Basic Materials
Exclusive insider sentiment analysis for the Basic Materials sector. Track real-time Director purchases and institutional money flow to identify high-conviction opportunities before the market reacts.
| Filing Date | Trade Date | Ticker | Company Name | Reporting Person | Relationship | Industry | Type | Price | Qty | Total, $ | Owned After | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-26 18:18 | 2019-05-29 | VBIO | RANGE IMPACT, INC. | LoConti Joseph E. | 10% owner | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.17 | 234,000 | $39,757 | 4,711,651 | +5.2% |
| 2021-08-25 23:21 | 2021-08-24 | FMC | FMC CORP | DOUGLAS MARK | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $90.57 | 1,100 | $99,624 | 48,855 | +2.3% |
| 2021-08-25 22:29 | 2021-08-23 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | GARCEAU MARY L | Officer; SVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $306.33 | 2,589 | $793,088 | 8,670 | -23.0% |
| 2021-08-24 20:47 | 2021-08-24 | STLD | STEEL DYNAMICS INC | Shaheen Gabriel | Director | Steel | SALE | $71.25 | 6,500 | $463,125 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2021-08-24 23:19 | 2021-08-20 | SMID | SMITH MIDLAND CORP | SMITH RODNEY I | Director, 10% owner | Building Materials | SALE | $19.08 | 3,300 | $62,967 | 597,510 | -0.5% |
| 2021-08-23 23:05 | 2021-08-20 | ALTO | Alto Ingredients Inc. | NATHAN GILBERT E | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $4.45 | 6,000 | $26,700 | 410,296 | +1.5% |
| 2021-08-24 00:03 | 2021-08-23 | ORGN | Origin Materials, Inc. | RICHARDSON KAREN A | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $6.06 | 20,000 | $121,286 | 20,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-08-23 18:10 | 2021-08-20 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $66.38 | 83,332 | $5,531,878 | 59,131,838 | -0.1% |
| 2021-08-24 00:31 | 2021-08-19 | LODE | Comstock Inc. | Drozdoff Leo M | Director | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $2.75 | 17,000 | $46,750 | 323,240 | +5.6% |
| 2021-08-20 23:12 | 2021-08-18 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | Will David | Other | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $243.85 | 119 | $29,018 | 1,014 | -10.5% |
| 2021-08-21 00:21 | 2021-08-19 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | Mulhere Timothy P | Officer; EVP & PRES - GLOBAL INST | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $221.35 | 23,071 | $5,106,798 | 18,967 | -54.9% |
| 2021-08-20 23:31 | 2021-08-18 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | HOCKEMA JACK A | Director | Aluminum | SALE | $122.26 | 3,000 | $366,778 | 18,993 | -13.6% |
| 2021-08-19 19:57 | 2021-08-17 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Ladd-Kruger Anna Man-Yue | Officer; CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $1.04 | 10,000 | $10,400 | 50,000 | +25.0% |
| 2021-08-19 23:34 | 2021-08-17 | SYNL | Ascent Industries Co. | Hutter Christopher Gerald | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $10.89 | 4,990 | $54,321 | 110,158 | +4.7% |
| 2021-08-19 23:29 | 2021-08-18 | SYNL | Ascent Industries Co. | Rosenzweig Benjamin L | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $10.76 | 5,000 | $53,800 | 38,256 | +15.0% |
| 2021-08-20 00:11 | 2021-08-18 | AMR | Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. | Fessenden Elizabeth Anne | Director | Coking Coal | BUY | $36.00 | 125 | $4,500 | 8,284 | +1.5% |
| 2021-08-19 23:32 | 2021-08-17 | SYNL | Ascent Industries Co. | Schauerman John P. | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $10.98 | 10,000 | $109,800 | 66,366 | +17.7% |
| 2021-08-19 23:05 | 2021-08-18 | OMEX | ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC | Barton Laura Lionetti | Director, Officer; Chief Business Officer | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $5.87 | 1,250 | $7,338 | 5,000 | +33.3% |
| 2021-08-19 23:30 | 2021-08-18 | KBLB | Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. | Thompson Kimberly Kraig | Director, Officer, 10% owner; CEO & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.00 | 36,938 | $0 | 203,357,609 | 0.0% |
