Parker Hannifin Corp (PH US, +1, May 11th) James Wainscott (Non-Executive since 2009) purchased $809,000 of stock at $269.67 on May 9th, increasing his holding by 20%. This is only his third purchase in more than 10 years and by far his largest. His two previous acquisitions in December 2009 and August 2011 at $54.69 […]
Simmons First National Corp – (SFNC, +1, May 4th) Robert Fehlman (COO since 2021, CFO 2008-2021) purchased $120,000 of stock on the 3rd May at $24.00, increasing his holding by 4%. Despite his long tenure at the company this is only his 2nd ever purchase, his first was very well timed, buying $52,000 of stock […]
Merrimack Pharmaceutical Inc – (MACK, +1, January 4th) Eric Andersen (Non-Executive since 2019) bought $2.8 million of stock on the 30th of December at $10.67, increasing his stake by 20%. The purchases were indirect and on behalf of Western Standard, they now own 11.4% of the outstanding shares. They made a series of purchases into […]
Hasbro Inc – (HAS, +N, April 26th) Christian Cocks (CEO since Jan 2022, joined 2018) purchased $905,000 worth of stock on April 21st at $89.59, increasing his holdings by +18% to 65,945 shares. Cocks was named CEO in January, having joined in 2018, leading the team at Wizards of the Coast. Cocks is replacing interim […]
Blackrock Inc – (BLK, +N, April 19th) William Ford (Director since 2018) purchased 3,000 shares on April 18th at $688, spending $2.1m and increasing his holdings by +25% to 14,915 shares. Ford last purchased shares in October 2018 at $404. He joined the board in 2018 and made four purchases that year, averaging down and […]
Energy Transfer Lp – (ET, +1, Apr 11th) Michael Grimm (Non Executive since 2018) purchased $5.7 million of stock on the 6th April at $11.21, increasing his stake by 263%. This is an extremely unusual large buy relative to both his historic trades in Energy Transfer (he has only made two previous buys, the largest […]
LCI Industries – (LCII, +1, Apr-04) On March 31st, the CEO, Chair and a divisional president all made large purchases around $107 per share, spending a total of $2.4m. We have this stock ranked +N based on a $560,000 purchase from Kieran O’Sullivan (Director since 2015) on March 8th at $112, and with this additional […]
Landsea Homes Group – (LSEA, +1, Mar-29) Qin Zhou (Director since 2021) purchased $183,000 worth of stock from March 17th-25th at $8.90, his first purchase in the shares. John Ho (CEO) purchased $274,000 of stock on March 17th at $8.91, adding to the $507,000 he spent on March 15th at $7.77 which was part of […]
Kezar Life Sciences – (KZR, +N, 23-Mar-22) Franklin Berger (Non-Executive since 2016) purchased $1.3 million of stock at $16.25 on March 21st, increasing his holding by 10%. This is his first open-market purchase and its size is larger than his two previous subscriptions combined in February and June 2020 at $2.60 and $5.50 respectively. He […]
US Foods Holding Corp – (USFD, +1, Mar 17th) Court Carruthers (Director since 2016) purchased $500,000 worth of stock on March 15th at $35.55, his first open-market purchase since joining the board six years ago. The purchase doubles his holdings to 36,779 shares. Cheryl Bachelder (Director since 2018) purchased $207,000 worth of stock on March […]
Caesars Entertainment Inc – (CZR, +1, Mar 9th) Thomas Reeg (CEO since 2019, CFO 2014-2019) purchased $714,000 of stock on the 8th March at $71.38, increasing his holding by 4%. He has an excellent record in the stock, qualifying as a “Smart Buyer”, but his largest previous buy was for only $101,000. The purchase also […]
Coterra Energy Inc – (CTRA, +1, Mar 2nd) Thomas Jorden (CEO since 2021) purchased $1m of stock on the 1st March at $23.26, increasing his stake by 4%. The company was formed through a merger between Cabot Oil & Gas and Cimarex Energy (where Jorden was CEO between 2011-2021) in October 2021. Despite his very […]
Crocs Inc – (CROX, +1, Feb 22nd) Thomas Smach (Chair since 2011) bought $1.1 million of stock on the 17th February at $86.35, increasing his holding by 7%. Despite his very long tenure this is his first ever purchase in the stock, he has also only ever made 1 purchase in his other two roles […]
Newmark Group Inc – (NMRK, +1, Feb 16th) Howard Lutnick (Chair since 2016) purchased $4.8 million of stock on the 14th of February at $17.21, increasing his holding by 2%. He owns 7.3% of the company. This is his first proper purchase in the company since the 2017 IPO (there was a small buy in […]