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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-27 19:24 | 2018-02-26 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Teel Lawrence E. | Officer; EVP, Olefins | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $111.86 | 9,351 | $1,046,003 | 2,122 | -81.5% |
| 2018-02-27 19:23 | 2018-02-26 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Bender Mark Steven | Officer; EVP and CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $111.69 | 5,000 | $558,470 | 15,810 | -24.0% |
| 2018-02-28 01:15 | 2018-02-23 | K | KELLANOVA | PILNICK GARY H | Officer; Vice Chairman | Gold | SALE | $67.55 | 4,400 | $297,199 | 56,463 | -7.2% |
| 2018-02-28 01:22 | 2018-02-27 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $68.35 | 50,254 | $3,434,796 | 67,376,584 | -0.1% |
| 2018-02-27 18:45 | 2018-02-26 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | HESSNER CATHERINE | Officer; Senior VP - Human Resources | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $68.24 | 1,382 | $94,308 | 24,910 | -5.3% |
| 2018-02-26 21:56 | 2018-02-22 | THMG | THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD INC | Beckman Paul Albert | Director, 10% owner | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.14 | 1,000,000 | $140,000 | 11,008,645 | +10.0% |
| 2018-02-26 19:54 | 2018-02-22 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Bender Mark Steven | Officer; EVP and CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $110.64 | 2,000 | $221,270 | 20,810 | -8.8% |
| 2018-02-26 18:54 | 2018-02-23 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | Cleminson Ian | Officer; VP & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $68.55 | 2,261 | $154,986 | 22,997 | -9.0% |
| 2018-02-26 18:37 | 2018-02-23 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | Williams David Earl | Officer; GC & Chief Compliance Officer | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $68.54 | 3,142 | $215,353 | 14,516 | -17.8% |
| 2018-02-23 20:13 | 2018-02-22 | PPG | PPG INDUSTRIES INC | GREINDL JEAN-MARIE | Officer; Sr. VP, Arch Ctgs & Pres EMEA | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $115.79 | 9,500 | $1,099,976 | 22,385 | -29.8% |
| 2018-02-24 03:19 | 2018-02-21 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | SIMPSON SHARON H | 10% owner | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $57.78 | 30,374 | $1,754,891 | 4,334,635 | -0.7% |
| 2018-02-24 03:30 | 2018-02-21 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | HOFFMAN JAMES DONALD | Officer; EVP, Chief Operating Officer | Steel | SALE | $92.30 | 5,000 | $461,500 | 30,105 | -14.2% |
| 2018-02-24 03:31 | 2018-02-21 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | Sharkey Andrew G III | Director | Steel | OPT+S | $92.70 | 2,000 | $185,400 | 3,505 | -36.3% |
| 2018-02-23 20:49 | 2018-02-22 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Ederington L. Benjamin | Officer; SVP, GC, CAO and Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $111.45 | 6,942 | $773,665 | 12,045 | -36.6% |
| 2018-02-23 20:45 | 2018-02-22 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Bender Mark Steven | Officer; EVP and CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $110.97 | 4,000 | $443,880 | 22,810 | -14.9% |
| 2018-02-23 17:38 | 2018-02-22 | EMN | EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO | RAISBECK DAVID W | Director | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $101.59 | 4,000 | $406,360 | 21,091 | -15.9% |
| 2018-02-23 23:23 | 2018-02-23 | MTRN | MATERION Corp | Kelley Joseph P | Officer; Vice President, Finance & CFO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | OPT+S | $51.43 | 2,419 | $124,397 | 2,609 | -48.1% |
| 2018-02-23 20:54 | 2018-02-22 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | LUKENS MAX L | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $110.93 | 17,558 | $1,947,756 | 3,280 | -84.3% |
| 2018-02-23 05:59 | 2018-02-20 | CC | Chemours Co | Kirsch Paul | Officer; President, Fluoroproducts | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $50.01 | 13,770 | $688,638 | 49,323 | -21.8% |
| 2018-02-23 00:28 | 2018-02-20 | MERC | MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. | Lauritzen Eric | Director | Paper & Paper Products | SALE | $13.18 | 1,400 | $18,452 | 52,085 | -2.6% |
| 2018-02-22 17:34 | 2018-02-21 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | MCROBBIE IAN MALCOLM | Officer; Senior VP R&T | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $67.04 | 400 | $26,816 | 41,370 | -1.0% |
| 2018-02-22 17:26 | 2018-02-21 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | BOON PHILIP JOHN | Officer; Executive VP Business Ops | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $67.04 | 501 | $33,588 | 34,938 | -1.4% |
| 2018-02-22 02:19 | 2018-02-16 | ACRL | Atacama Resources International Inc. | Swartz Donald Howard | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 1,441,513 | $1,009 | 7,340,848 | +24.4% |
| 2018-02-21 21:57 | 2018-02-20 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | Frias James D | Officer; CFO, Treasurer and EVP | Steel | OPT+S | $68.31 | 39,037 | $2,666,617 | 153,067 | -20.3% |
| 2018-02-22 01:03 | 2018-02-16 | CLW | Clearwater Paper Corp | Gadd Michael S | Officer; Sr. Vice President | Paper & Paper Products | SALE | $37.68 | 5,368 | $202,266 | 11,712 | -31.4% |
