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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-14 19:46 | 2015-05-13 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | Somma Lawrence C | Officer; Vice President and Treasurer | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $104.59 | 17 | $1,778 | 3,495 | +0.5% |
| 2015-05-13 23:45 | 2015-05-11 | AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | McDougall Joseph F. | Officer; SVP&Chief Human Resources Off. | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $32.35 | 168,963 | $5,465,311 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2015-05-13 23:44 | 2015-05-11 | AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | Markevich Steven R. | Officer; SVP & President, OEM | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $32.43 | 454,023 | $14,724,284 | 51,582 | -89.8% |
| 2015-05-13 23:43 | 2015-05-11 | AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | Lannon Sean M. | Officer; Global Controller, PAO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $32.09 | 34,396 | $1,103,857 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2015-05-13 23:42 | 2015-05-11 | AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | Finn Michael F. | Officer; SVP & General Counsel | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $32.33 | 144,477 | $4,670,508 | 42,158 | -77.4% |
| 2015-05-13 23:41 | 2015-05-11 | AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | Cash Michael A. | Officer; SVP & Pres., Indus. Coatings | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $32.10 | 42,140 | $1,352,681 | 67,562 | -38.4% |
| 2015-05-13 23:37 | 2015-05-11 | AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | Bryant Robert W. | Officer; EVP & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $32.40 | 388,040 | $12,572,884 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2015-05-13 14:45 | 2015-05-12 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Casey Thomas | Director, Officer; Chairman, CEO | Chemicals | BUY | $18.57 | 20,000 | $371,370 | 105,000 | +23.5% |
| 2015-05-13 23:46 | 2015-05-11 | AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | SHAVER CHARLES W | Director, Officer; CEO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $31.52 | 50,000 | $1,576,000 | 288,000 | -14.8% |
| 2015-05-13 19:22 | 2015-05-11 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | SANDERS RICHARD S JR | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $42.42 | 500 | $21,210 | 1,250 | +66.7% |
| 2015-05-14 00:04 | 2015-05-11 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | HANNAH DAVID H | Director, Officer; CEO and Chairman | Steel | OPT+S | $66.28 | 25,000 | $1,657,000 | 210,000 | -10.6% |
| 2015-05-14 01:11 | 2015-05-11 | CMT | CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC | HELLMOLD RALPH O | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $22.53 | 10,964 | $246,989 | 28,011 | -28.1% |
| 2015-05-13 00:01 | 2015-05-08 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | Parrillo Richard | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $3.96 | 100,000 | $396,010 | 126,600 | +375.9% |
| 2015-05-12 18:34 | 2015-05-11 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | BENHAM WEBSTER L III | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $41.45 | 200 | $8,290 | 800 | +33.3% |
| 2015-05-12 18:35 | 2015-05-08 | EMN | EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO | Motte Godefroy AFE | Officer; Senior Vice President | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $80.07 | 7,920 | $634,154 | 44,262 | -15.2% |
| 2015-05-12 23:11 | 2015-05-11 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Teel Lawrence E. | Officer; SVP, Olefins | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $70.25 | 2,125 | $149,277 | 353 | -85.8% |
| 2015-05-12 16:48 | 2015-05-11 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | MASSIMO LOUIS S | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $42.00 | 5,000 | $210,000 | 5,000 | +100.0% |
| 2015-05-12 23:44 | 2015-05-11 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | LUDWIG DAVID F | Officer; VP/Gen Mgr/ARC Spec Prods | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $56.51 | 15,000 | $847,700 | 32,968 | -31.3% |
| 2015-05-12 15:55 | 2015-05-11 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | HESSNER CATHERINE | Officer; Senior VP - Human Resources | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $44.03 | 5,000 | $220,144 | 28,237 | -15.0% |
| 2015-05-13 01:57 | 2015-05-08 | NJMC | Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. | Swallow John | Director, Officer, 10% owner; President | Gold | BUY | $0.09 | 100,000 | $8,500 | 12,242,620 | +0.8% |
| 2015-05-11 21:40 | 2015-05-11 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | Mittag Andrew K | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $41.87 | 150 | $6,281 | 550 | +37.5% |
| 2015-05-11 23:37 | 2015-05-08 | SCL | STEPAN CO | Mergner Arthur W | Officer; VP & General Manager | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $50.05 | 3,000 | $150,148 | 4,716 | -38.9% |
| 2015-05-11 23:18 | 2015-05-07 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | ETTINGER RONALD S | Officer; VP - Human Resources | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $84.13 | 600 | $50,478 | 3,069 | -16.4% |
| 2015-05-11 23:30 | 2015-05-08 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | van Niekerk Willem Hendrik | Officer; SVP, SP & BD | Chemicals | BUY | $18.75 | 1,000 | $18,753 | 88,764 | +1.1% |
