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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-03 23:15 | 2017-10-02 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Palmer Thomas Ronald | Officer; EVP, COO | Gold | SALE | $37.35 | 1,250 | $46,688 | 88,112 | -1.4% |
| 2017-10-03 21:31 | 2017-09-28 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | SIMPSON PSB FUND | Other | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $49.23 | 72,424 | $3,565,115 | 1,223,427 | -5.6% |
| 2017-10-03 02:56 | 2017-10-02 | PAH | Element Solutions Inc | FRANKLIN MARTIN E | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.00 | 6,478,855 | $0 | 10,449,987 | -38.3% |
| 2017-10-03 02:57 | 2017-10-02 | PAH | Element Solutions Inc | ASHKEN IAN G H | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.00 | 227,857 | $0 | 227,880 | -50.0% |
| 2017-10-02 20:57 | 2017-09-27 | PENC | Nano Magic Inc. | BERMAN RONALD J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $1.53 | 900 | $1,380 | 250,141 | +0.4% |
| 2017-10-02 23:05 | 2017-09-28 | SMID | SMITH MIDLAND CORP | SMITH RODNEY I | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman, CEO and President | Building Materials | SALE | $7.90 | 2,000 | $15,800 | 739,798 | -0.3% |
| 2017-09-29 23:15 | 2017-09-27 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | Nieman Jan | Officer; VP/GL - Grease, FP, GS, Mktg. | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $150.00 | 1,000 | $150,000 | 13,636 | -6.8% |
| 2017-09-30 02:31 | 2017-09-28 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | HOCKEMA JACK A | Director, Officer; CEO | Aluminum | SALE | $102.67 | 9,000 | $924,064 | 70,913 | -11.3% |
| 2017-09-28 23:00 | 2017-09-26 | MERC | MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. | KELLOGG PETER R | 10% owner | Paper & Paper Products | BUY | $11.40 | 125,000 | $1,425,000 | 275,000 | +83.3% |
| 2017-09-28 18:22 | 2017-09-26 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | Hyde Leslie S | Officer; VP, Risk Management, Deputy GC | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $45.00 | 1,810 | $81,450 | 18,117 | -9.1% |
| 2017-09-28 02:04 | 2017-09-25 | SYNL | Ascent Industries Co. | Privet Fund Management LLC | 10% owner, Other | Chemicals | BUY | $11.84 | 38,140 | $451,662 | 1,017,023 | +3.9% |
| 2017-09-28 02:20 | 2017-09-25 | MERC | MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. | LEE JIMMY S H | Director, Officer; Executive Chairman | Paper & Paper Products | SALE | $11.02 | 25,000 | $275,375 | 2,115,548 | -1.2% |
| 2017-09-26 18:50 | 2017-09-22 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Guerard Sylvain | Officer; SVP, Exploration | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 11,000 | $0 | 11,000 | +100.0% |
| 2017-09-27 00:10 | 2017-09-22 | SNES | SenesTech, Inc. | Mayer Loretta Powers | Director, Officer; CEO & Chief Scientific Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.79 | 6,000 | $10,740 | 396,658 | -1.5% |
| 2017-09-26 18:49 | 2017-09-22 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Iaboni Andrew | Officer; Vice President, Finance | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 4,400 | $0 | 9,058 | +94.5% |
| 2017-09-26 18:49 | 2017-09-22 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Diges Carmen L | Officer; General Counsel | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 75,000 | $0 | 75,000 | +100.0% |
| 2017-09-26 18:47 | 2017-09-22 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Stubina Nathan | Officer; Managing Director | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 65,000 | $0 | 92,280 | +238.3% |
| 2017-09-26 23:37 | 2017-09-22 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Elinesky Andrew Louis | Officer; Sr. VP & CFO | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 9,000 | $0 | 14,000 | +180.0% |
| 2017-09-26 18:45 | 2017-09-22 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Quick Simon Tyler | Officer; Vice President - Projects | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 4,500 | $0 | 4,500 | +100.0% |
| 2017-09-26 18:44 | 2017-09-22 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Brissenden Richard W. | Director | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 10,000 | $0 | 30,000 | +50.0% |
| 2017-09-26 18:47 | 2017-09-22 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Stein Michael Leon | Director | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 78,022 | $0 | 522,892 | +17.5% |
| 2017-09-26 21:14 | 2017-09-25 | MTX | MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC | MONAGLE DJ III | Officer; Senior Vice President | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $70.03 | 25,639 | $1,795,415 | 33,866 | -43.1% |
| 2017-09-26 20:42 | 2017-09-22 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | Hyde Leslie S | Officer; VP, Risk Management, Deputy GC | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $43.00 | 1,800 | $77,400 | 19,927 | -8.3% |
| 2017-09-26 23:40 | 2017-09-25 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Lawson Scott P | Officer; EVP & Chief Technology Officer | Gold | SALE | $37.85 | 5,000 | $189,250 | 51,696 | -8.8% |
| 2017-09-25 22:49 | 2017-09-22 | XPL | SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP. | HERALD CHRISTOPHER E | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.69 | 3,000 | $2,058 | 1,526,000 | +0.2% |