| 2018-02-22 01:18 | 2018-02-20 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | MOLLINS GREGG J | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Steel | SALE | $94.89 | 8,990 | $853,061 | 201,895 | -4.3% |
| 2018-02-21 21:59 | 2018-02-20 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | HALL LADD R | Officer; Executive Vice President | Steel | OPT+S | $68.16 | 39,037 | $2,660,926 | 193,850 | -16.8% |
| 2018-02-20 20:28 | 2018-02-15 | HCC | WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. | Richardson Jack K. | Officer; Chief Operating Officer | Coking Coal | SALE | $31.79 | 50,991 | $1,621,004 | 39,225 | -56.5% |
| 2018-02-20 20:27 | 2018-02-15 | HCC | WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. | Chopin Brian M | Officer; Chief Accounting Officer | Coking Coal | SALE | $31.84 | 21,106 | $672,015 | 14,526 | -59.2% |
| 2018-02-21 04:04 | 2018-02-15 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | SIMPSON SHARON H | 10% owner | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $57.58 | 81,655 | $4,701,703 | 4,365,009 | -1.8% |
| 2018-02-21 00:22 | 2018-02-20 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | McKeithan Gebhardt Deborah | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $72.10 | 1,000 | $72,100 | 4,824 | +26.1% |
| 2018-02-20 22:53 | 2018-02-15 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | Chwat Anne | Officer; EVP, GC, & Corp. Sec'y | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $135.32 | 3,000 | $405,960 | 38,393 | -7.2% |
| 2018-02-20 17:22 | 2018-02-16 | OLN | OLIN Corp | BOGUS DONALD W | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $33.07 | 6,000 | $198,397 | 86,618 | +7.4% |
| 2018-02-21 01:07 | 2018-02-20 | MTRN | MATERION Corp | KEITHLEY JOSEPH P | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $50.60 | 8,000 | $404,790 | 11,757 | -40.5% |
| 2018-02-17 00:32 | 2018-02-15 | CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc. | MELLOR ROBERT E | Director, Officer; Chairman (non-executive) | Gold | BUY | $8.48 | 1,000 | $8,477 | 129,995 | +0.8% |
| 2018-02-15 23:39 | 2018-02-14 | FMC | FMC CORP | DOUGLAS MARK | Officer; Pres. Agricultural Solutions | Agricultural Inputs | OPT+S | $84.41 | 10,698 | $903,031 | 60,993 | -14.9% |
| 2018-02-16 01:17 | 2018-02-14 | WOLV | Wolverine Resources Corp. | Haderer Richard Dean | Director, Officer; CEO and CFO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 4,000,000 | $16,000 | 9,000,000 | +80.0% |
| 2018-02-16 00:22 | 2018-02-14 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | Fortanet Francisco | Officer; EVP, Operations | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $141.94 | 603 | $85,590 | 19,391 | -3.0% |
| 2018-02-15 21:22 | 2018-02-14 | MERC | MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. | GANDOSSI DAVID M | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Paper & Paper Products | SALE | $12.79 | 12,000 | $153,533 | 115,714 | -9.4% |
| 2018-02-16 01:09 | 2018-02-14 | MLM | MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC | PEREZ LAREE E | Director | Building Materials | OPT+S | $214.00 | 3,000 | $642,000 | 13,751 | -17.9% |
| 2018-02-16 01:22 | 2018-02-15 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | BROWN HANK | Director | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $71.78 | 2,000 | $143,561 | 24,256 | -7.6% |
| 2018-02-15 04:43 | 2018-02-13 | OLN | OLIN Corp | Shipp Earl L | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $32.01 | 6,500 | $208,083 | 6,500 | +100.0% |
| 2018-02-15 02:19 | 2018-02-09 | RYES | Rise Gold Corp. | Mossman Benjamin | Director, Officer; CEO, President | Gold | BUY | $0.12 | 150,000 | $17,670 | 600,000 | +33.3% |
| 2018-02-14 19:21 | 2018-02-13 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | FERRIOLA JOHN J | Director, Officer; Chairman, President and CEO | Steel | SALE | $64.12 | 14,313 | $917,720 | 320,262 | -4.3% |
| 2018-02-15 01:36 | 2018-02-12 | MMP | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | MEARS MICHAEL N | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Aluminum | SALE | $68.03 | 22,251 | $1,513,822 | 184,222 | -10.8% |
| 2018-02-15 02:36 | 2018-02-14 | MMP | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | MEARS MICHAEL N | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Aluminum | SALE | $68.07 | 1,925 | $131,043 | 186,473 | -1.0% |
| 2018-02-15 00:39 | 2018-02-13 | WDFC | WD 40 CO | FREEMAN MICHAEL L | Officer; Chief Strategy Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $119.58 | 4,861 | $581,278 | 24,193 | -16.7% |
| 2018-02-13 18:34 | 2018-02-09 | EMN | EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO | BOLDEA LUCIAN | Officer; Senior Vice President | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $95.00 | 3,325 | $315,875 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2018-02-13 17:12 | 2018-02-12 | OLN | OLIN Corp | LARRIMORE RANDALL W | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $31.28 | 800 | $25,024 | 3,500 | +29.6% |
| 2018-02-13 02:09 | 2018-02-08 | JCTCF | JEWETT CAMERON TRADING CO LTD | BOONE DONALD M | Director, 10% owner | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $15.00 | 100 | $1,500 | 698,816 | 0.0% |
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.