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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-13 19:36 | 2020-11-11 | SYNL | Ascent Industries Co. | Schauerman John P. | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $5.44 | 20,000 | $108,800 | 20,000 | +100.0% |
| 2020-11-14 00:07 | 2020-11-11 | MTX | MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC | MONAGLE DJ III | Officer; Group President | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $60.04 | 14,662 | $880,306 | 60,793 | -19.4% |
| 2020-11-13 18:38 | 2020-11-11 | VHI | VALHI INC /DE/ | GRAHAM ROBERT D | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Chemicals | BUY | $13.38 | 70 | $937 | 2,086 | +3.5% |
| 2020-11-14 01:14 | 2020-11-11 | FCX | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC | WHITMIRE C DONALD JR | Officer; VP & Controller Financial Rptg | Copper | OPT+S | $19.41 | 27,100 | $526,100 | 4,785 | -85.0% |
| 2020-11-14 00:40 | 2020-11-11 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Engel E Randall | Officer; EVP, Strategic Development | Gold | SALE | $64.31 | 5,000 | $321,550 | 274,341 | -1.8% |
| 2020-11-14 00:40 | 2020-11-11 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Gottesfeld Stephen P | Officer; EVP and Chief S&EA Officer | Gold | SALE | $64.31 | 4,000 | $257,240 | 122,944 | -3.2% |
| 2020-11-14 00:34 | 2020-11-12 | AVNT | AVIENT CORP | Kunkle Lisa K. | Officer; SVP Gnrl Counsel & Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $34.51 | 12,042 | $415,596 | 67,200 | -15.2% |
| 2020-11-13 01:15 | 2020-11-10 | EXP | EAGLE MATERIALS INC | Wentzel Steven L | Officer; President (American Gypsum) | Building Materials | OPT+S | $90.00 | 16,351 | $1,471,590 | 19,750 | -45.3% |
| 2020-11-13 01:26 | 2020-11-11 | ALB | Albemarle Corporation | Crawford Raphael Goszcz | Officer; President, Catalysts | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $118.43 | 14,580 | $1,726,709 | 13,639 | -51.7% |
| 2020-11-12 18:16 | 2020-11-10 | OLN | OLIN Corp | FLAUGHER BRETT A | Officer; VP & Pres, Winchester | Chemicals | OPT+S | $21.78 | 8,000 | $174,216 | 30,507 | -20.8% |
| 2020-11-13 02:03 | 2020-11-10 | CC | Chemours Co | Snell E Bryan | Officer; President, Titanium Tech | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $22.29 | 28,341 | $631,721 | 141,891 | -16.6% |
| 2020-11-12 21:47 | 2020-11-10 | OEC | Orion S.A. | Winkhaus Hans Dietrich | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $15.01 | 4,816 | $72,288 | 4,000 | -54.6% |
| 2020-11-12 15:36 | 2020-11-10 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | Utermark D. Chad | Officer; Executive Vice President | Steel | SALE | $51.70 | 11,570 | $598,169 | 163,961 | -6.6% |
| 2020-11-13 01:00 | 2020-11-09 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | Harvey Keith | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Aluminum | SALE | $70.00 | 1,500 | $105,000 | 71,576 | -2.1% |
| 2020-11-13 03:08 | 2020-11-09 | TMQ | Trilogy Metals Inc. | Sanders Elaine | Officer; VP and CFO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $1.75 | 25,000 | $43,750 | 1,476,874 | -1.7% |
| 2020-11-13 00:17 | 2020-11-09 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | Bindra Jagjeet S. | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $79.97 | 3,198 | $255,745 | 9,853 | -24.5% |
| 2020-11-12 15:07 | 2020-11-11 | WLKP | Westlake Chemical Partners LP | WOELFEL RANDY | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $18.57 | 1,000 | $18,570 | 11,000 | +10.0% |
| 2020-11-12 17:39 | 2020-11-09 | LIN | LINDE PLC | Menezes Eduardo F | Officer; Executive VP EMEA Gases | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $263.12 | 23,256 | $6,119,175 | 70,307 | -24.9% |
| 2020-11-13 00:51 | 2020-11-10 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | Perkins Jerry F Jr | Officer; Senior Vice President | Building Materials | SALE | $137.25 | 3,000 | $411,750 | 5,220 | -36.5% |
| 2020-11-12 18:17 | 2020-11-10 | OLN | OLIN Corp | Slater Todd A | Officer; VP & CFO | Chemicals | OPT+S | $22.16 | 13,000 | $288,080 | 87,751 | -12.9% |
| 2020-11-12 17:36 | 2020-11-09 | LIN | LINDE PLC | ANGEL STEPHEN F | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $262.91 | 56,000 | $14,722,960 | 257,887 | -17.8% |
| 2020-11-13 00:35 | 2020-11-10 | MTX | MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC | CIPOLLA MICHAEL | Officer; VICE PRESIDENT | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $62.63 | 5,992 | $375,279 | 28,225 | -17.5% |
| 2020-11-12 16:59 | 2020-11-09 | CMT | CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC | PALOMAKI ERIC | Officer; EVP,Operations | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $10.11 | 1,000 | $10,105 | 88,190 | +1.1% |
| 2020-11-13 03:26 | 2020-11-12 | SCCO | SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ | VELASCO GERMAN LARREA MOTA | Director, Officer; Chairman of the Board | Copper | SALE | $54.36 | 111,127 | $6,040,864 | 2,922,967 | -3.7% |
| 2020-11-13 03:24 | 2020-11-11 | SCCO | SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ | VELASCO GERMAN LARREA MOTA | Director, Officer; Chairman of the Board | Copper | SALE | $54.16 | 9,250 | $500,980 | 3,034,094 | -0.3% |
