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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-21 17:53 | 2019-05-20 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $56.58 | 100,000 | $5,657,600 | 64,131,838 | -0.2% |
| 2019-05-22 00:12 | 2019-05-21 | CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc. | THOMPSON J KENNETH | Director | Gold | BUY | $2.93 | 15,000 | $43,935 | 150,645 | +11.1% |
| 2019-05-22 02:40 | 2019-05-20 | GORO | GOLD RESOURCE CORP | Patterson Gregory A | Officer; VP Corporate Development | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $2.97 | 8,000 | $23,730 | 379,203 | +2.2% |
| 2019-05-21 01:37 | 2019-03-05 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Dankel Roger | Officer; President, Simpson Strong-Tie | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $59.75 | 2,200 | $131,450 | 998 | -68.8% |
| 2019-05-21 04:59 | 2019-05-17 | CC | Chemours Co | Kelliher Susan M. | Officer; SVP, People & Health Services | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $23.06 | 6,500 | $149,878 | 8,693 | +296.4% |
| 2019-05-20 23:15 | 2019-05-17 | ASIX | AdvanSix Inc. | Sansone Daniel F | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $27.37 | 4,000 | $109,480 | 18,861 | +26.9% |
| 2019-05-20 19:44 | 2019-05-16 | OLN | OLIN Corp | MCINTOSH JOHN L | Officer; EVP, Synergies & Systems | Chemicals | SALE | $21.74 | 10,500 | $228,249 | 100,812 | -9.4% |
| 2019-05-20 23:15 | 2019-05-16 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | CALDWELL DONALD R | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $201.65 | 250 | $50,413 | 4,821 | -4.9% |
| 2019-05-21 01:29 | 2019-05-16 | CC | Chemours Co | BELL BRADLEY J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $24.06 | 5,000 | $120,300 | 15,400 | +48.1% |
| 2019-05-21 04:05 | 2019-05-16 | CC | Chemours Co | CRANSTON MARY B | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $23.91 | 1,044 | $24,966 | 33,883 | +3.2% |
| 2019-05-17 17:22 | 2019-05-15 | LIN | LINDE PLC | Lamba Sanjiv | Officer; Executive VP APAC Gases | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $179.21 | 1,900 | $340,499 | 25,579 | +8.0% |
| 2019-05-17 17:21 | 2019-05-15 | LIN | LINDE PLC | Eulitz Bernd Hugo | Officer; Executive VP Americas Gases | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $179.21 | 1,496 | $268,098 | 10,542 | +16.5% |
| 2019-05-17 17:20 | 2019-05-15 | LIN | LINDE PLC | Bruch Christian | Officer; Executive VP Engineering | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $179.21 | 1,474 | $264,156 | 9,932 | +17.4% |
| 2019-05-18 01:50 | 2019-05-17 | IPI | Intrepid Potash, Inc. | Jornayvaz Robert P III | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Exec. Chair, President & CEO | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $3.27 | 25,835 | $84,480 | 18,280,070 | +0.1% |
| 2019-05-17 23:38 | 2019-05-16 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | MIRZAYANTZ NICOLAS | Officer; Group President Fragrance | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $136.73 | 3,472 | $474,740 | 43,358 | -7.4% |
| 2019-05-17 00:07 | 2019-05-14 | SCL | STEPAN CO | Rojo Luis | Officer; VP & Chief Financial Officer | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $87.19 | 200 | $17,438 | 1,600 | +14.3% |
| 2019-05-16 23:52 | 2019-05-15 | THMG | THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD INC | Jones Eric T | Director, Officer; CEO | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.09 | 10,000 | $850 | 3,149,043 | +0.3% |
| 2019-05-16 16:49 | 2019-05-14 | FMC | FMC CORP | DOUGLAS MARK | Officer; President and COO | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $75.12 | 18,500 | $1,389,720 | 47,594 | -28.0% |
| 2019-05-16 23:06 | 2019-05-14 | HUN | Huntsman CORP | Wright Scott J | Officer; Division President | Chemicals | BUY | $20.22 | 4,950 | $100,079 | 33,922 | +17.1% |
| 2019-05-15 17:46 | 2019-05-13 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | Lynch Robert F | Officer; President, Consumer Brands Grp | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $430.54 | 6,984 | $3,006,883 | 7,760 | -47.4% |
| 2019-05-15 21:45 | 2019-05-15 | LONE | Lonestar Resources US Inc. | Bracken Frank D III | Director, Officer; CEO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $3.51 | 3,000 | $10,530 | 204,284 | +1.5% |
| 2019-05-15 23:52 | 2019-05-13 | ALB | Albemarle Corporation | Marlow DeeAnne J | Officer; SVP, Chief HR Officer | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $70.85 | 1,000 | $70,850 | 1,000 | +100.0% |
| 2019-05-16 00:43 | 2019-05-13 | ESI | Element Solutions Inc | Benson Scot | Director, Officer; President & COO | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $10.50 | 20,000 | $210,000 | 160,329 | +14.3% |
| 2019-05-15 23:27 | 2019-05-13 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | Krouse Mark | Officer; VP - Human Resources | Aluminum | SALE | $93.44 | 1,100 | $102,782 | 4,326 | -20.3% |
| 2019-05-15 21:09 | 2019-05-07 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Brissenden Richard W. | Director | Other Precious Metals & Mining | SALE | $1.93 | 26,000 | $50,079 | 4,000 | -86.7% |
