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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-18 01:26 | 2014-11-17 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $64.28 | 51,838 | $3,331,924 | 71,524,190 | -0.1% |
| 2014-11-17 21:42 | 2014-11-14 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $64.00 | 25,100 | $1,606,440 | 71,576,028 | 0.0% |
| 2014-11-18 01:09 | 2014-11-14 | MMP | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | RILEY BRETT C | Officer; Senior Vice President | Aluminum | SALE | $85.91 | 20,000 | $1,718,126 | 55,958 | -26.3% |
| 2014-11-18 02:06 | 2014-11-14 | SCL | STEPAN CO | MASON SCOTT C | Officer; Vice President, Supply Chain | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $43.22 | 1,000 | $43,220 | 12,902 | +8.4% |
| 2014-11-15 04:50 | 2014-11-13 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Willis Mike | Officer; CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.37 | 306 | $113 | 117,279 | -0.3% |
| 2014-11-15 00:18 | 2014-11-10 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | PLATZER L WILBERT | Officer; VP & Managing Dtr - EMEA | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $83.96 | 2,000 | $167,913 | 10,058 | -16.6% |
| 2014-11-14 00:04 | 2014-11-11 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | Hagedorn Partnership, L.P. | 10% owner | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $60.35 | 124,696 | $7,524,980 | 16,099,911 | -0.8% |
| 2014-11-14 03:02 | 2014-11-13 | CBT | CABOT CORP | Miller David A | Officer; Executive Vice President | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $47.19 | 8,000 | $377,500 | 25,175 | -24.1% |
| 2014-11-14 00:06 | 2014-11-11 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | HAGEDORN PETER | 10% owner | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $60.35 | 124,696 | $7,524,980 | 1,913,218 | -6.1% |
| 2014-11-14 01:31 | 2014-11-10 | HWKN | HAWKINS INC | SEVENICH JOHN R | Officer; VP, Industrial Group | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $41.36 | 9,333 | $385,998 | 8,813 | -51.4% |
| 2014-11-14 00:44 | 2014-11-11 | CMP | COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC | UNDERDOWN RODNEY L | Officer; CFO & Secretary | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | OPT+S | $87.57 | 4,050 | $354,659 | 31,429 | -11.4% |
| 2014-11-13 21:57 | 2014-11-12 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | STUMP DENISE | Officer; EVP, Global Human Resources | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $60.62 | 16,496 | $1,000,004 | 16,649 | -49.8% |
| 2014-11-13 21:56 | 2014-11-12 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | STUMP DENISE | Officer; EVP, Global Human Resources | Agricultural Inputs | OPT+S | $60.55 | 27,525 | $1,666,683 | 33,145 | -45.4% |
| 2014-11-14 05:24 | 2014-11-12 | GORO | GOLD RESOURCE CORP | HUBER GARY C | Director | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $3.59 | 5,000 | $17,950 | 5,000 | +100.0% |
| 2014-11-13 19:51 | 2014-11-12 | GORO | GOLD RESOURCE CORP | Devlin Barry D | Officer; Vice President Exploration | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $3.72 | 500 | $1,860 | 4,500 | +12.5% |
| 2014-11-13 23:10 | 2014-11-12 | MMP | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | Barnes Robert L | Officer; Senior Vice President | Aluminum | SALE | $85.68 | 1,800 | $154,220 | 24,320 | -6.9% |
| 2014-11-13 02:58 | 2014-11-12 | JCTCF | JEWETT CAMERON TRADING CO LTD | BOONE DONALD M | Director, Officer, 10% owner; President/CEO/Treasurer | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $11.08 | 10,000 | $110,800 | 826,154 | -1.2% |
| 2014-11-12 17:07 | 2014-11-10 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | Hagedorn Partnership, L.P. | 10% owner | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $60.06 | 70,700 | $4,246,242 | 16,224,607 | -0.4% |
| 2014-11-12 19:50 | 2014-11-10 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | BENHAM WEBSTER L III | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $31.67 | 200 | $6,334 | 400 | +100.0% |
| 2014-11-12 16:26 | 2014-11-07 | PPG | PPG INDUSTRIES INC | MCGARRY MICHAEL H | Officer; Chief Operating Officer | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $205.12 | 4,900 | $1,005,088 | 33,360 | -12.8% |
| 2014-11-13 01:31 | 2014-11-07 | VGZ | VISTA GOLD CORP | Earnest Frederick Hume | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Gold | BUY | $0.29 | 29,663 | $8,632 | 505,245 | +6.2% |
| 2014-11-12 18:00 | 2014-11-11 | FUL | FULLER H B CO | Keenan Timothy J | Officer; VP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec. | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $41.88 | 2,083 | $87,226 | 23,453 | -8.2% |
| 2014-11-13 03:06 | 2014-11-12 | JCTCF | JEWETT CAMERON TRADING CO LTD | Nasser Michael Charles | Officer, 10% owner; Corporate Secretary | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $11.50 | 10,000 | $115,000 | 293,593 | -3.3% |
| 2014-11-12 17:08 | 2014-11-10 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | HAGEDORN PETER | 10% owner | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $60.06 | 70,700 | $4,246,242 | 2,009,758 | -3.4% |
