$APH.US ranked positive on November 10th, 2023

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 […]

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$TEX.US ranked positive on November 3rd, 2023

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 […]

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$NTRS.US ranked positive on October 26th, 2023

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 […]

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$WLY.US ranked positive on October 20th, 2023

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 […]

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$COTY.US ranked positive on October 9th, 2023

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 […]

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$PAGP.US ranked positive on October 2nd, 2023

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 […]

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$LGND.US ranked positive on September 26th, 2023

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, […]

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$AVGO.US ranked positive on September 20th, 2023

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 […]

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$MIRM.US ranked positive on September 14th, 2023

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 […]

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$NHC.US ranked positive on September 8th, 2023

National Healthcare Corp (+1, NHC US, September 8th) Robert Adams (Chair since 2016, joined 2004) purchased $131,000 worth of stock on September 6th at $65.40, inching his holdings higher to 433,375 shares. This is his first purchase since 2011 when he made a timely purchase, half this size, at $31.76.  We ranked this stock +N on August 11th based […]

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