| 2021-08-19 23:25 | 2021-08-17 | SMID | SMITH MIDLAND CORP | SMITH RODNEY I | Director, 10% owner | Building Materials | SALE | $19.02 | 31,559 | $600,151 | 600,810 | -5.0% |
| 2021-08-18 23:29 | 2021-08-13 | NNUP | NOCOPI TECHNOLOGIES INC/MD/ | FEINSTEIN MICHAEL | Director, Officer; Chairman of the Board | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.22 | 50,000 | $10,750 | 1,317,741 | -3.7% |
| 2021-08-19 02:42 | 2021-08-17 | ORGN | Origin Materials, Inc. | Riley Richard J. | Director, Officer; Co-CEO and Director | Chemicals | BUY | $5.59 | 40,000 | $223,752 | 229,668 | +21.1% |
| 2021-08-18 21:10 | 2021-08-16 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | CRONIN JANE M. | Officer; SVP - Corporate Controller | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $308.22 | 7,722 | $2,380,075 | 10,086 | -43.4% |
| 2021-08-19 02:49 | 2021-08-16 | SNES | SenesTech, Inc. | Leach Jacob Steven | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $1.53 | 150,000 | $228,765 | 150,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-08-19 03:04 | 2021-08-17 | ORGN | Origin Materials, Inc. | SIM Boon | Director, 10% owner | Chemicals | BUY | $5.38 | 50,000 | $269,100 | 50,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-08-18 23:21 | 2021-08-16 | FF | FutureFuel Corp. | Bedell Donald C. | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $8.18 | 20,000 | $163,500 | 88,650 | +29.1% |
| 2021-08-18 22:34 | 2021-08-17 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | COLEMAN BRIAN F | Director, Officer; President, CEO | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $2.89 | 25,000 | $72,250 | 520,019 | +5.1% |
| 2021-08-17 23:17 | 2021-08-16 | OEC | Orion S.A. | Painter Corning F. | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $17.20 | 30,000 | $516,000 | 446,631 | +7.2% |
| 2021-08-17 23:35 | 2021-08-13 | SMID | SMITH MIDLAND CORP | SMITH RODNEY I | Director, 10% owner | Building Materials | SALE | $19.03 | 200 | $3,805 | 632,369 | 0.0% |
| 2021-08-16 22:16 | 2021-08-12 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | SLATE MARYEMILY | Officer; Executive Vice President | Steel | SALE | $123.00 | 5,169 | $635,787 | 51,715 | -9.1% |
| 2021-08-16 21:25 | 2021-08-12 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | GILLIGAN THOMAS P | Officer; SVP-Human Resources | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $302.87 | 9,780 | $2,962,069 | 20,910 | -31.9% |
| 2021-08-16 23:08 | 2021-08-12 | ALTO | Alto Ingredients Inc. | NATHAN GILBERT E | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $4.99 | 25,000 | $124,700 | 404,296 | +6.6% |
| 2021-08-16 17:30 | 2021-08-13 | UFPI | UFP INDUSTRIES INC | Benton Patrick M. | Officer; Pres, UFP Construction, LLC | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $75.46 | 16,728 | $1,262,295 | 98,027 | -14.6% |
| 2021-08-17 01:48 | 2021-08-13 | SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | Gates Katherine T | Officer; SVP, Chief Legal Officer & Chi | Coking Coal | OPT+S | $7.40 | 19,883 | $147,035 | 74,367 | -21.1% |
| 2021-08-16 21:53 | 2021-08-13 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | Keller Michael D | Officer; Vice Pres. and Corp. Contro | Steel | SALE | $127.40 | 3,431 | $437,109 | 25,919 | -11.7% |
| 2021-08-16 23:32 | 2021-08-12 | EXP | EAGLE MATERIALS INC | Powers David B | Director | Building Materials | SALE | $154.07 | 12,000 | $1,848,857 | 28,603 | -29.6% |
| 2021-08-13 23:46 | 2021-08-11 | EXP | EAGLE MATERIALS INC | Haack Michael | Officer; President and CEO | Building Materials | OPT+S | $153.50 | 11,888 | $1,824,808 | 77,320 | -13.3% |
| 2021-08-13 23:13 | 2021-08-13 | ALB | Albemarle Corporation | Norris Eric | Officer; President, Lithium | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $237.26 | 4,017 | $953,073 | 12,793 | -23.9% |
| 2021-08-13 23:00 | 2021-08-11 | BMIX | Atlas Lithium Corp | Fogassa Marc | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chief Executive Officer | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $0.01 | 442,400 | $4,866 | 194,397,670 | -0.2% |