| 2017-09-25 16:37 | 2017-09-21 | PENC | Nano Magic Inc. | BERMAN RONALD J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $1.53 | 1,867 | $2,848 | 249,241 | +0.8% |
| 2017-09-22 23:15 | 2017-09-20 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | Nieman Jan | Officer; VP/GL - Grease, FP, GS, Mktg. | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $145.00 | 1,000 | $145,000 | 14,636 | -6.4% |
| 2017-09-22 23:45 | 2017-09-18 | SMID | SMITH MIDLAND CORP | SMITH RODNEY I | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman, CEO and President | Building Materials | SALE | $7.50 | 3,000 | $22,500 | 741,798 | -0.4% |
| 2017-09-21 23:44 | 2017-09-19 | VGZ | VISTA GOLD CORP | ENGELE JOHN F | Officer; Senior VP - CFO | Gold | SALE | $0.78 | 25,000 | $19,503 | 352,541 | -6.6% |
| 2017-09-22 00:16 | 2017-09-20 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Dorward-King Elaine J | Officer; EVP, S&ER | Gold | SALE | $38.27 | 10,250 | $392,268 | 82,114 | -11.1% |
| 2017-09-21 18:09 | 2017-09-20 | XPL | SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP. | HERALD CHRISTOPHER E | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.69 | 3,000 | $2,070 | 1,523,000 | +0.2% |
| 2017-09-21 17:32 | 2017-09-19 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | HAYNES VICTORIA F | Director | Steel | SALE | $55.16 | 2,500 | $137,912 | 33,573 | -6.9% |
| 2017-09-21 00:58 | 2017-08-14 | ACRL | Atacama Resources International Inc. | Webb William D. Jr. | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.09 | 3,150,000 | $267,750 | 5,150,000 | +157.5% |
| 2017-09-21 00:37 | 2016-07-01 | ACRL | Atacama Resources International Inc. | Finch Daniel | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chief Operating Officer | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.01 | 11,591,000 | $170,388 | 21,266,000 | +119.8% |
| 2017-09-20 22:56 | 2016-03-05 | ACRL | Atacama Resources International Inc. | Swartz Donald Howard | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.03 | 2,795,497 | $95,047 | 3,128,831 | +838.6% |
| 2017-09-20 22:28 | 2017-09-18 | MERC | MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. | LEE JIMMY S H | Director, Officer; Executive Chairman | Paper & Paper Products | SALE | $10.88 | 25,000 | $271,928 | 2,140,548 | -1.2% |
| 2017-09-21 03:13 | 2017-09-14 | WDFC | WD 40 CO | REMBOLT JAY | Officer; Vice President Finance & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $112.00 | 579 | $64,848 | 37,471 | -1.5% |
| 2017-09-20 00:40 | 2017-09-15 | CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc. | Spurbeck Mark | Officer; VP, Finance & CAO | Gold | SALE | $9.25 | 9,500 | $87,875 | 115,194 | -7.6% |
| 2017-09-20 00:17 | 2017-09-18 | SCL | STEPAN CO | PACHOLEC FRANK | Officer; Vice President R&D | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $81.60 | 1,500 | $122,400 | 48,597 | -3.0% |
| 2017-09-19 16:46 | 2017-09-15 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | MIRZAYANTZ NICOLAS | Officer; Group President Fragrance | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $143.56 | 1,232 | $176,866 | 43,809 | -2.7% |
| 2017-09-18 21:37 | 2017-09-14 | CBT | CABOT CORP | Kalkstein Hobart | Officer; Senior Vice President | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $53.39 | 3,881 | $207,207 | 23,855 | -14.0% |
| 2017-09-18 13:30 | 2017-09-15 | CLF | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | GONCALVES LOURENCO | Director, Officer; Chairman, President & CEO | Steel | BUY | $7.11 | 100,000 | $711,230 | 3,586,970 | +2.9% |
| 2017-09-19 00:15 | 2017-09-14 | MMP | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | Selvidge Jeff R | Officer; Senior Vice President | Aluminum | SALE | $70.64 | 5,000 | $353,200 | 19,653 | -20.3% |
| 2017-09-18 16:51 | 2017-09-14 | PENC | Nano Magic Inc. | BERMAN RONALD J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $1.39 | 800 | $1,110 | 247,374 | +0.3% |
| 2017-09-15 23:14 | 2017-09-15 | CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc. | Rasmussen Hans John | Officer; SVP, Exploration | Gold | SALE | $9.25 | 10,000 | $92,500 | 127,728 | -7.3% |
| 2017-09-15 20:05 | 2017-09-14 | FMC | FMC CORP | Kempthorne Dirk A | Director | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $89.77 | 219 | $19,660 | 31,538 | +0.7% |
| 2017-09-15 23:55 | 2017-09-15 | UFPI | UFP INDUSTRIES INC | WEBSTER PATRICK M | Officer; President and COO | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $88.93 | 996 | $88,575 | 58,919 | -1.7% |
| 2017-09-16 00:38 | 2017-09-13 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | Mills Michael R | Officer; Chief Administrative Officer | Building Materials | SALE | $117.55 | 981 | $115,317 | 23,871 | -3.9% |
| 2017-09-15 23:56 | 2017-09-14 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | HANDLEY THOMAS W | Officer; President and COO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $130.63 | 7,397 | $966,233 | 74,842 | -9.0% |
| 2017-09-15 23:12 | 2017-09-14 | CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc. | MELLOR ROBERT E | Director, Officer; Chairman (non-executive) | Gold | BUY | $9.16 | 1,000 | $9,157 | 117,200 | +0.9% |
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.