Live Oak Bancshares Inc (-1, LOB US, December 8th) Steve Smits (Chief Credit Officer since 2015) sold 25,000 shares on December 7th at $35.87, reducing his holdings by -15% to 146,000 shares. This is his first sale since March 2022 and largest since November 2021, both of which were at significantly higher prices ($63 and $94, respectively). […]
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CRH (+1, CRH US, November 28th) Richard Fearon (Director since Dec. 2020) purchased 10,000 shares on November 22nd at US$61.37, spending $614,000 and increasing his estimated holdings by 33% to 40,000 shares. This is his third purchase in the shares this year, his fourth since joining. His prior buys in 2023 were $254,000 in March at […]
Emerson Electric (+1, EMR US, November 15th) William Easter (Director since 2020) purchased $246,000 worth of stock on November 8th at $84.79 in his first purchase since joining the board three years ago. We ranked this stock +N yesterday based on a combined $1 million of purchases from three directors, James McKelvey (Director since 2023; co-founder Block Inc.), Joshua Bolten (Director since 2012), and Arthur […]
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (+1, APD US, November 14th) Siefi Ghasemi (Chair and CEO since 2013) purchased 10,000 shares on November 8th at $252, then another 11,000 shares on November 13th at $264. These purchases add up to $5.4 million and are his first purchases since July 2019 at $227. He has purchased shares on 11 prior occasions, […]
Amphenol Corp (+1, APH US, November 10th) Robert Livingston (Non-Executive Director since 2018) purchased 11,389 shares on November 8th at $84.81, spending a bit more than US$ 1 million, increasing his holding by 25%. His only previous buy was for $1.3m at $65.92 in May 2021 which we ranked as +N as a large first purchase having […]
Terex Corp (+1, TEX US, November 3rd) David Sachs (Non-Executive since 1992) purchased $337,000 of stock on the 31st of October at $44.95, increasing his stake by 2%. He has a good recent record as a buyer and seller, his most recent purchase was in a similar size in March 2020 at $16.23 before reversing and selling […]
Northern Trust Corp (+1, NTRS US, October 26th) 3 insiders bought a total of $1.7m of stock between the 23-25th October at approx $64.50, just a few days after the company announced results on the 18th of October. Michael O’Grady (Chair and CEO since 2018) bought $1.3m of stock, increasing his stake by 6% in his first-ever purchase […]
John Wiley & Sons Inc (+N, WLY US, October 20th) Matthew Kissner (Interim President and CEO since Oct 2023, Group Executive Vice President 2019-2021, Chairman 2015-2019, Non Executive 2003-2015) purchased $502,000 of stock on the 19th October at $30.33, increasing his holding by 90%. He was recently appointed as Interim President and CEO but has been involved in […]
Coty Inc (+1, COTY US, October 9th) Isabelle Parize (Non-Executive since 2020) purchased $211,000 of stock on the 4th of October at $10.29, increasing her holding by 57%. She has made a series of successful purchases into rising prices, buying stock at $6.13 in November 2020, $6.60 in February 2021, and $8.90 in May 2021 and it’s encouraging to […]
Plains Gp Holdings Lp (+1, PAGP US, October 2nd) Willie Chiang (CEO and Chair since 2020, joined 2015) purchased $1 million worth of stock on September 28th at $16.24, increasing his holdings by +20% to 378,704 shares. We ranked this stock +N in May based on a similar size purchase from him at $13.25, that […]
Ligand Pharmaceutical Inc (+N, LGND US, September 26th) Todd Davis (CEO since 2022; Director since 2007) made his largest purchase, spending $238,000 on September 22nd at $59.38 and increasing his holdings by +4% to 73,090 shares. Davis has made two prior purchases, in August 2019 at $58 and in August 2011 at $7, both when he was a director, […]
Broadcom Inc (+1, AVGO US, September 20th) Harry You (Director since 2019) purchased 1,000 shares on September 15th at $859, spending $860,000 and increasing his holdings by +40% to 3,510 shares. This is his first open market purchase in the shares and is more than twice what he has received in prior sales, the last of which was […]
Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc (+1, MIRM US, September 14th) Patrick Heron (Director since Nov. 2018) purchased $257,000 worth of stock on September 12th at $30.44. The purchase is indirect Frazier Life Sciences Healthcare, a private equity and venture capital firm where Heron has been a GP since 1999. Heron/Frazier Life, spent $3.9 million two weeks ago on […]