| 2020-11-13 03:22 | 2020-11-10 | SCCO | SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ | VELASCO GERMAN LARREA MOTA | Director, Officer; Chairman of the Board | Copper | SALE | $54.16 | 1,600 | $86,656 | 3,043,344 | -0.1% |
| 2020-11-13 03:21 | 2020-11-09 | SCCO | SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ | VELASCO GERMAN LARREA MOTA | Director, Officer; Chairman of the Board | Copper | SALE | $55.51 | 50,020 | $2,776,610 | 3,044,944 | -1.6% |
| 2020-11-10 19:02 | 2020-11-09 | EMN | EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO | BOLDEA LUCIAN | Officer; Executive VP | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $89.99 | 1,000 | $89,994 | 12,184 | -7.6% |
| 2020-11-11 01:48 | 2020-11-09 | AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | Lannon Sean M. | Officer; SVP & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $28.50 | 8,775 | $250,088 | 18,664 | -32.0% |
| 2020-11-11 00:23 | 2020-11-06 | ALB | Albemarle Corporation | Tozier Scott | Officer; EVP & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $111.22 | 34,883 | $3,879,848 | 53,528 | -39.5% |
| 2020-11-11 03:01 | 2020-11-09 | MTX | MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC | Meek Thomas J | Officer; Senior Vice President | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $61.54 | 11,807 | $726,620 | 72,180 | -14.1% |
| 2020-11-11 03:02 | 2020-11-09 | MTX | MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC | DIETRICH DOUGLAS T | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $61.46 | 11,856 | $728,634 | 85,424 | -12.2% |
| 2020-11-10 18:34 | 2020-11-06 | EMN | EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO | Costa Mark J | Director, Officer; CEO & Board Chair | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $86.95 | 33,000 | $2,869,324 | 298,655 | -10.0% |
| 2020-11-10 18:05 | 2020-11-06 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Chao Albert | Director, Officer, 10% owner; President & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $72.99 | 55,148 | $4,025,280 | 427,656 | -11.4% |
| 2020-11-10 15:01 | 2020-11-06 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Bender Mark Steven | Director, Officer; EVP and CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $74.79 | 1,600 | $119,671 | 27,882 | -5.4% |
| 2020-11-11 01:13 | 2020-11-10 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $63.32 | 83,333 | $5,276,479 | 60,715,171 | -0.1% |
| 2020-11-11 00:20 | 2020-11-09 | ALB | Albemarle Corporation | NARWOLD KAREN G | Officer; EVP, Chief Admin Officer | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $118.69 | 24,859 | $2,950,482 | 41,429 | -37.5% |
| 2020-11-11 00:37 | 2020-11-09 | SVBL | SILVER BULL RESOURCES, INC. | Barry Timothy T. | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 319,000 | $0 | 319,000 | +100.0% |
| 2020-11-10 00:39 | 2020-11-06 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | McCormick Michael C. | Officer; EVP, GC & Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $199.16 | 7,647 | $1,522,969 | 58,012 | -11.6% |
| 2020-11-10 00:36 | 2020-11-06 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | Shanley Michael Patrick | Officer; Sr. VP, Operations | Steel | SALE | $112.24 | 3,787 | $425,053 | 28,501 | -11.7% |
| 2020-11-10 01:31 | 2020-11-05 | UAN | CVR PARTNERS, LP | PYTOSH MARK A | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $0.64 | 100,000 | $64,000 | 205,932 | +94.4% |
| 2020-11-10 01:03 | 2020-11-05 | SCL | STEPAN CO | STEPAN F QUINN JR | Director, Officer; Chairman, President & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $120.04 | 12,281 | $1,474,181 | 197,744 | -5.8% |
| 2020-11-09 22:57 | 2020-11-05 | MMP | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | Joung Chansoo | Director | Aluminum | BUY | $35.32 | 20,000 | $706,486 | 40,280 | +98.6% |
| 2020-11-10 02:19 | 2020-11-06 | SCCO | SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ | VELASCO GERMAN LARREA MOTA | Director, Officer; Chairman of the Board | Copper | SALE | $55.04 | 63,780 | $3,510,451 | 3,094,964 | -2.0% |
| 2020-11-07 01:34 | 2020-11-04 | PPG | PPG INDUSTRIES INC | Schaupp William E | Officer; VP and Controller (PAO) | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $134.66 | 3,850 | $518,451 | 2,183 | -63.8% |
| 2020-11-06 19:40 | 2020-11-04 | EMN | EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO | BOLDEA LUCIAN | Officer; Executive VP | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $83.57 | 1,000 | $83,570 | 13,184 | -7.1% |
| 2020-11-06 21:07 | 2020-11-05 | MERC | MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. | Wallace Alan C. | Director | Paper & Paper Products | BUY | $6.74 | 6,000 | $40,440 | 14,000 | +75.0% |
| 2020-11-06 23:34 | 2020-11-04 | FMC | FMC CORP | Volpe Vincent R JR | Director | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $103.85 | 14,926 | $1,550,016 | 47,652 | -23.9% |
| 2020-11-06 19:54 | 2020-11-05 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Bender Mark Steven | Officer; EVP and CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $73.99 | 24,996 | $1,849,439 | 29,482 | -45.9% |
| 2020-11-06 19:38 | 2020-11-05 | NG | NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC | Lang Gregory A. | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Gold | OPT+S | $11.30 | 95,641 | $1,080,743 | 8,485 | -91.9% |
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.