Insider Transactions

Richard Ledgett, a director atM&T Bancorp (MTB) recently bought 390 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 11 percent, and came to a total cost of $61,000. This marks the first insider buy at the bank since last July. Over the past two years, company directors and executives have been regular sellers of shares since then, largely through the exercise of stock options. Company insiders own 0.5 percent of shares. The regional bank is down 14 percent over the past year, as rising ...
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Patrick Gelsinger, CEO atIntel (INTC), recently bought 9,700 shares. The buy increased his stake by 2 percent, and came to a total cost just over $249,000. That’s the first buy in nearly a month, following a 9,050 share pickup from the company CFO, which came to a cost of about $251,400 when it was made. Overall, company insiders have been steady and active buyers in the past year, with only one small insider sale. Overall, insiders at the chipmaker own 0.1 percent ...
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David MacLennan, a director atCaterpillar (CAT), recently bought 400 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 12 percent, and came to a total cost of $99,716. The director was the last buyer of Caterpillar shares back in May. Otherwise, company insiders have been sellers of shares, mostly from the exercise of stock options. The sales have included both directors and executives. Overall, company insiders own 0.15 percent of shares. The farm machinery company is up 28 percent in the past year, as revenues ...
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Daniel Schulman, President and CEO atPayPal Holdings (PYPL), recently bought 26,065 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 7 percent, and came to a total cost of $1.99 million. This marks the first insider buy since last May, when the company’s Chief Product Officer bought 7,370 shares, at a cost of $597,000. There have been three small sales since. Going back further, insider buying and selling has been more mixed, even when shares traded far higher than today. Overall, company insiders own ...
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R.A. Walker, a director atConocoPhillips (COP), recently added 6,000 shares. The buy increased the director’s holdings by 27 percent, and came to a total cost of $627,000. The same director was the last buyer of shares back in August 2021, with an initial stake of 22,500 shares, which cost just over $1.24 million. Otherwise, company directors and executives alike have largely been steady sellers of the stock, mostly on the exercise of stock options. Overall, insiders own a scant 0.14 percent of ...
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Gary Kelly, a director atLincoln National Corp (LNC), recently bought 7,169 shares. The buy came to a total cost of just over $200,000, and increased the director’s stake by 239 percent. Another director made a 3,000 share buy in November, paying about $10 more per share, and paying just over $112,000. Otherwise, company insiders have been modest sellers of shares over the past three years, including the company CEO and CFO. Overall, insiders own about 0.6 percent of the life insurance company’s ...
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Denise Morrison, a director atVisa (V), recently added 455 shares. The buy increased her holdings by 8 percent, and came to a total cost of $84,096. This marks the first insider buy at the company in the past three years. Generally, company executives have been regular sellers of Visa shares as their stock options have vested. A few directors have been modest sellers of shares at times as well. Overall, insiders own about 0.2 percent of shares. The credit card provider has seen ...
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Ruth Porat, a director atBlackstone (BX), recently bought 336 shares. The buy increased her stake by 1 percent, and came to a total cost just over $32,300. The director was also the most recent buyer of shares with a 20,000 share buy in December, shelling out just over $1.67 million. One company director exercised options since, and one company insider sold some shares earlier this month, but generally insiders haven’t been too active at the company. Overall, company insiders own 0.7 percent ...
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