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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-21 23:09 | 2017-08-17 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | OSBORNE ALFRED E JR | Director | Aluminum | SALE | $94.56 | 2,000 | $189,114 | 15,622 | -11.3% |
| 2017-08-21 17:44 | 2017-08-18 | SYNL | Ascent Industries Co. | Wright Murray H | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $11.00 | 408 | $4,488 | 31,108 | +1.3% |
| 2017-08-21 18:28 | 2017-08-18 | XPL | SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP. | HUNT WALTER H | Officer; COO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.73 | 3,000 | $2,175 | 399,962 | +0.8% |
| 2017-08-21 20:08 | 2017-08-17 | PENC | Nano Magic Inc. | BERMAN RONALD J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $1.13 | 1,200 | $1,360 | 245,774 | +0.5% |
| 2017-08-18 23:59 | 2017-08-17 | METC | Ramaco Resources, Inc. | Cryder Bruce E | Director | Coking Coal | BUY | $6.99 | 860 | $6,014 | 9,451 | +10.0% |
| 2017-08-19 03:19 | 2017-08-16 | SNES | SenesTech, Inc. | Williams Julia Ann | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $2.80 | 9,100 | $25,475 | 21,050 | +76.2% |
| 2017-08-19 03:16 | 2017-08-16 | SNES | SenesTech, Inc. | Altman Andrew | Officer; Chief Operating Officer | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $2.77 | 20,000 | $55,392 | 20,000 | +100.0% |
| 2017-08-19 01:38 | 2017-08-16 | RGLD | ROYAL GOLD INC | Hayes William M. | Director, Other | Gold | SALE | $86.35 | 10,850 | $936,938 | 20,839 | -34.2% |
| 2017-08-19 04:48 | 2017-08-18 | RGLD | ROYAL GOLD INC | Kirchhoff Bruce Christopher | Officer; VP, GC and Secretary | Gold | OPT+S | $86.28 | 28,805 | $2,485,388 | 43,948 | -39.6% |
| 2017-08-19 03:37 | 2017-08-18 | RGLD | ROYAL GOLD INC | WENGER STEFAN | Officer; CFO and Treasurer | Gold | OPT+S | $87.49 | 2,086 | $182,513 | 61,209 | -3.3% |
| 2017-08-18 23:01 | 2017-08-16 | SCL | STEPAN CO | PACHOLEC FRANK | Officer; Vice President R&D | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $79.33 | 1,000 | $79,325 | 48,514 | -2.0% |
| 2017-08-18 19:31 | 2017-08-18 | MLM | MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC | KORALESKI JOHN J | Director | Building Materials | BUY | $198.37 | 500 | $99,185 | 1,439 | +53.2% |
| 2017-08-18 20:59 | 2017-08-17 | SYNL | Ascent Industries Co. | Wright Murray H | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $11.00 | 700 | $7,700 | 30,700 | +2.3% |
| 2017-08-17 18:05 | 2017-08-15 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | Chwat Anne | Officer; EVP, GC, & Corp. Sec'y | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $137.22 | 3,000 | $411,660 | 42,157 | -6.6% |
| 2017-08-17 16:06 | 2017-08-15 | OLN | OLIN Corp | Curley Stephen C | Officer; VP & Treasurer | Chemicals | OPT+S | $30.34 | 5,000 | $151,724 | 18,837 | -21.0% |
| 2017-08-17 18:05 | 2017-08-15 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | MIRZAYANTZ NICOLAS | Officer; Group President Fragrance | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $137.22 | 1,233 | $169,192 | 45,041 | -2.7% |
| 2017-08-18 03:33 | 2017-08-15 | SANW | S&W Seed Company | MFP PARTNERS LP | 10% owner, Other | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $3.20 | 375,000 | $1,200,000 | 4,507,838 | +9.1% |
| 2017-08-17 18:53 | 2017-08-16 | XPL | SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP. | HERALD CHRISTOPHER E | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.68 | 2,200 | $1,485 | 1,518,000 | +0.1% |
| 2017-08-16 21:02 | 2017-08-14 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | Johnson Michelle A | Director | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $96.40 | 470 | $45,308 | 8,074 | -5.5% |
| 2017-08-16 23:08 | 2017-08-14 | RYAM | RAYONIER ADVANCED MATERIALS INC. | Bloomquist DeLyle W | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $13.48 | 5,600 | $75,488 | 27,904 | +25.1% |
| 2017-08-16 23:56 | 2017-08-15 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Bender Mark Steven | Officer; Executive VP & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $70.22 | 13,794 | $968,620 | 44,449 | -23.7% |
| 2017-08-16 23:44 | 2017-08-14 | SCL | STEPAN CO | STEPAN F QUINN JR | Director, Officer; Chairman, President & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $79.27 | 15,000 | $1,189,115 | 141,864 | -9.6% |
| 2017-08-16 21:02 | 2017-08-14 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | HAGEDORN JAMES | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman and CEO | Agricultural Inputs | OPT+S | $96.41 | 92,357 | $8,904,489 | 66,009 | -58.3% |
| 2017-08-16 18:54 | 2017-08-15 | XPL | SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP. | HERALD CHRISTOPHER E | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.66 | 1,800 | $1,190 | 1,515,800 | +0.1% |
| 2017-08-16 04:47 | 2017-08-11 | CC | Chemours Co | Snell E Bryan | Officer; President, Titanium Tech | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $46.24 | 10,000 | $462,400 | 64,160 | -13.5% |
| 2017-08-15 17:30 | 2017-08-11 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | MARABITO RICHARD T | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Steel | BUY | $17.42 | 2,000 | $34,840 | 30,614 | +7.0% |
