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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-03 21:58 | 2017-03-01 | OLN | OLIN Corp | OKeefe Thomas J | Officer; SVP, Ammunition | Chemicals | OPT+S | $32.26 | 10,000 | $322,642 | 49,706 | -16.7% |
| 2017-03-03 18:15 | 2017-03-01 | SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | Mangrove Partners Master Fund, Ltd. | 10% owner | Coking Coal | SALE | $10.06 | 100,500 | $1,011,311 | 7,435,134 | -1.3% |
| 2017-03-04 04:00 | 2017-03-01 | SANW | S&W Seed Company | Jury Dennis Charles | Officer; EVP Operations and COO | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $4.55 | 600 | $2,730 | 229,738 | -0.3% |
| 2017-03-04 00:53 | 2017-03-01 | CBT | CABOT CORP | Prevost Patrick M. | Director | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $59.14 | 61,363 | $3,628,726 | 281,409 | -17.9% |
| 2017-03-04 00:48 | 2017-03-01 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | AI New Holdings 2 LLC | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $94.19 | 246,212 | $23,190,684 | 72,912 | -77.2% |
| 2017-03-04 00:20 | 2017-03-01 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | McCormack Mark R | Officer; VP, Australasian Operations | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $44.22 | 4,150 | $183,513 | 53,349 | -7.2% |
| 2017-03-03 21:56 | 2017-03-01 | OLN | OLIN Corp | Curley Stephen C | Officer; VP & Treasurer | Chemicals | OPT+S | $32.06 | 5,500 | $176,311 | 18,837 | -22.6% |
| 2017-03-04 02:47 | 2017-03-01 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Buesinger Robert F. | Officer; Sr. Vice President, Vinyls | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $66.25 | 8,193 | $542,786 | 9,309 | -46.8% |
| 2017-03-04 01:00 | 2017-03-01 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | HANNAH DAVID H | Director | Steel | SALE | $87.31 | 25,000 | $2,182,750 | 125,000 | -16.7% |
| 2017-03-04 00:18 | 2017-03-01 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Gottesfeld Stephen P | Officer; EVP and General Counsel | Gold | SALE | $33.65 | 10,000 | $336,536 | 155,893 | -6.0% |
| 2017-03-04 00:16 | 2017-03-01 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Goldberg Gary J | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Gold | SALE | $33.74 | 1,000 | $33,740 | 153,114 | -0.6% |
| 2017-03-04 00:13 | 2017-03-01 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Lawson Scott P | Officer; EVP & Chief Technology Officer | Gold | SALE | $33.74 | 4,500 | $151,830 | 63,196 | -6.6% |
| 2017-03-02 17:20 | 2017-02-28 | EMN | EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO | BOLDEA LUCIAN | Officer; Senior Vice President | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $80.08 | 821 | $65,746 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2017-03-03 00:23 | 2017-03-01 | SCL | STEPAN CO | Stefaniak Debra | Officer; VP, Business Transformation | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $79.01 | 734 | $57,997 | 5,932 | -11.0% |
| 2017-03-03 00:20 | 2017-03-01 | SCL | STEPAN CO | Behrens Scott R. | Officer; VP/GM Surfactants | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $79.44 | 1,017 | $80,795 | 4,598 | -18.1% |
| 2017-03-02 17:24 | 2017-02-28 | EMN | EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO | King Scott V. | Officer; CAO & Controller | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $79.56 | 8,000 | $636,460 | 9,831 | -44.9% |
| 2017-03-03 01:23 | 2017-02-28 | GPRE | Green Plains Inc. | Peterson Brian | Director | Chemicals | SALE | $25.31 | 78,650 | $1,990,742 | 53,705 | -59.4% |
| 2017-03-02 01:34 | 2017-02-27 | CLW | Clearwater Paper Corp | Gadd Michael S | Officer; Sr. Vice President | Paper & Paper Products | SALE | $57.04 | 5,233 | $298,490 | 19,887 | -20.8% |
| 2017-03-02 00:17 | 2017-02-27 | CENX | CENTURY ALUMINUM CO | Lair Michelle | Officer; Sr. VP Finance & Treasurer | Aluminum | SALE | $13.93 | 6,997 | $97,461 | 47,483 | -12.8% |
| 2017-03-01 17:25 | 2017-02-27 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | Hillenbrand David M | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $44.12 | 6,500 | $286,780 | 13,992 | -31.7% |
| 2017-03-01 17:00 | 2017-02-27 | OLN | OLIN Corp | Curley Stephen C | Officer; VP & Treasurer | Chemicals | SALE | $30.95 | 2,000 | $61,906 | 18,837 | -9.6% |
| 2017-03-02 01:17 | 2017-02-27 | GPRE | Green Plains Inc. | MAPES MICHELLE | Officer; EVP - Gen Counsel Corp Sec | Chemicals | SALE | $24.50 | 4,000 | $98,000 | 41,526 | -8.8% |
| 2017-03-02 01:02 | 2017-02-28 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Engel E Randall | Officer; EVP, Strategic Development | Gold | SALE | $34.22 | 12,720 | $435,278 | 262,500 | -4.6% |
| 2017-03-02 01:09 | 2017-02-27 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | HIGGINS ARTHUR J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $125.10 | 5,000 | $625,500 | 14,219 | -26.0% |
| 2017-03-01 02:41 | 2017-02-24 | SCL | STEPAN CO | Hale Jennifer Ansbro | Officer; VP, Gen'l Counsel & Sec'y | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $70.50 | 1,400 | $98,700 | 1,400 | +100.0% |
