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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-19 01:17 | 2015-03-16 | SANW | S&W Seed Company | WICKERSHAM GROVER T | Director | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $4.41 | 50,000 | $220,500 | 172,125 | -22.5% |
| 2015-03-18 17:00 | 2015-03-17 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | SHEPHERD DANNY R | Officer; Vice Chairman | Building Materials | SALE | $0.00 | 15,709 | $0 | 37,008 | -29.8% |
| 2015-03-18 00:09 | 2015-03-13 | TSE | Trinseo PLC | Pugh Martin | Officer; See Remarks | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $18.68 | 6,000 | $112,056 | 30,626 | +24.4% |
| 2015-03-17 16:41 | 2015-03-13 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | Clements David P | Officer; President, Central Division | Building Materials | OPT+S | $0.00 | 3,370 | $0 | 858 | -79.7% |
| 2015-03-18 03:47 | 2015-03-16 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | FITZPATRICK FRANK | Officer; Vice President Administration | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $56.07 | 14,000 | $784,928 | 72,783 | -16.1% |
| 2015-03-16 19:14 | 2015-03-12 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Stubina Nathan | Officer; Managing Director | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 17,000 | $0 | 17,000 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-17 03:14 | 2015-03-16 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | Harvey Keith | Officer; EVP - Fabricated Products | Aluminum | SALE | $76.00 | 1,500 | $114,000 | 50,484 | -2.9% |
| 2015-03-16 17:24 | 2015-03-12 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | Mistysyn Allen J | Officer; SVP-Corporate Controller | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $285.12 | 11,046 | $3,149,436 | 16,284 | -40.4% |
| 2015-03-17 03:11 | 2015-03-16 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | DONNAN JOHN MALCOLM | Officer; EVP - Legal, Compliance & HR | Aluminum | SALE | $76.01 | 1,500 | $114,011 | 29,077 | -4.9% |
| 2015-03-17 00:15 | 2015-02-13 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | COLEMAN BRIAN F | Director, Officer; President, Chief Operating Off | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $4.27 | 50,000 | $213,360 | 995,250 | -4.8% |
| 2015-03-16 23:10 | 2013-12-27 | SCCO | SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ | Casar Perez Alfredo | Director | Copper | SALE | $27.23 | 2,400 | $65,352 | 2,425 | -49.7% |
| 2015-03-13 22:37 | 2015-03-12 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | Hagedorn Partnership, L.P. | 10% owner | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $68.27 | 30,000 | $2,048,100 | 15,914,869 | -0.2% |
| 2015-03-13 21:32 | 2015-03-12 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | Coleman Thomas Randal | Officer; EVP and CFO | Agricultural Inputs | OPT+S | $68.60 | 5,869 | $402,592 | 1,442 | -80.3% |
| 2015-03-14 00:09 | 2015-03-12 | CMP | COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC | Leunig Jack C. | Officer; Senior Vice President | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | OPT+S | $93.56 | 1,850 | $173,086 | 2,942 | -38.6% |
| 2015-03-14 00:06 | 2015-03-13 | CMP | COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC | GOADBY DAVID J | Officer; Vice President | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | OPT+S | $92.88 | 3,104 | $288,300 | 28,166 | -9.9% |
| 2015-03-13 15:50 | 2015-03-12 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | KHAN EJAZ A | Officer; VP, Controller & CIO | Building Materials | OPT+S | $0.00 | 5,000 | $0 | 16,223 | -23.6% |
| 2015-03-13 21:32 | 2015-03-12 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | STUMP DENISE | Officer; EVP, Global Human Resources | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $68.47 | 8,415 | $576,157 | 12,370 | -40.5% |
| 2015-03-13 22:38 | 2015-03-12 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | HAGEDORN JAMES | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman and CEO | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $68.27 | 30,000 | $2,048,100 | 1,880,789 | -1.6% |
| 2015-03-14 00:27 | 2015-03-12 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | MANDRACCHIA STEPHEN P | Officer; Vice President Legal & Reg. | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $4.28 | 75,384 | $322,953 | 822,900 | -8.4% |
| 2015-03-13 01:27 | 2015-03-10 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | McNeeley Donald R. Jr. | Director, Officer; Subsidiary Officer | Steel | BUY | $14.09 | 579 | $8,156 | 139,257 | +0.4% |
| 2015-03-12 20:31 | 2015-03-10 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | Williams David Earl | Officer; GC & Chief Compliance Officer | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $43.14 | 5,060 | $218,277 | 13,367 | -27.5% |
| 2015-03-13 00:23 | 2014-03-12 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | MANDRACCHIA STEPHEN P | Officer; Vice President Legal & Reg | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $4.52 | 1,800 | $8,136 | 822,900 | -0.2% |
| 2015-03-10 23:48 | 2015-02-27 | THMG | THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD INC | Beckman Paul Albert | Other | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.05 | 1,000,000 | $50,000 | 3,183,495 | +45.8% |
| 2015-03-10 23:24 | 2015-03-06 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | McNeeley Donald R. Jr. | Director, Officer; Subsidiary Officer | Steel | BUY | $14.21 | 4,000 | $56,860 | 138,678 | +3.0% |