| 2021-08-13 18:53 | 2021-08-12 | EMN | EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO | Costa Mark J | Director, Officer; CEO & Board Chair | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $115.30 | 45,000 | $5,188,500 | 265,381 | -14.5% |
| 2021-08-13 23:36 | 2021-08-11 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Gottesfeld Stephen P | Officer; EVP and Chief S&EA Officer | Gold | SALE | $58.80 | 4,000 | $235,200 | 97,140 | -4.0% |
| 2021-08-14 00:00 | 2021-08-11 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | WOLFORT DAVID A | Director, Officer; Senior Advisor | Steel | SALE | $31.12 | 13,225 | $411,562 | 391,045 | -3.3% |
| 2021-08-13 23:12 | 2021-08-13 | ALB | Albemarle Corporation | NARWOLD KAREN G | Officer; EVP, Chief Admin Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $235.09 | 8,811 | $2,071,350 | 20,870 | -29.7% |
| 2021-08-13 23:10 | 2021-08-11 | TMQ | Trilogy Metals Inc. | WALTERS DIANA J | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | OPT+S | $2.03 | 5,000 | $10,150 | 10,000 | -33.3% |
| 2021-08-12 19:55 | 2021-08-11 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | Behr Allen C | Officer; Executive Vice President | Steel | SALE | $123.28 | 6,103 | $752,370 | 42,688 | -12.5% |
| 2021-08-13 00:08 | 2021-08-10 | MP | MP Materials Corp. / DE | McKnight Andrew A. | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $38.17 | 150,000 | $5,726,145 | 485,638 | -23.6% |
| 2021-08-13 00:00 | 2021-08-11 | TMST | Metallus Inc. | WESTBROOKS KRISTOPHER R | Officer; EVP, Chief Financial Officer | Steel | OPT+S | $16.76 | 15,000 | $251,388 | 140,350 | -9.7% |
| 2021-08-12 23:26 | 2021-08-10 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | Laininger Dieter | Officer; SVP, Managing Director - APAC | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $255.05 | 2,811 | $716,946 | 5,303 | -34.6% |
| 2021-08-12 23:24 | 2021-08-11 | CMC | COMMERCIAL METALS Co | Smith Barbara | Director, Officer; Chairman, President & CEO | Steel | SALE | $34.91 | 25,000 | $872,695 | 564,073 | -4.2% |
| 2021-08-12 23:23 | 2021-08-10 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | BERQUIST JOSEPH A | Officer; SVP, GL SPEC BUS & CSO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $256.00 | 3,437 | $879,872 | 12,688 | -21.3% |
Strategic Analysis
Analyzing insider transactions within the Basic Materials sector provides critical insights into institutional sentiment. When multiple executives across different companies in the same industry exhibit similar buying patterns (cluster buying), it often signals an upcoming sector-wide recovery or undervalued market conditions.
Regulatory Transparency
Our platform tracks SEC Form 4 filings in real-time. We differentiate between routine option exercises and open-market purchases to give you a clear view of "Skin in the Game". Understanding the roles of Directors vs. 10% Owners helps prioritize signals that carry the most predictive weight.
UNDERSTANDING THE DATA
FILING DATE: The date and time when the transaction was reported to the SEC. This is when the public first receives the information.
TRADE DATE: The actual day the insider executed the purchase or sale in the market.
INDUSTRY: The specific market sector the company operates in. Useful for identifying broader institutional capital flows across sectors.
OWNED AFTER: The total number of shares held by the insider following the transaction. This highlights the insider's remaining conviction in the company.
CHANGE %: The percentage increase or decrease of the insider's total position. Large percentage changes often carry more weight than the dollar amount alone.
TRADE TYPES DEFINITIONS
BUY: An open market purchase. Typically indicates an insider's belief that the stock is undervalued or poised for growth.
SELL: An open market sale. While often used for diversification or liquidity, large or unexpected sales can be a warning signal.
OPT+S (OPTION EXERCISE & SALE): This occurs when an insider exercises their stock options and sells them immediately. Often part of a structured compensation plan.