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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-17 23:41 | 2021-03-15 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Gehring Dean | Officer; EVP & CTO | Gold | SALE | $60.00 | 3,500 | $210,000 | 23,302 | -13.1% |
| 2021-03-16 23:12 | 2021-03-12 | SCL | STEPAN CO | Keiper Jason Scott | Officer; VP & Chief Tech & Sust Officer | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $129.54 | 650 | $84,198 | 2,191 | +42.2% |
| 2021-03-16 23:49 | 2021-03-15 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | Kirkland Scott D | Officer; SVP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $215.38 | 39 | $8,400 | 3,322 | -1.2% |
| 2021-03-16 23:45 | 2021-03-12 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | McCormick Michael C. | Officer; EVP, GC & SECRETARY | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $214.59 | 5,173 | $1,110,074 | 53,711 | -8.8% |
| 2021-03-17 00:17 | 2021-03-16 | ASIX | AdvanSix Inc. | Gramm Christopher | Officer; Controller | Chemicals | SALE | $28.46 | 200 | $5,692 | 40,575 | -0.5% |
| 2021-03-16 23:17 | 2021-03-12 | SCL | STEPAN CO | Stefaniak Debra | Officer; VP, Business Enablement | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $130.69 | 760 | $99,328 | 8,164 | -8.5% |
| 2021-03-17 01:23 | 2021-03-11 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | Parkinson Ray | Officer; SVP - Advanced Engineering | Aluminum | SALE | $124.72 | 1,500 | $187,080 | 8,676 | -14.7% |
| 2021-03-16 19:20 | 2021-03-15 | CMT | CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC | Smith Andrew O | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $11.90 | 2,000 | $23,800 | 57,904 | +3.6% |
| 2021-03-16 00:06 | 2021-03-12 | ASIX | AdvanSix Inc. | Blindenbach Willem L. | Officer; SVP, Integrated Supply Chain | Chemicals | SALE | $28.99 | 3,675 | $106,538 | 29,713 | -11.0% |
| 2021-03-15 18:59 | 2021-03-11 | TSE | Trinseo PLC | Thomas Timothy J | Officer; Vice President | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $73.01 | 3,286 | $239,911 | 7,831 | -29.6% |
| 2021-03-15 23:59 | 2021-03-12 | SANW | S&W Seed Company | Callachor David Thomas | Officer; Executive VP, International | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $3.70 | 3,500 | $12,950 | 32,627 | -9.7% |
| 2021-03-15 23:44 | 2021-03-11 | CF | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | Frost Bert A | Officer; Sr.VP, Sales, Mkt Dev &Sup Chn | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $50.84 | 22,497 | $1,143,741 | 103,296 | -17.9% |
| 2021-03-15 15:19 | 2021-03-12 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Bender Mark Steven | Officer; EVP and CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $94.70 | 15,740 | $1,490,587 | 31,380 | -33.4% |
| 2021-03-16 01:51 | 2021-03-15 | KRO | KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC | NACE ANDREW B | Officer; Executive Vice President | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $14.60 | 750 | $10,950 | 8,725 | +9.4% |
| 2021-03-16 01:19 | 2021-03-12 | USLM | UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS INC | ODISHAW EDWARD A | Director | Building Materials | SALE | $150.00 | 200 | $30,000 | 600 | -25.0% |
| 2021-03-16 01:09 | 2021-03-11 | USLM | UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS INC | BYRNE TIMOTHY W | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Building Materials | SALE | $151.13 | 1,227 | $185,436 | 37,338 | -3.2% |
| 2021-03-15 13:00 | 2021-03-12 | UFPI | UFP INDUSTRIES INC | MISSAD MATTHEW J | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $70.96 | 7,250 | $514,460 | 294,479 | -2.4% |
| 2021-03-16 04:42 | 2021-03-11 | GORO | GOLD RESOURCE CORP | Irvine Richard M | Director | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $2.85 | 20,000 | $57,000 | 50,744 | +65.1% |
| 2021-03-15 17:46 | 2021-03-12 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | MANDRACCHIA STEPHEN P | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.57 | 100,000 | $157,010 | 707,184 | -12.4% |
| 2021-03-13 00:19 | 2021-03-10 | AA | Alcoa Corp | Jones Tammi A | Officer; EVP & CHRO | Aluminum | OPT+S | $31.90 | 6,945 | $221,554 | 6,750 | -50.7% |
| 2021-03-13 02:40 | 2021-03-11 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | Harvey Keith | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Aluminum | SALE | $127.00 | 10,000 | $1,270,000 | 67,886 | -12.8% |
| 2021-03-12 19:05 | 2021-03-11 | TSE | Trinseo PLC | M&G INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $74.97 | 3,000 | $224,910 | 7,671,044 | 0.0% |
| 2021-03-12 23:39 | 2021-03-11 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | Johnson Stephen L | Director | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $219.48 | 800 | $175,584 | 20,631 | -3.7% |
| 2021-03-13 02:39 | 2021-03-10 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | West Neal E | Officer; EVP & CFO | Aluminum | SALE | $119.19 | 400 | $47,676 | 3,067 | -11.5% |
| 2021-03-13 04:14 | 2021-03-11 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | DONNAN JOHN MALCOLM | Officer; Chief Admin Officer and GC | Aluminum | SALE | $125.50 | 6,023 | $755,887 | 22,945 | -20.8% |
