Anthony Jabbour (CEO since 2020) purchased $1 million of stock on the 6th of November at $26.31. This is his first purchase since the IPO in July 2020 when he subscribed for $4.4 million at $22. He only made 3 purchases when CEO at Black Knight but they were well-timed. Bryan Hipsher (CFO since 2020) […]
After seeing a cluster of four directors, the Chairman, a Divisional President, the CEO and CFO all buy shares on September 21st, one of the buyers, Allen Hugli (Director) has made an additional purchase spending $160,000 at $15.97. This is a solid show of confidence from board members and officers, and a mixture of buying […]
Albert Bourla’s sale of $5.5m of stock on the announcement of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine success generated significant headlines as it represented 62% of his equity holding. When ranking stocks a key point we look at is the sale relative to their total holding. In the US executives typically have options that are exercisable to become […]
Gregory Hayes (CEO since 2020, first joined 2003) purchased $3 million of stock on the 28th Oct at US$54.82. This is his first ever purchase and he has been a regular seller, crystalising approx $24 million through option sales (net of the option cost). Thomas Kennedy (Chairman since 2020, previously CEO of Raytheon from 2016 […]
AMG Advanced Metallurgical – (+N, 29-Sep-20) – Heinz Schimmelbusch (Chairman and CEO since 2015) purchased €140,000 of stock on the 25th of September at €13.95. This is his first purchase since 2013 and his record across his 6 previous purchases is strong and he qualifies as a “Smart Buyer”. This trades does come after a […]
Tamara Gustavson (Non-Executive since 2008) purchased $8.1 million of stock on the 10th of September at $217.65. The trade is unusual as it is only her second purchase since 2006 and she had been a regular, material seller between 2006-15. Her only recent previous purchase was for $15 million at $215 in 2016. Ronald Havner […]
Kenneth Ambrecht (Director since 2005) purchased $200,000 worth of stock on September 1st at $66.38, adding to the $440,000 he spent from May-August at prices ranging from $60-65. Despite being on the board for 15 years these are his first open market purchases. John Berding (President of American Money Management Corp, Director since 2012) has […]
Aveva’s announcement of the purchase of OSIsoft is the latest boost to the company’s share price. The shares are now up 40% since we positively rated them on director buying on the 31st of March. This is what we said: Jennifer Allerton (Director since 2013) purchased 5,000 shares on March 31 at £34.52, spending £172,000 […]
FT article was released recently highlighting record insider activity in August 2020, based on data provided by Smart Insider: https://www.ft.com/content/78ed6f29-a8ea-4c46-aba0-556eae378b79
AO World reported a positive trading update yesterday triggering further share price gains. The shares are now up 25% since we positively rated them on CEO buying on 30th of July. This is what we said: John Roberts (Founder and CEO since 2019) purchased £1,490,000 of stock at £1.69 (the trade was in his wife’s […]