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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-08-17 00:13 | 2011-08-12 | CF | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | CREEK WALLACE W | Director | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $167.97 | 2,000 | $335,945 | 13,906 | -12.6% |
| 2011-08-17 01:03 | 2011-08-16 | VHI | VALHI INC /DE/ | SIMMONS HAROLD C | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman of the Board | Chemicals | BUY | $50.87 | 12,333 | $627,341 | 1,681,003 | +0.7% |
| 2011-08-16 01:35 | 2011-08-08 | TRER | Texas Mineral Resources Corp. | RLR Services Partnership | 10% owner | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $2.14 | 5,500 | $11,780 | 3,724,175 | -0.1% |
| 2011-08-15 21:37 | 2011-08-12 | MERC | MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. | Isacsson Claes Inge | Officer; Chief Operating Officer | Paper & Paper Products | SALE | $8.73 | 17,000 | $148,410 | 16,466 | -50.8% |
| 2011-08-16 00:04 | 2011-08-11 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | GOLDSTEIN HOWARD | Director | Steel | BUY | $19.29 | 2,000 | $38,586 | 2,000 | +100.0% |
| 2011-08-16 01:52 | 2011-08-15 | VHI | VALHI INC /DE/ | SIMMONS HAROLD C | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman of the Board | Chemicals | BUY | $53.40 | 400 | $21,360 | 1,668,670 | +0.0% |
| 2011-08-15 16:42 | 2011-08-12 | STLD | STEEL DYNAMICS INC | TEETS RICHARD P JR | Director, Officer; Executive Vice President | Steel | BUY | $12.70 | 20,000 | $254,064 | 5,000,345 | +0.4% |
| 2011-08-12 18:59 | 2011-08-09 | CLF | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | Ross Richard Andrew | Director | Steel | BUY | $70.66 | 3,000 | $211,980 | 4,398 | +214.6% |
| 2011-08-12 23:53 | 2011-08-10 | REE | RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD | Pickarts Jaye Thomas | Officer; Chief Operating Officer | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $8.23 | 1,223 | $10,070 | 2,153 | +131.5% |
| 2011-08-12 19:29 | 2011-06-15 | FF | FutureFuel Corp. | Dortch Samuel | Officer; Exec. VP & Gen. Manager FFCC | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $11.36 | 6,271 | $71,264 | 41,087 | +18.0% |
| 2011-08-12 19:33 | 2011-08-10 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | JURGENSEN WILLIAM G | Director | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $42.00 | 2,500 | $104,990 | 12,500 | +25.0% |
| 2011-08-13 00:03 | 2011-08-11 | SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | HENDERSON FREDERICK A | Other | Coking Coal | BUY | $12.70 | 3,000 | $38,111 | 18,000 | +20.0% |
| 2011-08-12 23:14 | 2011-08-10 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | WOLFORT DAVID A | Director, Officer; President and COO | Steel | BUY | $19.17 | 1,000 | $19,171 | 426,070 | +0.2% |
| 2011-08-13 01:49 | 2011-08-12 | ENRT | Enertopia Corp. | BUNKA CHRISTOPHER | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman/CEO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.10 | 55,000 | $5,500 | 2,334,333 | +2.4% |
| 2011-08-12 20:15 | 2011-08-04 | APD | Air Products and Chemicals Inc. | SMITH LAWRENCE S | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $84.82 | 1,100 | $93,298 | 5,950 | +22.7% |
| 2011-08-13 01:04 | 2011-08-12 | VHI | VALHI INC /DE/ | SIMMONS HAROLD C | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman of the Board | Chemicals | BUY | $53.00 | 2,636 | $139,708 | 1,668,270 | +0.2% |
| 2011-08-12 00:54 | 2011-08-09 | RGLD | ROYAL GOLD INC | DEMPSEY STANLEY | Director | Gold | SALE | $66.51 | 5,000 | $332,550 | 131,988 | -3.6% |
| 2011-08-11 23:47 | 2011-08-11 | GPRE | Green Plains Inc. | BRIGGS JEFFREY S. | Officer; Chief Operating Officer | Chemicals | BUY | $9.98 | 2,000 | $19,950 | 91,878 | +2.2% |
| 2011-08-11 23:24 | 2011-08-09 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | Della Ratta Ralph M Jr | Director | Steel | BUY | $19.91 | 1,000 | $19,908 | 3,190 | +45.7% |
| 2011-08-11 20:40 | 2011-08-09 | SYNL | Ascent Industries Co. | BRAM CRAIG C | Director, Officer; CEO & President | Chemicals | BUY | $10.02 | 363 | $3,636 | 4,864 | +8.1% |
| 2011-08-11 23:27 | 2011-08-09 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | WOLFORT DAVID A | Director, Officer; President and COO | Steel | BUY | $20.65 | 1,000 | $20,650 | 425,070 | +0.2% |
| 2011-08-12 02:00 | 2011-08-09 | CENX | CENTURY ALUMINUM CO | Glencore AG | 10% owner | Aluminum | BUY | $9.31 | 503,343 | $4,688,590 | 36,924,460 | +1.4% |
| 2011-08-11 22:07 | 2011-08-10 | CMP | COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC | DANTONI DAVID J | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $74.52 | 198 | $14,755 | 8,248 | +2.5% |
