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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-03 05:23 | 2013-11-27 | SMID | SMITH MIDLAND CORP | SMITH ASHLEY B | Director, Officer; President | Building Materials | OPT+S | $1.96 | 10,000 | $19,631 | 114,617 | -8.0% |
| 2013-12-03 01:44 | 2013-11-27 | GPRE | Green Plains Inc. | PETERS JERRY L | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Chemicals | SALE | $16.84 | 5,000 | $84,222 | 72,750 | -6.4% |
| 2013-12-02 21:48 | 2013-11-27 | APD | Air Products and Chemicals Inc. | DONAHUE MICHAEL J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $108.90 | 2,000 | $217,796 | 2,000 | -50.0% |
| 2013-11-30 02:09 | 2013-11-26 | ENRT | Enertopia Corp. | FINDLAY DONALD JAMES | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.05 | 1,700,000 | $85,000 | 1,702,000 | +85,000.0% |
| 2013-11-28 01:04 | 2013-11-26 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Lund Brett | Officer; EVP, GC and Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.68 | 515 | $865 | 128,915 | -0.4% |
| 2013-11-28 01:04 | 2013-11-26 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Ryan Christopher Michael | Officer; President and COO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.67 | 472 | $788 | 268,126 | -0.2% |
| 2013-11-28 00:04 | 2013-11-25 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | BLAKELY ROBERT T | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $112.21 | 2,534 | $284,342 | 8,806 | -22.3% |
| 2013-11-27 23:13 | 2013-11-27 | VHI | VALHI INC /DE/ | SIMMONS HAROLD C | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman of the Board | Chemicals | BUY | $14.82 | 3,000 | $44,459 | 1,870,880 | +0.2% |
| 2013-11-26 19:10 | 2013-11-25 | APD | Air Products and Chemicals Inc. | Painter Corning F. | Officer; Senior V.P. | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $111.11 | 7,000 | $777,770 | 14,989 | -31.8% |
| 2013-11-26 22:42 | 2013-11-22 | SANW | S&W Seed Company | GREWAL MARK S | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $5.30 | 11,790 | $62,474 | 83,876 | +16.4% |
| 2013-11-27 00:04 | 2013-11-25 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | HOFFMAN JAMES DONALD | Officer; Sr. VP, Operations | Steel | OPT+S | $74.31 | 20,000 | $1,486,200 | 13,175 | -60.3% |
| 2013-11-27 00:33 | 2013-11-22 | SCL | STEPAN CO | Wynn H Edward | Officer; VP, Gen'l Counsel & Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $62.15 | 1,180 | $73,338 | 14,328 | -7.6% |
| 2013-11-26 22:56 | 2013-11-22 | OLN | OLIN Corp | Curley Stephen C | Officer; Vice President and Treasurer | Chemicals | OPT+S | $24.89 | 4,500 | $112,010 | 17,670 | -20.3% |
| 2013-11-27 00:48 | 2013-11-26 | NTIC | NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP | CHENU PIERRE | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $16.75 | 1,500 | $25,125 | 4,500 | -25.0% |
| 2013-11-27 00:04 | 2013-11-22 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | MOLLINS GREGG J | Director, Officer; President and COO | Steel | OPT+S | $74.43 | 100,000 | $7,443,000 | 170,327 | -37.0% |
| 2013-11-27 01:35 | 2013-11-25 | FCX | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC | DAY ROBERT | Director | Copper | SALE | $35.75 | 839,500 | $30,016,155 | 21,000 | -97.6% |
| 2013-11-26 23:46 | 2013-11-26 | MMP | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | RILEY BRETT C | Officer; Senior Vice President | Aluminum | SALE | $62.22 | 20,000 | $1,244,314 | 56,660 | -26.1% |
| 2013-11-27 01:35 | 2013-11-25 | FCX | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC | MCDONALD GABRIELLE K | Other | Copper | SALE | $35.63 | 4,000 | $142,522 | 41,626 | -8.8% |
| 2013-11-26 00:23 | 2013-11-21 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | ETTINGER RONALD S | Officer; VP - Human Resources | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $80.00 | 949 | $75,917 | 2,878 | -24.8% |
| 2013-11-25 22:10 | 2013-11-22 | APD | Air Products and Chemicals Inc. | MCGLADE JOHN E | Officer; Chairman, President and CEO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $111.17 | 15,614 | $1,735,808 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2013-11-26 01:51 | 2013-11-22 | K | KELLANOVA | PILNICK GARY H | Officer; Senior Vice President | Gold | OPT+S | $62.02 | 47,460 | $2,943,498 | 70,198 | -40.3% |
| 2013-11-26 00:23 | 2013-11-21 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | ROCK ROBERT H | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $80.03 | 2,000 | $160,058 | 13,282 | -13.1% |
| 2013-11-23 04:00 | 2013-11-21 | SANW | S&W Seed Company | NORDSTROM MICHAEL N. | Director | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $5.20 | 3,750 | $19,500 | 8,202 | +84.2% |
| 2013-11-23 01:37 | 2013-11-20 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | HANDLEY THOMAS W | Officer; President and COO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $106.74 | 20,000 | $2,134,808 | 40,523 | -33.0% |
| 2013-11-22 19:07 | 2013-11-20 | SCL | STEPAN CO | PACHOLEC FRANK | Officer; Vice President R&D | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $59.95 | 2,000 | $119,900 | 56,223 | -3.4% |