| 2015-03-10 23:25 | 2015-03-06 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | BERQUIST JOSEPH A | Officer; VP & Managing Director - NA | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $81.00 | 2,342 | $189,696 | 13,031 | -15.2% |
| 2015-03-10 17:58 | 2015-03-09 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Gruber Patrick R. | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.30 | 7,308 | $2,192 | 309,942 | -2.3% |
| 2015-03-10 20:32 | 2009-09-08 | MERC | MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. | Cooper David Michael | Officer; VP Sales & Marketing Europe | Paper & Paper Products | SALE | $4.38 | 6,000 | $26,250 | 3,090 | -66.0% |
| 2015-03-10 20:32 | 2009-03-12 | MERC | MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. | Cooper David Michael | Officer; VP Sales & Marketing Europe | Paper & Paper Products | BUY | $0.55 | 9,090 | $5,000 | 9,090 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-10 23:21 | 2015-03-06 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | MARABITO RICHARD T | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Steel | BUY | $14.06 | 1,800 | $25,304 | 27,214 | +7.1% |
| 2015-03-09 21:21 | 2014-03-24 | THMG | THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD INC | Beckman Paul Albert | Other | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.08 | 2,183,495 | $169,221 | 2,193,495 | +21,835.0% |
| 2015-03-09 22:48 | 2015-03-06 | CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc. | KREBS MITCHELL J | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Gold | BUY | $5.04 | 5,000 | $25,200 | 153,592 | +3.4% |
| 2015-03-06 21:52 | 2015-03-04 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | McNeeley Donald R. Jr. | Director, Officer; Subsidiary Officer | Steel | BUY | $14.32 | 4,000 | $57,291 | 134,678 | +3.1% |
| 2015-03-06 20:31 | 2015-03-04 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | Ovelmen Karyn F. | Officer; EVP & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $86.91 | 58,273 | $5,064,734 | 46,998 | -55.4% |
| 2015-03-07 02:01 | 2015-03-04 | SANW | S&W Seed Company | KARSTEN DANIEL Z | Officer; Vice President of Processing | Agricultural Inputs | OPT+S | $4.56 | 20,000 | $91,240 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2015-03-06 23:44 | 2015-02-03 | SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | Henderson Frederick A. | Director, Officer; Chairman & CEO | Coking Coal | BUY | $15.48 | 3,029 | $46,886 | 117,000 | +2.7% |
| 2015-03-07 00:11 | 2015-03-04 | POL | AVIENT CORP | NEWLIN STEPHEN D | Director, Officer; Executive Chairman | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $40.02 | 25,128 | $1,005,665 | 189,224 | -11.7% |
| 2015-03-06 19:32 | 2015-03-04 | MLM | MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC | MCDONALD WILLIAM E | Director | Building Materials | OPT+S | $143.00 | 2,978 | $425,854 | 15,109 | -16.5% |
| 2015-03-06 15:24 | 2015-03-04 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | Watt Brian | Officer; VP, Strat Plan & Regulatory | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $44.14 | 3,000 | $132,422 | 37,644 | -7.4% |
| 2015-03-06 15:36 | 2015-02-24 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | Cleminson Ian | Officer; VP & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $43.90 | 5,092 | $223,537 | 26,997 | -15.9% |
| 2015-03-06 01:36 | 2015-03-05 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Casey Thomas | Director, Officer; Chairman, CEO | Chemicals | BUY | $19.96 | 20,000 | $399,194 | 85,000 | +30.8% |
| 2015-03-06 03:43 | 2015-03-03 | VYST | Vystar Corp | Osborn Keith D. | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.08 | 200,700 | $15,313 | 3,209,000 | +6.7% |
| 2015-03-06 00:38 | 2015-03-03 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | BENOLIEL D JEFFRY | Officer; VP - MW, Can and Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $81.83 | 2,993 | $244,924 | 26,483 | -10.2% |
| 2015-03-06 00:42 | 2015-03-03 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | ROSSI DINO A | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $58.11 | 14,600 | $848,443 | 141,311 | -9.4% |
| 2015-03-04 22:27 | 2015-03-02 | CLF | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | SIEGAL MICHAEL D | Director | Steel | BUY | $6.81 | 7,200 | $49,012 | 7,200 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-04 20:21 | 2015-03-02 | SCL | STEPAN CO | Behrens Scott R. | Officer; VP/GM Surfactants | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $41.22 | 200 | $8,244 | 3,678 | +5.8% |
| 2015-03-04 23:44 | 2015-03-03 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | Ovelmen Karyn F. | Officer; EVP & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $85.99 | 31,000 | $2,665,541 | 46,998 | -39.7% |
| 2015-03-04 23:14 | 2015-03-02 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | Sullivan James A. | Officer; SVP Global CM&C | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $16.96 | 4,000 | $67,840 | 5,975 | +202.6% |
| 2015-03-04 17:11 | 2015-03-03 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | Tritch Stephen R | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $16.94 | 9,381 | $158,914 | 25,026 | +60.0% |
| 2015-03-04 21:06 | 2015-03-04 | CLF | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | GONCALVES LOURENCO | Director, Officer; Chairman, President & CEO | Steel | BUY | $6.50 | 100,000 | $649,530 | 100,000 | +100.0% |
| 2015-03-04 17:11 | 2015-03-03 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | NEUPAVER ALBERT J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $17.60 | 5,800 | $102,080 | 25,445 | +29.5% |
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.