| 2021-03-13 01:26 | 2021-03-11 | ODC | Oil-Dri Corp of America | JAFFEE DANIEL S | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman, President and CEO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $37.62 | 4,486 | $168,785 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2021-03-13 00:51 | 2021-03-10 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Gottesfeld Stephen P | Officer; EVP and Chief S&EA Officer | Gold | SALE | $57.72 | 4,000 | $230,880 | 117,140 | -3.3% |
| 2021-03-13 00:42 | 2021-03-10 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Engel E Randall | Officer; EVP, Strategic Development | Gold | SALE | $57.72 | 5,000 | $288,600 | 237,281 | -2.1% |
| 2021-03-13 01:29 | 2021-03-11 | SCCO | SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ | VELASCO GERMAN LARREA MOTA | Director, Officer; Chairman of the Board | Copper | SALE | $78.24 | 91,550 | $7,162,872 | 722,966 | -11.2% |
| 2021-03-12 01:01 | 2021-03-09 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | Charton Jerome | Officer; EVP - SPECIAL INITIATIVES | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $216.10 | 250 | $54,025 | 1,643 | -13.2% |
| 2021-03-12 00:31 | 2021-03-09 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | QH Hungary Holdings Ltd | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.00 | 118,313 | $0 | 4,172,897 | +2.9% |
| 2021-03-12 00:31 | 2021-03-09 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | Gulf Hungary Holding Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.00 | 118,313 | $0 | 4,172,897 | +2.9% |
| 2021-03-12 00:31 | 2021-03-09 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | Gulf Hungary Holding Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.00 | 118,313 | $0 | 101,054 | -53.9% |
| 2021-03-11 17:41 | 2021-03-10 | SCL | STEPAN CO | Rojo Luis | Officer; VP & Chief Financial Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $129.49 | 400 | $51,796 | 4,207 | -8.7% |
| 2021-03-12 01:04 | 2021-03-09 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | Wyant Jill S | Officer; EVP - INNOV & TRANSF | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $214.55 | 2,613 | $560,606 | 10,123 | -20.5% |
| 2021-03-11 20:37 | 2021-03-10 | TSE | Trinseo PLC | M&G INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $72.26 | 8,000 | $578,100 | 7,674,044 | -0.1% |
| 2021-03-12 01:02 | 2021-03-10 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Colonias Karen Winifred | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $108.00 | 10,000 | $1,080,000 | 24,869 | -28.7% |
| 2021-03-11 23:22 | 2021-03-09 | MLM | MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC | Nye C Howard | Director, Officer; Chairman, Pres & CEO | Building Materials | SALE | $337.40 | 20,000 | $6,747,968 | 75,400 | -21.0% |
| 2021-03-12 00:25 | 2021-03-10 | STLD | STEEL DYNAMICS INC | BUSSE KEITH E | Director | Steel | SALE | $49.06 | 8,035 | $394,175 | 1,005,015 | -0.8% |
| 2021-03-11 03:19 | 2021-03-09 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | Sladek Joseph F | Officer; Pres. & GM, Glob. Supply Chain | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $707.43 | 177 | $125,215 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2021-03-11 01:57 | 2021-03-08 | EXP | EAGLE MATERIALS INC | Wentzel Steven L | Officer; President (American Gypsum) | Building Materials | SALE | $129.44 | 3,000 | $388,320 | 13,250 | -18.5% |
| 2021-03-11 03:38 | 2021-03-09 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | IPPOLITO PETER J. | Officer; President, The Americas Group | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $711.87 | 1,726 | $1,228,688 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2021-03-11 03:00 | 2021-03-08 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | CRONIN JANE M. | Officer; SVP - Corporate Controller | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $699.55 | 2,046 | $1,431,277 | 3,124 | -39.6% |
| 2021-03-11 01:38 | 2021-03-08 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | Sewell David B | Officer; President and COO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $697.33 | 21,671 | $15,111,903 | 8,861 | -71.0% |
| 2021-03-11 00:58 | 2021-03-09 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Dankel Roger | Officer; President, Simpson Strong-Tie | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $104.70 | 2,700 | $282,690 | 32,621 | -7.6% |
| 2021-03-11 00:11 | 2021-03-08 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | Shannon Michael J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $258.08 | 953 | $245,949 | 1,540 | -38.2% |
| 2021-03-10 23:24 | 2021-03-08 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | WEDRAL ELAINE R | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $78.55 | 2,000 | $157,090 | 22,906 | -8.0% |
| 2021-03-10 16:33 | 2021-03-09 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Bender Mark Steven | Officer; EVP and CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $92.27 | 25,811 | $2,381,630 | 31,380 | -45.1% |
| 2021-03-11 01:59 | 2021-03-08 | ODC | Oil-Dri Corp of America | JAFFEE DANIEL S | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman, President and CEO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $37.63 | 11,599 | $436,497 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2021-03-11 01:38 | 2021-03-10 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $59.02 | 83,333 | $4,918,639 | 60,048,503 | -0.1% |
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.