| 2015-05-11 19:06 | 2015-05-07 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Gruber Patrick R. | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $4.50 | 1,432 | $6,444 | 19,225 | -6.9% |
| 2015-05-11 21:55 | 2015-05-11 | SYNL | Ascent Industries Co. | BRAM CRAIG C | Director, Officer; CEO & President | Chemicals | BUY | $14.59 | 1,500 | $21,885 | 13,024 | +13.0% |
| 2015-05-11 23:25 | 2015-05-08 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | COOK WILLIAM ROLAND | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $83.68 | 8,000 | $669,470 | 11,433 | -41.2% |
| 2015-05-12 01:08 | 2015-05-11 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | ROEDEL RICHARD | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $42.20 | 7,100 | $299,620 | 7,100 | +100.0% |
| 2015-05-11 22:54 | 2015-05-08 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | SHEPHERD DANNY R | Officer; Vice Chairman | Building Materials | OPT+S | $0.00 | 22,000 | $0 | 37,008 | -37.3% |
| 2015-05-12 02:17 | 2014-04-07 | UAMY | UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP | LAWRENCE JOHN C | Director, Officer; President | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $1.70 | 14,689 | $25,001 | 3,894,342 | +0.4% |
| 2015-05-08 20:52 | 2015-05-07 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | Duke William K | Officer; President, Mideast Division | Building Materials | BUY | $0.00 | 2,500 | $0 | 21,142 | +13.4% |
| 2015-05-08 23:25 | 2015-05-06 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Kenner Andrew | Officer; VP - Manufacturing | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $72.28 | 10,779 | $779,091 | 10,020 | -51.8% |
| 2015-05-09 00:19 | 2015-05-08 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | HARKINS CHARLES F | Officer; Vice President Sales | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $3.87 | 45,429 | $175,810 | 160,000 | -22.1% |
| 2015-05-08 23:45 | 2015-05-07 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | LUDWIG DAVID F | Officer; VP/Gen Mgr/ARC Spec Prods | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $58.14 | 28,500 | $1,657,050 | 32,968 | -46.4% |
| 2015-05-09 00:07 | 2015-05-07 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | ROSSI DINO A | Director, Other | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $57.72 | 14,600 | $842,741 | 146,195 | -9.1% |
| 2015-05-08 20:52 | 2015-05-07 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | KHAN EJAZ A | Officer; VP, Controller & CIO | Building Materials | BUY | $0.00 | 10,000 | $0 | 16,223 | +160.7% |
| 2015-05-08 23:34 | 2015-05-06 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | ROLFS STEPHEN J | Officer; Senior VP & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $65.60 | 3,742 | $245,493 | 116,231 | -3.1% |
| 2015-05-09 00:38 | 2015-05-08 | KRO | KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC | WATSON STEVEN L | Director, Officer; Chairman of the Board | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $12.04 | 10,000 | $120,350 | 150,402 | +7.1% |
| 2015-05-08 23:27 | 2015-05-07 | NJMC | Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. | Swallow John | Director, Officer, 10% owner; President | Gold | BUY | $0.07 | 495,000 | $35,888 | 12,142,620 | +4.2% |
| 2015-05-08 23:55 | 2015-05-06 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | ZUGIBE KEVIN J | Director, Officer; Chairman, Chief Executive Off | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $4.36 | 245,300 | $1,069,116 | 4,663,128 | -5.0% |
| 2015-05-09 00:14 | 2015-05-06 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | MANDRACCHIA STEPHEN P | Officer; Vice President Legal & Reg. | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $4.49 | 65,100 | $292,494 | 822,900 | -7.3% |
| 2015-05-08 21:03 | 2015-05-07 | NWPX | NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. | DEMOREST HARRY L | Director | Steel | BUY | $22.78 | 1,000 | $22,780 | 6,710 | +17.5% |
| 2015-05-07 23:06 | 2015-05-05 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | Hughes Bryan L | Officer; Sr. VP & Corporate Controller | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $112.21 | 1,633 | $183,245 | 4,691 | -25.8% |
| 2015-05-08 04:25 | 2013-12-16 | ALLM | BLUE BIOFUELS, INC. | Koch Mark W. | Director, 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.13 | 1,000,000 | $125,000 | 3,026,000 | -24.8% |
| 2015-05-07 23:57 | 2015-05-05 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Willis Mike | Officer; CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $2.72 | 48 | $131 | 7,479 | -0.6% |
| 2015-05-08 01:07 | 2015-05-05 | HUN | Huntsman CORP | Huntsman James H | Officer; Division President | Chemicals | SALE | $22.99 | 26,974 | $620,148 | 37,660 | -41.7% |
| 2015-05-07 20:13 | 2015-05-05 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | Della Ratta Ralph M Jr | Director | Steel | BUY | $16.98 | 750 | $12,739 | 10,570 | +7.6% |
| 2015-05-06 16:22 | 2015-05-04 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | SIEGAL MICHAEL D | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman of the Board and CEO | Steel | BUY | $14.98 | 500 | $7,488 | 1,239,477 | +0.0% |
| 2015-05-06 16:19 | 2015-05-04 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | Anton Arthur F | Director | Steel | BUY | $15.68 | 6,315 | $99,020 | 21,778 | +40.8% |
| 2015-05-07 00:31 | 2015-05-04 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | BUSCEMI JAMES R | Officer; Vice President CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $4.43 | 148,585 | $657,593 | 391,470 | -27.5% |
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.