| 2013-11-23 00:57 | 2013-11-20 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | ROSSI DINO A | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $57.39 | 15,000 | $860,916 | 136,727 | -9.9% |
| 2013-11-22 17:29 | 2013-11-21 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | KELLY THOMAS N JR | Director | Agricultural Inputs | OPT+S | $59.01 | 21,442 | $1,265,359 | 2,836 | -88.3% |
| 2013-11-22 18:07 | 2013-11-21 | APD | Air Products and Chemicals Inc. | PAULL MATTHEW H | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $109.71 | 3,645 | $399,893 | 3,645 | +100.0% |
| 2013-11-21 19:01 | 2013-11-21 | CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc. | Kerr Keagan J. | Officer; VP, HR and Communication | Gold | BUY | $10.49 | 1,000 | $10,490 | 27,481 | +3.8% |
| 2013-11-22 00:15 | 2013-11-20 | PEIX | Alto Ingredients Inc. | McGregor Bryon T | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $2.70 | 2,000 | $5,400 | 46,408 | +4.5% |
| 2013-11-21 22:46 | 2013-11-20 | UAN | CVR PARTNERS, LP | SWANBERG CHRISTOPHER G | Officer; Vice President | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $17.55 | 12,000 | $210,600 | 3,000 | -80.0% |
| 2013-11-21 16:46 | 2013-11-19 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | Knight Timothy A | Officer; President, LACG | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $185.77 | 18,000 | $3,343,880 | 14,310 | -55.7% |
| 2013-11-21 20:52 | 2013-11-18 | USLM | UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS INC | ODISHAW EDWARD A | Director | Building Materials | SALE | $57.52 | 800 | $46,016 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2013-11-21 22:54 | 2013-11-19 | AVD | AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP | WINTEMUTE ERIC G | Director, Officer; Chairman & CEO | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $27.36 | 20,000 | $547,200 | 1,167,824 | -1.7% |
| 2013-11-22 01:26 | 2013-11-20 | HL | HECLA MINING CO/DE/ | BAKER PHILLIPS S JR | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $3.05 | 30,000 | $91,500 | 961,432 | +3.2% |
| 2013-11-22 01:50 | 2013-11-19 | SCL | STEPAN CO | STEPAN F QUINN | Director, Officer; Chairman | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $59.92 | 39,712 | $2,379,670 | 393,589 | -9.2% |
| 2013-11-21 17:16 | 2013-11-20 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | MCROBBIE IAN MALCOLM | Officer; Snr VP Research & Technology | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $45.11 | 15,000 | $676,580 | 33,775 | -30.8% |
| 2013-11-22 02:03 | 2013-10-31 | SVBL | SILVER BULL RESOURCES, INC. | LAZARUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLLP | 10% owner | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.34 | 216,200 | $73,249 | 16,322,270 | +1.3% |
| 2013-11-20 17:40 | 2013-11-18 | APD | Air Products and Chemicals Inc. | Stanley John D. | Officer; SR VP and General Counsel | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $110.54 | 1,525 | $168,574 | 18,692 | -7.5% |
| 2013-11-21 00:22 | 2013-11-20 | PEIX | Alto Ingredients Inc. | Wright Christopher W | Officer; VP, Gen. Counsel & Secy | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $2.73 | 3,676 | $10,028 | 42,834 | +9.4% |
| 2013-11-21 00:48 | 2013-11-18 | SCL | STEPAN CO | Servatius Gregory | Officer; VP of Human Resources | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $59.00 | 1,700 | $100,300 | 23,038 | -6.9% |
| 2013-11-21 00:30 | 2013-11-18 | POL | AVIENT CORP | McAlindon Julie A. | Officer; SVP, President Designed | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $30.73 | 4,500 | $138,272 | 15,937 | -22.0% |
| 2013-11-20 00:15 | 2013-11-18 | K | KELLANOVA | Dissinger Ronald L | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Gold | OPT+S | $62.32 | 6,750 | $420,649 | 26,739 | -20.2% |
| 2013-11-20 02:40 | 2013-11-15 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Ryan Christopher Michael | Officer; President and COO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.55 | 3,600 | $5,598 | 268,598 | -1.3% |
| 2013-11-20 02:40 | 2013-11-15 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Lund Brett | Officer; EVP, GC and Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.60 | 4,718 | $7,543 | 129,430 | -3.5% |
| 2013-11-20 02:40 | 2013-11-15 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Gruber Patrick R. | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.61 | 7,310 | $11,744 | 285,709 | -2.5% |
| 2013-11-20 01:21 | 2013-11-19 | PEIX | Alto Ingredients Inc. | KOEHLER NEIL M | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.00 | 15,000 | $0 | 318,576 | +4.9% |
| 2013-11-20 02:43 | 2013-11-19 | PEIX | Alto Ingredients Inc. | KOEHLER NEIL M | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $2.55 | 15,000 | $38,250 | 318,576 | +4.9% |
| 2013-11-20 03:05 | 2013-11-15 | VYST | Vystar Corp | Osborn Keith D. | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.04 | 10,000 | $411 | 967,075 | +1.0% |
| 2013-11-20 01:57 | 2013-11-18 | CE | Celanese Corp | Jensen Christopher W | Officer; SVP, Finance | Chemicals | OPT+S | $56.87 | 20,000 | $1,137,400 | 18,319 | -52.2% |
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.