| 2019-05-15 22:06 | 2019-05-13 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | Lacy Steven R | Officer; Chief Admin. Officer, GC & Sec | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $29.80 | 29,740 | $886,252 | 32,522 | -47.8% |
| 2019-05-15 22:02 | 2019-05-14 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | Johnson R. Michael | Officer; VP Utility and Industrial Prod | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $29.74 | 1,523 | $45,294 | 203,787 | +0.8% |
| 2019-05-15 23:19 | 2019-05-14 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | MONETTA DOMINIC J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.96 | 5,801 | $11,370 | 110,112 | -5.0% |
| 2019-05-15 22:31 | 2019-05-14 | MTRN | MATERION Corp | KHILNANI VINOD M | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $65.84 | 1,855 | $122,125 | 16,466 | -10.1% |
| 2019-05-15 22:44 | 2019-05-13 | CTRA | Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. | LUSHEFSKI JOHN E | Director | Coking Coal | SALE | $56.64 | 2,750 | $155,760 | 13,725 | -16.7% |
| 2019-05-14 17:37 | 2019-05-13 | UFPI | UFP INDUSTRIES INC | WEBSTER PATRICK M | Officer; President and COO | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $36.22 | 2,809 | $101,742 | 230,259 | -1.2% |
| 2019-05-14 20:30 | 2019-05-10 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | Johnson R. Michael | Officer; VP Utility and Industrial Prod | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $29.32 | 8,577 | $251,453 | 202,264 | +4.4% |
| 2019-05-15 00:56 | 2019-05-14 | AG | FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP | PIPER VINITA LEE | 10% owner | Silver | BUY | $5.93 | 22,055 | $130,786 | 0 | +100.0% |
| 2019-05-13 22:05 | 2019-05-13 | CLF | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | Rychel Eric M | Director | Steel | BUY | $9.70 | 5,000 | $48,500 | 24,845 | +25.2% |
| 2019-05-13 23:17 | 2019-05-09 | HUN | Huntsman CORP | STRYKER DAVID M | Officer; Exec VP, GC and Sec | Chemicals | BUY | $19.62 | 1,000 | $19,615 | 178,930 | +0.6% |
| 2019-05-13 23:12 | 2019-05-09 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | MONETTA DOMINIC J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.90 | 5,000 | $9,500 | 115,913 | -4.1% |
| 2019-05-13 23:59 | 2019-05-09 | CMP | COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC | Fischer Valdemar L | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $52.20 | 2,000 | $104,400 | 2,000 | +100.0% |
| 2019-05-13 23:58 | 2019-05-10 | CMP | COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC | Reece Joseph E | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $53.51 | 1,000 | $53,510 | 1,000 | +100.0% |
| 2019-05-13 23:58 | 2019-05-13 | CMP | COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC | WALKER LORI A | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $52.21 | 700 | $36,547 | 700 | +100.0% |
| 2019-05-13 23:58 | 2019-05-13 | CMP | COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC | Standen James D. | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $52.05 | 692 | $36,019 | 3,000 | +30.0% |
| 2019-05-10 23:57 | 2019-05-08 | HCC | WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. | Williams Stephen D. | Director | Coking Coal | SALE | $28.20 | 34,000 | $958,800 | 9,487 | -78.2% |
| 2019-05-10 17:33 | 2019-05-08 | OLN | OLIN Corp | Sutton Scott McDougald | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $20.71 | 8,000 | $165,678 | 30,000 | +36.4% |
| 2019-05-11 02:07 | 2019-05-09 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | Harvey Keith | Officer; President & COO | Aluminum | SALE | $94.94 | 1,000 | $94,935 | 86,935 | -1.1% |
| 2019-05-11 03:08 | 2019-05-08 | TSE | Trinseo PLC | Keenan Catherine C. | Officer; See Remarks | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $44.56 | 2,082 | $92,772 | 7,997 | -20.7% |
| 2019-05-11 00:06 | 2019-05-08 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | Johnson R. Michael | Officer; VP Utility and Industrial Prod | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $29.09 | 9,900 | $287,967 | 193,687 | +5.4% |
| 2019-05-10 23:56 | 2019-05-10 | MOS | MOSAIC CO | Freeland Clint | Officer; SVP & Chief Financial Officer | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $23.60 | 4,250 | $100,300 | 4,250 | +100.0% |
| 2019-05-10 23:55 | 2019-05-10 | MOS | MOSAIC CO | Isaacson Mark J. | Officer; SVP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec. | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $23.55 | 1,000 | $23,550 | 20,062 | +5.2% |
| 2019-05-10 23:54 | 2019-05-10 | MOS | MOSAIC CO | Koenig Emery N. | Director | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $23.95 | 2,089 | $50,022 | 25,244 | +9.0% |
| 2019-05-10 22:47 | 2019-05-10 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $57.81 | 100,000 | $5,781,260 | 64,231,838 | -0.2% |
| 2019-05-10 00:28 | 2019-05-07 | SCL | STEPAN CO | Rojo Luis | Officer; VP & Chief Financial Officer | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $88.23 | 250 | $22,059 | 1,400 | +21.7% |
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.