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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-11 14:38 | 2015-08-10 | PEIX | Alto Ingredients Inc. | Koehler Paul | Officer; VP of Corporate Development | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $7.51 | 4,000 | $30,040 | 47,708 | +9.2% |
| 2015-08-11 17:39 | 2015-08-10 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | Duke William K | Officer; President, Mideast Division | Building Materials | OPT+S | $96.21 | 4,700 | $452,203 | 21,142 | -18.2% |
| 2015-08-11 23:07 | 2015-08-07 | GPRE | Green Plains Inc. | BRIGGS JEFFREY S. | Officer; Chief Operating Officer | Chemicals | BUY | $19.72 | 500 | $9,860 | 165,911 | +0.3% |
| 2015-08-11 15:58 | 2015-08-10 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | LUDWIG DAVID F | Officer; VP/Gen Mgr/ARC Spec Prods | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $61.59 | 15,000 | $923,838 | 32,968 | -31.3% |
| 2015-08-11 19:43 | 2015-08-10 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $69.05 | 40,000 | $2,762,032 | 70,474,190 | -0.1% |
| 2015-08-11 21:49 | 2015-08-11 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | BEHRMAN MARK T | Officer; EVP and CFO | Chemicals | BUY | $25.15 | 3,000 | $75,450 | 4,000 | +300.0% |
| 2015-08-10 14:55 | 2015-08-06 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Flynn Edward T | Officer; Executive Vice President | Chemicals | BUY | $11.03 | 9,086 | $100,191 | 23,803 | +61.7% |
| 2015-08-10 23:04 | 2015-08-06 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | Taylor Stephen M | Officer; EVP and Pres. - Nalco Champion | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $116.40 | 40,142 | $4,672,557 | 25,785 | -60.9% |
| 2015-08-10 23:17 | 2015-08-06 | K | KELLANOVA | PILNICK GARY H | Officer; Senior Vice President | Gold | OPT+S | $68.82 | 92,285 | $6,351,174 | 52,271 | -63.8% |
| 2015-08-10 20:29 | 2015-08-07 | PPG | PPG INDUSTRIES INC | BUNCH CHARLES E | Director, Officer; Chairman and CEO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $103.96 | 12,716 | $1,321,910 | 748,356 | -1.7% |
| 2015-08-10 19:11 | 2015-08-07 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $69.00 | 10,000 | $690,000 | 70,514,190 | 0.0% |
| 2015-08-11 00:50 | 2015-08-10 | KRO | KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC | WATSON STEVEN L | Director, Officer; Chairman of the Board | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $8.13 | 24,500 | $199,094 | 175,902 | +16.2% |
| 2015-08-10 23:05 | 2015-08-07 | POL | AVIENT CORP | Preete Kerry J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $34.05 | 2,943 | $100,202 | 6,688 | +78.6% |
| 2015-08-10 22:23 | 2015-08-07 | STLD | STEEL DYNAMICS INC | BATES JOHN C | Director | Steel | SALE | $21.33 | 16,700 | $356,134 | 141,368 | -10.6% |
| 2015-08-10 22:22 | 2015-08-07 | STLD | STEEL DYNAMICS INC | BATES JOHN C | Director | Steel | SALE | $21.16 | 92,959 | $1,967,050 | 158,068 | -37.0% |
| 2015-08-07 19:59 | 2015-08-05 | THMG | THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD INC | Beckman Paul Albert | Other | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.06 | 25,000 | $1,500 | 3,325,495 | +0.8% |
| 2015-08-07 17:21 | 2015-08-06 | CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc. | Nault Casey M. | Officer; SVP & General Counsel | Gold | BUY | $2.99 | 2,000 | $5,980 | 93,053 | +2.2% |
| 2015-08-07 19:08 | 2015-08-06 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Turgeon Jean Francois | Officer; Executive Vice President | Chemicals | BUY | $10.29 | 4,900 | $50,397 | 125,838 | +4.1% |
| 2015-08-07 14:03 | 2015-08-06 | PZG | Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. | Buffone Carlo | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Gold | BUY | $1.21 | 11,900 | $14,375 | 13,900 | +595.0% |
| 2015-08-08 01:21 | 2015-08-05 | PEIX | Alto Ingredients Inc. | McGregor Bryon T | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $7.37 | 3,000 | $22,103 | 66,255 | +4.7% |
| 2015-08-07 23:54 | 2015-08-06 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | Quinn Jack | Director | Aluminum | SALE | $85.52 | 1,384 | $118,355 | 10,228 | -11.9% |
| 2015-08-08 01:22 | 2015-08-07 | PEIX | Alto Ingredients Inc. | KOEHLER NEIL M | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $7.45 | 15,000 | $111,750 | 368,063 | +4.2% |
| 2015-08-07 23:09 | 2015-08-07 | TMST | Metallus Inc. | RICE RONALD A | Director | Steel | BUY | $18.94 | 5,000 | $94,700 | 10,090 | +98.2% |
| 2015-08-07 19:36 | 2015-08-06 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $68.77 | 50,000 | $3,438,605 | 70,524,190 | -0.1% |
| 2015-08-07 03:26 | 2015-08-05 | VGZ | VISTA GOLD CORP | Rozelle John W. | Officer; Senior Vice President | Gold | OPT+S | $0.28 | 8,719 | $2,441 | 83,616 | -9.4% |
| 2015-08-06 23:46 | 2015-08-04 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | ETTINGER RONALD S | Officer; VP - Human Resources | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $91.42 | 689 | $62,990 | 3,090 | -18.2% |
