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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-09 18:54 | 2015-06-08 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Fauquier Gregory P | Director | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.95 | 12,000 | $11,400 | 12,000 | +100.0% |
| 2015-06-08 23:07 | 2015-06-03 | POL | AVIENT CORP | Kahler Michael E | Officer; SVP, Chief Commercial Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $39.00 | 10,000 | $390,044 | 32,563 | -23.5% |
| 2015-06-06 00:42 | 2015-06-03 | FCX | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC | FLORES JAMES C | Director, Officer; Vice Chairman of the Board | Copper | BUY | $20.52 | 60,000 | $1,231,044 | 20,000 | +100.0% |
| 2015-06-05 20:03 | 2015-06-04 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Stubina Nathan | Officer; Managing Director | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 10,000 | $0 | 27,000 | +58.8% |
| 2015-06-05 22:51 | 2015-06-03 | PENC | Nano Magic Inc. | BERMAN RONALD J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.04 | 59,050 | $2,498 | 3,559,549 | +1.7% |
| 2015-06-05 00:54 | 2015-05-14 | THMG | THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD INC | Beckman Paul Albert | Other | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.05 | 117,000 | $5,698 | 3,300,495 | +3.7% |
| 2015-06-05 02:40 | 2015-06-02 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | AI INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS S.A.R.L. | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $102.29 | 4,000,000 | $409,148,000 | 84,627 | -97.9% |
| 2015-06-04 21:23 | 2015-06-02 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | Connor Christopher M | Director, Officer; Chairman and CEO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $288.05 | 9,792 | $2,820,586 | 490,871 | -2.0% |
| 2015-06-05 01:31 | 2015-06-03 | POL | AVIENT CORP | Van Hulle John V | Officer; SVP, President of GCAI | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $39.22 | 20,000 | $784,436 | 28,542 | -41.2% |
| 2015-06-04 23:02 | 2015-06-03 | POL | AVIENT CORP | Nikrant Craig M | Officer; SVP President Global SEM | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $39.28 | 8,000 | $314,246 | 16,324 | -32.9% |
| 2015-06-04 14:26 | 2015-06-02 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | BOON PHILIP JOHN | Officer; Executive VP Business Ops | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $43.04 | 13,000 | $559,550 | 30,181 | -30.1% |
| 2015-06-03 16:46 | 2015-06-02 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | Kaplan Jeffrey A | Officer; EVP & Chief Legal Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $102.51 | 5,000 | $512,562 | 7,705 | -39.4% |
| 2015-06-03 16:45 | 2015-06-01 | SRGZ | Star Gold Corp. | Gorrill Lindsay Edward | Director, 10% owner | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.10 | 154,278 | $15,428 | 7,852,134 | +2.0% |
| 2015-06-03 16:56 | 2015-06-02 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | Clement David P | Officer; President, Central Division | Building Materials | OPT+S | $90.35 | 3,000 | $271,050 | 858 | -77.8% |
| 2015-06-03 21:38 | 2015-05-29 | MAGE | MAGELLAN COPPER & GOLD Corp | Gibbs John D | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $0.05 | 100,000 | $5,000 | 36,309,791 | -0.3% |
| 2015-06-04 00:55 | 2015-06-01 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | HOCKEMA JACK A | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Aluminum | SALE | $81.02 | 5,000 | $405,119 | 94,381 | -5.0% |
| 2015-06-02 23:38 | 2015-06-01 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | BENHAM WEBSTER L III | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $41.47 | 200 | $8,294 | 1,200 | +20.0% |
| 2015-06-02 16:28 | 2015-05-29 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | Quarles Patrick D. | Officer; EVP - I&D, Supply Chain & Proc | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $101.35 | 59,238 | $6,003,677 | 12,284 | -82.8% |
| 2015-06-02 20:32 | 2015-06-01 | MOS | MOSAIC CO | MACK RICHARD L | Officer; EVP, Chief Financial Officer | Agricultural Inputs | OPT+S | $45.44 | 9,582 | $435,436 | 78,752 | -10.8% |
| 2015-06-02 15:50 | 2015-05-29 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | HINES ANDREWS P | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $16.82 | 2,953 | $49,666 | 73,716 | +4.2% |
| 2015-06-02 23:44 | 2015-05-29 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | CALDWELL DONALD R | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $85.16 | 600 | $51,095 | 11,467 | -5.0% |
| 2015-06-02 18:02 | 2015-05-29 | MLM | MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC | ZELNAK STEPHEN P JR | Director | Building Materials | BUY | $150.16 | 15,000 | $2,252,472 | 52,649 | +39.8% |
| 2015-06-02 17:29 | 2015-05-29 | CMT | CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC | CELLITTI THOMAS R | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $26.03 | 14,900 | $387,847 | 45,733 | -24.6% |
| 2015-06-02 23:49 | 2015-06-01 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | RAPPAPORT LINDA F | 10% owner | Chemicals | SALE | $41.50 | 9,000 | $373,500 | 51,433 | -14.9% |
| 2015-06-01 23:09 | 2015-05-31 | WOLV | Wolverine Resources Corp. | Costerd Lee | Other | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.01 | 3,500,000 | $35,000 | 8,552,460 | +69.3% |
