number of insider buys and sells. And going further back, both company directors and executives have been modest buyers and sellers of company shares. Overall, insiders own 0.15 percent of the company. The utility company shed 2 percent over ...
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