| 2015-08-06 21:54 | 2015-08-06 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Muglia Richard L | Officer; SVP, General Counsel & Sec. | Chemicals | BUY | $10.87 | 1,000 | $10,870 | 39,985 | +2.6% |
| 2015-08-06 21:48 | 2015-08-06 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Harper Katherine Carolyn | Officer; SVP, Chief Financial Officer | Chemicals | BUY | $10.96 | 10,000 | $109,569 | 58,842 | +20.5% |
| 2015-08-06 21:46 | 2015-08-06 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Casey Thomas | Director, Officer; Chairman, CEO | Chemicals | BUY | $10.73 | 40,000 | $429,244 | 145,000 | +38.1% |
| 2015-08-06 23:50 | 2015-08-04 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | Matrange Joseph F | Officer; VP - Global Coatings | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $90.23 | 988 | $89,147 | 5,136 | -16.1% |
| 2015-08-07 03:24 | 2015-08-05 | VGZ | VISTA GOLD CORP | Earnest Frederick Hume | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Gold | OPT+S | $0.28 | 28,085 | $7,864 | 274,910 | -9.3% |
| 2015-08-06 23:42 | 2015-08-05 | BCC | BOISE CASCADE Co | CORRICK THOMAS KEVIN | Officer; CEO | Lumber & Wood Production | BUY | $33.00 | 5,000 | $165,000 | 40,437 | +14.1% |
| 2015-08-06 23:48 | 2015-08-04 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | LOEBL MARGARET M | Officer; VP, CFO and Treasurer | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $92.14 | 4,454 | $410,396 | 6,825 | -39.5% |
| 2015-08-07 03:25 | 2015-08-05 | VGZ | VISTA GOLD CORP | ENGELE JOHN F | Officer; Senior VP - CFO | Gold | OPT+S | $0.28 | 10,851 | $3,038 | 62,993 | -14.7% |
| 2015-08-06 23:44 | 2015-08-05 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | BENOLIEL D JEFFRY | Officer; VP - MW, Can and Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $92.51 | 2,608 | $241,266 | 23,317 | -10.1% |
| 2015-08-06 19:56 | 2015-08-05 | TMST | Metallus Inc. | TIMKEN WARD J JR | Director, Officer; President, CEO, Chairman | Steel | BUY | $18.24 | 50,000 | $912,060 | 145,528 | +52.3% |
| 2015-08-06 23:25 | 2015-08-05 | RPM | RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/ | Ratajczak Matthew T | Officer; VP-Global Tax and Treasurer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $47.10 | 4,154 | $195,653 | 47,693 | -8.0% |
| 2015-08-06 02:44 | 2015-08-03 | AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | Bustos Orlando Antonio | Director | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $32.43 | 23,537 | $763,371 | 30,732 | -43.4% |
| 2015-08-06 03:33 | 2015-08-04 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | Koch Stephen Paul | Officer; Sr. VP, Operations | Steel | SALE | $61.04 | 315 | $19,228 | 22,497 | -1.4% |
| 2015-08-06 03:37 | 2015-08-04 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | Tenenbaum Sheldon U. | Officer; Sr. VP, Supplier Development | Steel | SALE | $61.01 | 334 | $20,377 | 17,768 | -1.8% |
| 2015-08-06 03:33 | 2015-08-04 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | HOFFMAN JAMES DONALD | Officer; EVP, Operations | Steel | SALE | $61.02 | 324 | $19,770 | 23,092 | -1.4% |
| 2015-08-05 23:52 | 2015-08-03 | AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | SHAVER CHARLES W | Director, Officer; CEO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $31.84 | 300,000 | $9,553,050 | 384,615 | -43.8% |
| 2015-08-06 03:36 | 2015-08-04 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | SALES WILLIAM K JR | Officer; EVP, Operations | Steel | SALE | $61.06 | 376 | $22,959 | 68,341 | -0.5% |
| 2015-08-06 03:34 | 2015-08-04 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | Lewis Karla R | Officer; Sr. EVP & CFO | Steel | SALE | $61.02 | 189 | $11,533 | 59,754 | -0.3% |
| 2015-08-06 03:35 | 2015-08-04 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | MOLLINS GREGG J | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Steel | SALE | $61.02 | 252 | $15,377 | 194,870 | -0.1% |
| 2015-08-06 03:32 | 2015-08-04 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | HANNAH DAVID H | Director, Officer; Executive Chairman | Steel | SALE | $61.03 | 4,000 | $244,120 | 206,000 | -1.9% |
| 2015-08-05 23:23 | 2015-08-04 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | HOCKEMA JACK A | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Aluminum | SALE | $84.44 | 5,000 | $422,207 | 84,381 | -5.6% |
| 2015-08-04 23:59 | 2015-07-31 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | Parkinson Ray | Officer; VP - Advanced Engineering | Aluminum | SALE | $84.65 | 1,827 | $154,660 | 10,417 | -14.9% |
| 2015-08-04 17:51 | 2015-08-03 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Willis Mike | Officer; CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $2.67 | 48 | $128 | 17,725 | -0.3% |
| 2015-08-03 15:15 | 2015-07-31 | APD | Air Products and Chemicals Inc. | Ghasemi Seifi | Officer; Chairman, Pres. and CEO | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $143.26 | 20,000 | $2,865,144 | 209,171 | +10.6% |
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.