Insider sentiment is turning bearish (30-day S/B Ratio 2.1) as selling outpaces buying by 2.5 to 1 this past week. However, there are still opportunities for investors as we’ve upgraded three stocks, including a waste management company (RSG +N), an energy producer (COP +N), and a computer hardware company (NSIT +1), with insider buying in the latter while it’s near a multi-year […]
Insider Observations Insider trading volume remained light this past week as insiders are busy preparing for upcoming earnings reports and conference calls and giving their stock brokers a break. Insider buying dropped at a faster rate than selling but the sentiment remains neutral – almost 1 sells to 1 buy (which gives us S/B Ratio 1.1). We upgraded 3 stocks, downgraded 3 […]
Insider Observations In those Insider Observations we look not only into weekly insider transactions and current sentiment, but sum up some trends and express our opinion on the rules surrounding 10b5-1 plans, which were implemented in October 2000. This is a short summary of our Highlights report for the US market which we send to […]
Insider Observations The pace of insider buying slowed this past week from 23rd to 27th August 2021, however insider sentiment remains neutral with five sells for every four buy trades. We reviewed far fewer interesting buys, likely a combination of higher stock prices (Russell 2000 +5% on the week, S&P 500 +1.5%), buyer fatigue, early […]
Insider Observation Insiders (senior management and execs trading shares in their companies) in the U.S. are keeping us busy, especially those filling out the green order tickets. We upgraded 19 stocks where we see notable insider activity, with no downgrades. To come up with those 19 newly ranked stocks we analyzed approximately 150 insider purchases […]