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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-03 23:33 | 2013-10-01 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | FITZPATRICK FRANK | Officer; CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $51.38 | 13,500 | $693,630 | 55,902 | -19.5% |
| 2013-10-02 21:04 | 2013-09-30 | REX | REX AMERICAN RESOURCES Corp | ROSE STUART A | Director, Officer, 10% owner; COB; CEO | Chemicals | SALE | $30.52 | 100,000 | $3,052,000 | 1,634,758 | -5.8% |
| 2013-10-03 01:27 | 2013-10-01 | EXP | EAGLE MATERIALS INC | Kesler Dale Craig | Officer; EVP and CFO | Building Materials | OPT+S | $73.20 | 10,167 | $744,231 | 62,629 | -14.0% |
| 2013-10-03 01:26 | 2013-09-30 | EXP | EAGLE MATERIALS INC | STEWART ROBERT S | Officer; EVP-Strategy & Corp. Develop. | Building Materials | OPT+S | $73.02 | 24,410 | $1,782,504 | 43,459 | -36.0% |
| 2013-10-01 15:17 | 2013-09-30 | REX | REX AMERICAN RESOURCES Corp | TOMCHIN LAWRENCE | Director | Chemicals | SALE | $31.30 | 6,000 | $187,808 | 41,972 | -12.5% |
| 2013-10-01 23:49 | 2013-09-27 | FUL | FULLER H B CO | GILLIGAN KEVIN M | Officer; VP, Global Operations | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $43.67 | 6,116 | $267,061 | 17,131 | -26.3% |
| 2013-10-01 23:49 | 2013-09-30 | FUL | FULLER H B CO | MCCREARY JAMES C | Officer; VP and Corp. Controller | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $45.24 | 8,835 | $399,664 | 11,419 | -43.6% |
| 2013-09-27 23:56 | 2013-09-26 | HUN | Huntsman CORP | Monteith Stewart Alan | Officer; Division President | Chemicals | OPT+S | $21.00 | 75,000 | $1,575,000 | 78,403 | -48.9% |
| 2013-09-28 01:52 | 2013-09-27 | EXP | EAGLE MATERIALS INC | ESSL GERALD J | Officer; Executive Vice President | Building Materials | OPT+S | $72.69 | 19,046 | $1,384,412 | 35,770 | -34.7% |
| 2013-09-28 00:06 | 2013-09-26 | POL | AVIENT CORP | Schuering Kurt C | Officer; SVP, President of Distribution | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $30.00 | 10,000 | $299,960 | 40,660 | -19.7% |
| 2013-09-28 01:50 | 2013-09-26 | EXP | EAGLE MATERIALS INC | ROWLEY STEVE | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Building Materials | OPT+S | $72.10 | 197,000 | $14,203,188 | 162,147 | -54.9% |
| 2013-09-26 21:08 | 2013-09-24 | REX | REX AMERICAN RESOURCES Corp | ROSE STUART A | Director, Officer, 10% owner; COB; CEO | Chemicals | SALE | $30.38 | 83,000 | $2,521,540 | 1,734,758 | -4.6% |
| 2013-09-26 22:27 | 2013-09-25 | N-A | Inland Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. | Hrtanek Cathleen M | Officer; Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $9.00 | 556 | $5,000 | 556 | +100.0% |
| 2013-09-27 01:13 | 2013-09-24 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | Golsen Family LLC | 10% owner | Chemicals | SALE | $33.72 | 30,000 | $1,011,600 | 1,731,354 | -1.7% |
| 2013-09-27 01:19 | 2013-09-24 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | GOLSEN STEVEN | Director, 10% owner | Chemicals | SALE | $33.72 | 5,100 | $171,972 | 294,329 | -1.7% |
| 2013-09-27 01:17 | 2013-09-24 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | GOLSEN BARRY H | Director, Officer, 10% owner; President and COO | Chemicals | SALE | $33.72 | 5,100 | $171,972 | 294,329 | -1.7% |
| 2013-09-27 01:15 | 2013-09-24 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | GOLSEN JACK E | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman of the Board and CEO | Chemicals | SALE | $33.72 | 30,000 | $1,011,600 | 1,731,354 | -1.7% |
| 2013-09-27 01:21 | 2013-09-24 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | RAPPAPORT LINDA F | 10% owner | Chemicals | SALE | $33.72 | 5,100 | $171,972 | 294,329 | -1.7% |
| 2013-09-27 01:10 | 2013-09-24 | LXU | LSB INDUSTRIES, INC. | SBL, LLC | 10% owner | Chemicals | SALE | $33.72 | 30,000 | $1,011,600 | 1,731,354 | -1.7% |
| 2013-09-26 00:53 | 2013-09-23 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Lund Brett | Officer; EVP, GC and Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.91 | 6,861 | $13,120 | 139,381 | -4.7% |
| 2013-09-26 00:52 | 2013-09-24 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Ryan Christopher Michael | Officer; President and COO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.94 | 472 | $916 | 277,881 | -0.2% |
| 2013-09-24 22:39 | 2013-09-23 | CBT | CABOT CORP | BERUBE BRIAN A | Officer; SVP, General Counsel | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $42.07 | 23,000 | $967,564 | 32,687 | -41.3% |
| 2013-09-23 21:00 | 2013-09-19 | CBT | CABOT CORP | Keohane Sean D | Officer; Senior Vice President | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $42.56 | 25,000 | $1,063,910 | 27,518 | -47.6% |
| 2013-09-23 21:00 | 2013-09-20 | CBT | CABOT CORP | Prevost Patrick M. | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $42.80 | 12,000 | $513,619 | 250,166 | -4.6% |
| 2013-09-23 23:29 | 2013-09-19 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | ROSSI DINO A | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $50.43 | 15,000 | $756,398 | 136,727 | -9.9% |
