testing $MACK.US ranked positive on January 6th, 2022

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 […]

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$HAS.US – ranked positive on April 26th, 2022

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 […]

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$BLK.US – ranked positive on April 19th, 2022

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 […]

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$ET.US – ranked positive on April 11th, 2022

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 […]

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$LCII.US – ranked positive on April 4th, 2022

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 […]

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$LSEA.US – ranked positive on March 29th, 2022

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 […]

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$KZR.US – ranked positive on March 23rd, 2022

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 […]

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$USFD.US – ranked positive on March 17th, 2022

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 […]

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$CZR.US – ranked positive on March 9th, 2022

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 […]

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$CTRA.US – ranked positive on March 2nd, 2022

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 […]

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