| 2014-11-13 01:04 | 2014-11-10 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | BENOLIEL D JEFFRY | Officer; VP - MW, Can and Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $83.94 | 3,788 | $317,962 | 26,147 | -12.7% |
| 2014-11-13 01:05 | 2014-11-10 | USLM | UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS INC | HUGHES BILL | Director | Building Materials | SALE | $71.00 | 1,500 | $106,500 | 23,657 | -6.0% |
| 2014-11-12 22:32 | 2014-11-11 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $64.00 | 48,700 | $3,116,849 | 71,601,128 | -0.1% |
| 2014-11-11 02:44 | 2014-11-10 | CF | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | Will W Anthony | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $249.22 | 2,022 | $503,914 | 16,315 | +14.1% |
| 2014-11-11 01:00 | 2014-11-07 | CMP | COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC | GOADBY DAVID J | Officer; Vice President | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | OPT+S | $87.27 | 8,453 | $737,693 | 28,166 | -23.1% |
| 2014-11-11 03:04 | 2014-11-06 | USLM | UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS INC | BYRNE TIMOTHY W | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Building Materials | OPT+S | $67.05 | 5,064 | $339,541 | 19,714 | -20.4% |
| 2014-11-10 23:37 | 2014-11-10 | MTRN | MATERION Corp | GRAMPA JOHN D | Officer; Sr. VP Finance and CFO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | OPT+S | $38.58 | 3,735 | $144,096 | 28,612 | -11.5% |
| 2014-11-11 00:46 | 2014-11-06 | REE | RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD | BYERS GEORGE G | Officer; VP Gov't./Community Relations | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $1.07 | 40,000 | $42,700 | 120,000 | +50.0% |
| 2014-11-08 00:25 | 2014-11-06 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | HOSTETTER SHANE | Other | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $83.00 | 521 | $43,243 | 3,613 | -12.6% |
| 2014-11-07 19:23 | 2014-11-06 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | Sansone Daniel F | Officer; Exec VP-Strategy | Building Materials | OPT+S | $63.80 | 14,000 | $893,243 | 17,274 | -44.8% |
| 2014-11-08 02:34 | 2014-11-07 | HUN | Huntsman CORP | Huntsman James H | Officer; Division President | Chemicals | SALE | $24.76 | 22,500 | $557,071 | 11,923,244 | -0.2% |
| 2014-11-08 00:42 | 2014-11-06 | NEU | NEWMARKET CORP | Shama Robert A. | Officer; President Afton Chemical Corp | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $386.10 | 601 | $232,046 | 755 | -44.3% |
| 2014-11-08 00:51 | 2014-11-07 | CBT | CABOT CORP | MCGILLICUDDY JOHN K | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $46.94 | 833 | $39,102 | 12,207 | -6.4% |
| 2014-11-07 20:36 | 2014-11-06 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $64.37 | 199,500 | $12,842,633 | 71,649,828 | -0.3% |
| 2014-11-08 00:25 | 2014-11-05 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | ROCK ROBERT H | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $83.01 | 2,297 | $190,674 | 11,671 | -16.4% |
| 2014-11-07 19:23 | 2014-11-06 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | SHEPHERD DANNY R | Officer; Vice Chairman | Building Materials | OPT+S | $63.93 | 11,000 | $703,233 | 24,828 | -30.7% |
| 2014-11-08 04:02 | 2014-11-02 | SCCO | SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ | VELASCO GERMAN LARREA MOTA | Director, Officer; Chairman of the Board | Copper | BUY | $28.87 | 500,000 | $14,435,200 | 2,069,367 | +31.9% |
| 2014-11-06 23:38 | 2014-10-31 | ALLM | BLUE BIOFUELS, INC. | de Liege Daniel | Director, Officer, 10% owner; President | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.59 | 2,000 | $1,180 | 4,508,400 | +0.0% |
| 2014-11-07 02:08 | 2014-11-04 | HWKN | HAWKINS INC | Erstad Richard G | Officer; VP, General Counsel & Sec | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $38.15 | 2,500 | $95,380 | 8,745 | -22.2% |
| 2014-11-07 01:30 | 2014-11-04 | VYST | Vystar Corp | Osborn Keith D. | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.05 | 1,000,000 | $50,000 | 4,315,742 | +30.2% |
| 2014-11-07 02:07 | 2014-11-04 | HWKN | HAWKINS INC | SEVENICH JOHN R | Officer; VP, Industrial Group | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $38.02 | 5,724 | $217,624 | 8,813 | -39.4% |
| 2014-11-06 19:51 | 2014-11-05 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $64.20 | 500 | $32,102 | 71,849,328 | 0.0% |
| 2014-11-07 00:42 | 2014-11-04 | K | KELLANOVA | BRYANT JOHN A | Director, Officer; Chairman, President and CEO | Gold | OPT+S | $63.82 | 268,025 | $17,104,337 | 177,922 | -60.1% |
| 2014-11-06 01:28 | 2014-11-04 | FCX | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC | LACKEY BOBBY LEE | Director | Copper | BUY | $27.82 | 300 | $8,345 | 2,100 | +16.7% |
| 2014-11-06 01:32 | 2014-11-03 | FCX | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC | MOFFETT JAMES R | Director, Officer; Chairman of the Board | Copper | OPT+S | $27.79 | 161,000 | $4,474,190 | 3,100,825 | -4.9% |
| 2014-11-05 23:57 | 2014-11-05 | APD | Air Products and Chemicals Inc. | SMITH LAWRENCE S | Director | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $133.83 | 2,000 | $267,669 | 9,850 | -16.9% |
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.