| 2017-08-15 00:50 | 2017-08-10 | CC | Chemours Co | Trojanowski Amy | Officer; VP and Controller | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $46.03 | 2,500 | $115,086 | 28,037 | -8.2% |
| 2017-08-14 21:14 | 2017-08-11 | PPG | PPG INDUSTRIES INC | BOST GLENN E II | Officer; Sr. VP & Gen. Counsel | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $100.80 | 19,812 | $1,996,980 | 32,936 | -37.6% |
| 2017-08-14 16:47 | 2017-08-09 | IPI | Intrepid Potash, Inc. | Clearway Capital Management Ltd. | 10% owner | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $3.29 | 121,400 | $399,661 | 15,421,441 | +0.8% |
| 2017-08-15 00:31 | 2017-08-11 | HWKN | HAWKINS INC | Erstad Richard G | Officer; VP, General Counsel & Sec | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $40.59 | 1,200 | $48,708 | 9,300 | -11.4% |
| 2017-08-14 23:45 | 2017-08-11 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | DONNAN JOHN MALCOLM | Officer; EVP - Legal, Compliance & HR | Aluminum | SALE | $95.39 | 5,115 | $487,934 | 19,064 | -21.2% |
| 2017-08-14 21:07 | 2017-08-10 | SYNL | Ascent Industries Co. | BRAM CRAIG C | Director, Officer; CEO & President | Chemicals | BUY | $10.84 | 7,061 | $76,561 | 9,609 | +277.1% |
| 2017-08-14 21:39 | 2017-08-11 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | HAGEDORN JAMES | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman and CEO | Agricultural Inputs | OPT+S | $95.60 | 43,444 | $4,153,272 | 66,009 | -39.7% |
| 2017-08-14 19:30 | 2017-08-11 | XPL | SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP. | HUNT WALTER H | Officer; COO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.64 | 5,000 | $3,223 | 396,962 | +1.3% |
| 2017-08-14 18:54 | 2017-08-11 | XPL | SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP. | HERALD CHRISTOPHER E | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.65 | 3,000 | $1,958 | 1,514,000 | +0.2% |
| 2017-08-14 16:07 | 2017-08-09 | PENC | Nano Magic Inc. | BERMAN RONALD J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $1.23 | 1,406 | $1,727 | 244,574 | +0.6% |
| 2017-08-12 02:49 | 2017-08-09 | IPI | Intrepid Potash, Inc. | Clearway Capital Management Ltd. | 10% owner | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $3.37 | 476,400 | $1,604,753 | 15,316,441 | +3.2% |
| 2017-08-11 23:43 | 2017-08-10 | IPI | Intrepid Potash, Inc. | Montoya Joseph G | Officer; VP & Chief Accounting Officer | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $3.54 | 300 | $1,063 | 76,858 | +0.4% |
| 2017-08-11 17:37 | 2017-08-10 | XPL | SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP. | HERALD CHRISTOPHER E | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.67 | 3,000 | $2,010 | 1,511,000 | +0.2% |
| 2017-08-11 17:26 | 2017-08-10 | CMT | CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC | CROWLEY JAMES F | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $21.65 | 3,375 | $73,069 | 14,339 | -19.1% |
| 2017-08-10 22:36 | 2017-08-09 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $135.33 | 18,084 | $2,447,317 | 10,296,485 | +0.2% |
| 2017-08-10 23:10 | 2017-08-08 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | Coleman Thomas Randal | Officer; EVP and CFO | Agricultural Inputs | OPT+S | $96.14 | 13,973 | $1,343,361 | 14,090 | -49.8% |
| 2017-08-10 23:10 | 2017-08-08 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | Lukemire Michael C | Officer; President and COO | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $96.14 | 18,000 | $1,730,581 | 23,969 | -42.9% |
| 2017-08-10 23:08 | 2017-08-10 | CLF | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | GONCALVES LOURENCO | Director, Officer; Chairman, President & CEO | Steel | BUY | $7.19 | 100,000 | $719,180 | 3,486,970 | +3.0% |
| 2017-08-10 17:11 | 2017-08-07 | SCL | STEPAN CO | STEPAN F QUINN | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $80.50 | 8,865 | $713,633 | 508,655 | -1.7% |
| 2017-08-10 17:25 | 2017-08-09 | XPL | SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP. | HERALD CHRISTOPHER E | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.68 | 3,000 | $2,040 | 1,508,000 | +0.2% |
| 2017-08-10 00:08 | 2017-08-08 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | Miller Del L | Officer; Vice President and Treasurer | Aluminum | SALE | $97.07 | 817 | $79,308 | 6,547 | -11.1% |
| 2017-08-09 22:50 | 2017-08-08 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $134.90 | 100,000 | $13,489,930 | 10,278,401 | +1.0% |
| 2017-08-10 02:08 | 2017-08-09 | IPI | Intrepid Potash, Inc. | Jornayvaz Robert P III | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Exec. Chair, President & CEO | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $3.21 | 7,500 | $24,075 | 18,125,422 | +0.0% |
| 2017-08-10 00:41 | 2017-08-07 | CF | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | Frost Bert A | Officer; Sr.VP, Sales,Mkt Dev Supp. Chn | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $31.53 | 6,400 | $201,792 | 59,732 | -9.7% |
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.