| 2013-09-23 22:35 | 2013-09-19 | FF | FutureFuel Corp. | MIKLES LEE E | Director, Officer; President | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $18.18 | 41,765 | $759,175 | 46,985 | -47.1% |
| 2013-09-24 01:15 | 2013-09-20 | WDFC | WD 40 CO | REMBOLT JAY | Officer; Vice President Finance & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $64.00 | 1,229 | $78,656 | 25,688 | -4.6% |
| 2013-09-20 01:09 | 2013-09-19 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | TELEVANTOS JOHN Y | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $49.60 | 4,000 | $198,400 | 41,257 | -8.8% |
| 2013-09-20 00:10 | 2013-09-19 | POL | AVIENT CORP | CARTWRIGHT CAROL A | Director | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $29.79 | 4,592 | $136,809 | 122,994 | -3.6% |
| 2013-09-19 01:30 | 2013-09-16 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Lund Brett | Officer; EVP, GC and Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $2.02 | 66,717 | $134,875 | 146,242 | -31.3% |
| 2013-09-18 14:19 | 2013-09-17 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Ryan Christopher Michael | Officer; President and COO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.95 | 2,558 | $4,988 | 278,353 | -0.9% |
| 2013-09-18 14:00 | 2013-09-17 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Gruber Patrick R. | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.95 | 7,308 | $14,251 | 300,328 | -2.4% |
| 2013-09-18 23:35 | 2013-09-16 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | MCMILLAN EDWARD | Director | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $49.79 | 33,488 | $1,667,351 | 35,705 | -48.4% |
| 2013-09-18 14:00 | 2013-09-17 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | SMITH MARK L | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $1.95 | 2,470 | $4,817 | 158,440 | -1.5% |
| 2013-09-18 21:26 | 2013-09-16 | WDFC | WD 40 CO | REMBOLT JAY | Officer; Vice President Finance & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $64.00 | 66 | $4,224 | 25,019 | -0.3% |
| 2013-09-18 01:13 | 2013-09-17 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | Brown Kevin W. | Officer; SVP Refining | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $72.50 | 5,000 | $362,500 | 195,657 | -2.5% |
| 2013-09-16 16:52 | 2013-09-13 | CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc. | Kerr Keagan J. | Officer; VP, HR and Communications | Gold | BUY | $13.22 | 650 | $8,593 | 26,481 | +2.5% |
| 2013-09-16 15:43 | 2013-09-13 | GFRE | GULF RESOURCES, INC. | Liu Xiaobin | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Chemicals | SALE | $1.82 | 14,831 | $26,992 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2013-09-16 20:20 | 2013-09-12 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | GOLDSTEIN HOWARD | Director | Steel | OPT+S | $26.93 | 1,900 | $51,162 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2013-09-12 20:16 | 2013-09-10 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | Bass Stanley G | Officer; Sr VP - Central Region | Building Materials | OPT+S | $51.22 | 1,969 | $100,860 | 3,500 | -36.0% |
| 2013-09-12 21:51 | 2013-09-10 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | GOLDSTEIN HOWARD | Director | Steel | OPT+S | $27.33 | 5,600 | $153,055 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2013-09-13 00:06 | 2013-09-10 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | LUDWIG DAVID F | Officer; VP/Gen Mgr/ARC Spec Prods | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $49.38 | 13,500 | $666,630 | 32,535 | -29.3% |
| 2013-09-11 21:25 | 2013-09-10 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | Hagedorn Partnership, L.P. | 10% owner | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $55.00 | 27,552 | $1,515,360 | 16,628,281 | -0.2% |
| 2013-09-11 21:25 | 2013-09-09 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | GOLDSTEIN HOWARD | Director | Steel | OPT+S | $27.00 | 2,500 | $67,500 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2013-09-11 21:25 | 2013-09-10 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | HAGEDORN ROBERT | 10% owner | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $55.00 | 27,552 | $1,515,360 | 2,511,902 | -1.1% |
| 2013-09-10 18:27 | 2013-09-09 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | Brown Kevin W. | Officer; SVP Refining | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $70.46 | 15,000 | $1,056,968 | 200,657 | -7.0% |
| 2013-09-09 23:57 | 2013-09-06 | BCC | BOISE CASCADE Co | RANCOURT WAYNE M | Officer; SVP, CFO and Treasurer | Lumber & Wood Production | BUY | $23.00 | 4,000 | $92,000 | 4,000 | +100.0% |
| 2013-09-09 21:23 | 2013-09-06 | FRD | FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES INC | HALL CHARLES W | Director | Steel | BUY | $10.00 | 4,000 | $40,000 | 12,001 | +50.0% |
| 2013-09-09 23:55 | 2013-09-06 | BCC | BOISE CASCADE Co | FLEMING RICHARD H | Director | Lumber & Wood Production | BUY | $22.90 | 5,000 | $114,479 | 7,023 | +247.2% |
| 2013-09-07 01:03 | 2013-09-04 | VYST | Vystar Corp | Osborn Keith D. | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.10 | 10,000 | $1,000 | 877,075 | +1.2% |
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.