| 2015-06-01 23:03 | 2015-05-31 | WOLV | Wolverine Resources Corp. | Rich Luke | Director, Officer; VP, Expl./Bus. Dev. & Dir. | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.01 | 500,000 | $5,000 | 1,125,140 | +80.0% |
| 2015-06-01 22:59 | 2015-05-31 | WOLV | Wolverine Resources Corp. | Haderer Richard Dean | Director, Officer; CEO, CFO and Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.01 | 3,000,000 | $30,000 | 3,530,000 | +566.0% |
| 2015-06-02 00:10 | 2015-06-01 | AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | SHAVER CHARLES W | Director, Officer; CEO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $34.36 | 50,000 | $1,718,000 | 622,615 | -7.4% |
| 2015-06-02 02:22 | 2015-05-28 | WDFC | WD 40 CO | RIDGE GARRY O | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $86.03 | 273 | $23,486 | 78,012 | -0.3% |
| 2015-06-02 02:14 | 2015-05-26 | NWPX | NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. | DEMOREST HARRY L | Director | Steel | BUY | $20.65 | 1,000 | $20,650 | 7,710 | +14.9% |
| 2015-05-29 23:04 | 2015-05-27 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | Beck Christophe | Officer; EVP & Pres-Global Water | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $114.23 | 3,550 | $405,513 | 16,327 | -17.9% |
| 2015-05-29 20:51 | 2015-05-27 | REE | RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD | Mooney Frank Steven | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.62 | 60,000 | $37,290 | 80,000 | +300.0% |
| 2015-05-29 21:30 | 2015-05-27 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | Connor Christopher M | Director, Officer; Chairman and CEO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $290.06 | 119,321 | $34,610,213 | 490,871 | -19.6% |
| 2015-05-29 23:30 | 2015-05-27 | PENC | Nano Magic Inc. | BERMAN RONALD J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.04 | 50,000 | $2,000 | 3,500,499 | +1.4% |
| 2015-05-30 00:13 | 2015-05-28 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | RAPPAPORT LINDA F | 10% owner | Chemicals | SALE | $42.50 | 1,000 | $42,500 | 60,433 | -1.6% |
| 2015-05-28 20:59 | 2014-08-12 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Elinesky Andrew Louis | Officer; Vice President - Argentina | Other Precious Metals & Mining | OPT+S | $0.00 | 22,500 | $0 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2015-05-28 19:40 | 2015-05-27 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Turgeon Jean Francois | Officer; Executive Vice President | Chemicals | BUY | $17.09 | 380 | $6,494 | 120,938 | +0.3% |
| 2015-05-28 21:48 | 2015-05-14 | MAGE | MAGELLAN COPPER & GOLD Corp | POWER JOHN C /CA/ | Director, Officer, 10% owner; President | Gold | SALE | $0.04 | 488,690 | $17,104 | 8,906,020 | -5.2% |
| 2015-05-28 21:39 | 2015-03-04 | MAGE | MAGELLAN COPPER & GOLD Corp | Gibbs John D | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $0.05 | 50,000 | $2,490 | 36,409,791 | -0.1% |
| 2015-05-28 18:31 | 2015-05-26 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | BALL M LEROY | Officer; President and CEO | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $25.90 | 1,000 | $25,900 | 51,033 | +2.0% |
| 2015-05-28 20:13 | 2015-05-26 | GORO | GOLD RESOURCE CORP | Devlin Barry D | Officer; VP Exploration | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $3.10 | 4,000 | $12,400 | 8,500 | +88.9% |
| 2015-05-28 22:15 | 2015-05-26 | MLM | MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC | ZELNAK STEPHEN P JR | Director | Building Materials | BUY | $151.07 | 16,150 | $2,439,727 | 37,649 | +75.1% |
| 2015-05-27 15:36 | 2015-05-26 | CLF | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | SIEGAL MICHAEL D | Director | Steel | BUY | $5.20 | 9,500 | $49,400 | 16,700 | +131.9% |
| 2015-05-27 17:18 | 2015-05-26 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | BENHAM WEBSTER L III | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $42.47 | 200 | $8,494 | 1,000 | +25.0% |
| 2015-05-27 22:46 | 2015-05-22 | MLM | MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC | Guzzo Dana F. | Officer; SVP/Controller/CAO & CIO | Building Materials | OPT+S | $154.13 | 1,055 | $162,607 | 14,754 | -6.7% |
| 2015-05-28 01:09 | 2015-05-19 | THMG | THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD INC | Jones Eric T | Director, Officer; CEO | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.05 | 200,000 | $10,760 | 2,597,043 | +8.3% |
| 2015-05-27 21:03 | 2015-05-26 | FUL | FULLER H B CO | Owens James | Officer; President and CEO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $41.66 | 1,800 | $74,988 | 157,587 | -1.1% |
| 2015-05-27 17:39 | 2015-05-22 | SRGZ | Star Gold Corp. | Gorrill Lindsay Edward | Director, 10% owner | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.10 | 50,000 | $5,000 | 6,852,134 | +0.7% |
| 2015-05-27 23:26 | 2015-05-26 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Taylor Jeffrey L | Officer; Sr VP, Polyethylene | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $70.57 | 8,143 | $574,656 | 20,206 | -28.7% |
| 2015-05-27 15:35 | 2015-05-26 | CLF | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | GONCALVES LOURENCO | Director, Officer; Chairman, President & CEO | Steel | BUY | $5.08 | 108,148 | $549,381 | 300,000 | +56.4% |
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.