| 2017-03-01 01:22 | 2017-02-24 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | MacLennan David | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $124.94 | 800 | $99,952 | 800 | +100.0% |
| 2017-03-01 00:32 | 2017-02-23 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Chao Albert | Director, Officer, 10% owner; President & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $63.35 | 42,180 | $2,672,124 | 274,018 | -13.3% |
| 2017-03-01 01:19 | 2017-02-28 | NEU | NEWMARKET CORP | GOTTWALD THOMAS E | Director, Officer; Chairman, President & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $438.89 | 5,000 | $2,194,452 | 87,027 | -5.4% |
| 2017-03-01 00:43 | 2017-02-28 | TMST | Metallus Inc. | RICE RONALD A | Director | Steel | BUY | $21.35 | 10,000 | $213,500 | 33,593 | +42.4% |
| 2017-03-01 01:09 | 2017-02-24 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | MacGowan William N | Officer; EVP, Human Resources | Gold | SALE | $36.31 | 2,006 | $72,838 | 86,938 | -2.3% |
| 2017-03-01 01:01 | 2017-02-27 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Engel E Randall | Officer; EVP, Strategic Development | Gold | SALE | $35.82 | 2,356 | $84,392 | 205,070 | -1.1% |
| 2017-03-01 00:34 | 2017-02-24 | SANW | S&W Seed Company | WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE LP | 10% owner | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $4.35 | 1,775 | $7,721 | 288,005 | +0.6% |
| 2017-02-28 00:20 | 2017-02-27 | CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc. | Mitchell Peter C. | Officer; SVP & Chief Financial Officer | Gold | SALE | $8.72 | 10,000 | $87,200 | 241,283 | -4.0% |
| 2017-02-28 01:14 | 2017-02-23 | NG | NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC | Walsh Anthony P. | Director | Gold | OPT+S | $6.06 | 18,090 | $109,544 | 21,286 | -45.9% |
| 2017-02-27 20:07 | 2017-02-23 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | Williams David Earl | Officer; GC & Chief Compliance Officer | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $67.92 | 2,512 | $170,615 | 14,516 | -14.8% |
| 2017-02-27 19:54 | 2017-02-23 | PENC | Nano Magic Inc. | BERMAN RONALD J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $1.55 | 412 | $639 | 89,869 | +0.5% |
| 2017-02-24 20:12 | 2017-02-22 | ASH | Ashland Inc. | FERNANDEZ-MORENO LUIS M | Officer; Senior Vice President | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $123.85 | 2,609 | $323,125 | 45,990 | -5.4% |
| 2017-02-25 00:04 | 2017-02-22 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | AI New Holdings 2 LLC | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $94.55 | 14,171 | $1,339,858 | 73,157 | -16.2% |
| 2017-02-25 02:45 | 2017-02-23 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Engel E Randall | Officer; EVP, Strategic Development | Gold | SALE | $36.54 | 675 | $24,665 | 214,742 | -0.3% |
| 2017-02-25 00:30 | 2017-02-22 | SANW | S&W Seed Company | WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE LP | 10% owner | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $4.29 | 36,822 | $157,878 | 287,677 | +14.7% |
| 2017-02-24 01:22 | 2017-02-17 | HWKN | HAWKINS INC | Matthews Steven D II | Officer; VP of Operations | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $50.47 | 900 | $45,419 | 3,517 | -20.4% |
| 2017-02-23 18:53 | 2017-02-22 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | NAPOLITAN RAYMOND S JR | Officer; Executive Vice President | Steel | SALE | $63.74 | 12,400 | $790,424 | 61,585 | -16.8% |
| 2017-02-23 20:05 | 2017-02-22 | EMN | EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO | Chung Michael HK | Officer; SVP, Chief Int'l Ventures Ofcr | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $81.26 | 10,968 | $891,295 | 24,967 | -30.5% |
| 2017-02-24 01:43 | 2017-02-21 | CTGO | Contango ORE, Inc. | Gaines Leah S | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Gold | SALE | $20.28 | 1,434 | $29,080 | 38,445 | -3.6% |
| 2017-02-23 20:17 | 2017-02-21 | SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | Mangrove Partners Master Fund, Ltd. | 10% owner | Coking Coal | SALE | $10.03 | 168,579 | $1,690,004 | 7,535,634 | -2.2% |
| 2017-02-24 01:02 | 2017-02-21 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | Sharkey Andrew G III | Director | Steel | OPT+S | $86.94 | 2,000 | $173,875 | 1,693 | -54.2% |
| 2017-02-23 00:00 | 2017-02-17 | HWKN | HAWKINS INC | Pepski Kathleen P. | Officer; VP, CFO, & Treas | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $50.27 | 2,924 | $146,993 | 22,197 | -11.6% |
| 2017-02-23 01:16 | 2017-02-21 | CBT | CABOT CORP | Prevost Patrick M. | Director | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $58.22 | 92,562 | $5,388,960 | 281,409 | -24.8% |
| 2017-02-22 16:32 | 2017-02-17 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | Wells Robert J | Officer; SVP-Corp Comm & Public Affairs | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $311.21 | 4,353 | $1,354,697 | 18,805 | -18.8% |
| 2017-02-23 04:13 | 2017-02-22 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | Wolf Jacquelyn H | Officer; SVP, Human Resources | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $94.01 | 14,769 | $1,388,416 | 16,514 | -47.2% |
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.