| 2011-08-11 19:43 | 2011-08-10 | NWPX | NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. | GANTT ROBIN A | Officer; CFO | Steel | BUY | $26.07 | 1,500 | $39,100 | 1,900 | +375.0% |
| 2011-08-11 00:49 | 2011-08-09 | CLW | Clearwater Paper Corp | Carter Thomas H | Officer; Sr. VP, Human Resources | Paper & Paper Products | SALE | $66.75 | 3,285 | $219,274 | 23,919 | -12.1% |
| 2011-08-10 23:07 | 2011-08-08 | FFUS | FutureFuel Corp. | Revelation Special Situations Fund Ltd | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $12.40 | 625 | $7,750 | 5,579,372 | 0.0% |
| 2011-08-10 23:07 | 2011-08-08 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Taylor Jeffrey L | Officer; Sr VP, Polyethylene | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $37.19 | 1,000 | $37,190 | 21,237 | +4.9% |
| 2011-08-10 23:40 | 2011-08-10 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | ABBATECOLA VINCENT P | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $1.44 | 5,000 | $7,220 | 45,000 | +12.5% |
| 2011-08-10 22:49 | 2011-08-08 | POL | AVIENT CORP | LORRAINE RICHARD A | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $11.86 | 422 | $5,005 | 422 | +100.0% |
| 2011-08-11 01:11 | 2011-08-08 | RPM | RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/ | SULLIVAN THOMAS C | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $18.26 | 27,000 | $493,031 | 110,157 | +32.5% |
| 2011-08-11 00:53 | 2011-08-10 | VHI | VALHI INC /DE/ | SIMMONS HAROLD C | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman of the Board | Chemicals | BUY | $43.25 | 8,000 | $346,000 | 1,665,634 | +0.5% |
| 2011-08-09 23:52 | 2011-08-05 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | SIEGAL MICHAEL D | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman of the Board and CEO | Steel | BUY | $24.79 | 1,500 | $37,185 | 1,270,977 | +0.1% |
| 2011-08-09 22:55 | 2011-08-05 | SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | Bledsoe Alvin | Director | Coking Coal | BUY | $14.75 | 1,700 | $25,075 | 1,700 | +100.0% |
| 2011-08-09 23:47 | 2011-08-05 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | Potash Esther | Officer; Chief Information Officer | Steel | BUY | $24.79 | 500 | $12,395 | 5,555 | +9.9% |
| 2011-08-09 22:00 | 2011-08-05 | SCL | STEPAN CO | WOOD ROBERT JOHN | Officer; V.P. & General Manager | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $73.01 | 1,000 | $73,008 | 5,627 | -15.1% |
| 2011-08-09 23:55 | 2011-08-05 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | MARABITO RICHARD T | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Steel | BUY | $24.79 | 2,500 | $61,975 | 2,000 | +100.0% |
| 2011-08-09 23:31 | 2010-08-26 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | MARABITO RICHARD T | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Steel | BUY | $20.75 | 2,000 | $41,498 | 1,750 | +100.0% |
| 2011-08-10 01:57 | 2011-08-09 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | HIGGINS ARTHUR J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $45.09 | 5,000 | $225,450 | 8,080 | +162.3% |
| 2011-08-09 23:54 | 2011-08-08 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | WOLFORT DAVID A | Director, Officer; President and COO | Steel | BUY | $21.35 | 1,000 | $21,350 | 424,070 | +0.2% |
| 2011-08-09 23:50 | 2011-08-05 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | MANSON RICHARD A | Officer; See General Remarks | Steel | BUY | $24.80 | 1,000 | $24,797 | 510 | +100.0% |
| 2011-08-10 01:15 | 2011-08-09 | VHI | VALHI INC /DE/ | SIMMONS HAROLD C | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman of the Board | Chemicals | BUY | $39.02 | 7,744 | $302,206 | 1,657,634 | +0.5% |
| 2011-08-09 04:56 | 2011-08-05 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | Tenenbaum Sheldon U. | Officer; Sr. VP, Supplier Development | Steel | SALE | $42.94 | 368 | $15,802 | 9,282 | -3.8% |
| 2011-08-09 04:47 | 2011-08-05 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | HOFFMAN JAMES DONALD | Officer; Sr. VP, Operations | Steel | SALE | $42.84 | 351 | $15,037 | 6,772 | -4.9% |
| 2011-08-09 01:26 | 2011-08-08 | HUN | Huntsman CORP | Huntsman Jon M | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Executive Chairman | Chemicals | BUY | $11.48 | 200,000 | $2,295,800 | 379,762 | +111.3% |
| 2011-08-09 00:21 | 2011-08-08 | HUN | Huntsman CORP | Huntsman Peter R | Director, Officer; President, CEO | Chemicals | BUY | $11.37 | 100,000 | $1,137,270 | 1,706,177 | +6.2% |
| 2011-08-08 23:01 | 2011-08-05 | SYNL | Ascent Industries Co. | BRAM CRAIG C | Director, Officer; CEO and President | Chemicals | BUY | $10.38 | 1,501 | $15,580 | 4,501 | +50.0% |
| 2011-08-09 04:40 | 2011-08-05 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | Lewis Karla R | Officer; Exec VP, CFO and Asst Corp Sec | Steel | SALE | $42.93 | 624 | $26,788 | 41,812 | -1.5% |
| 2011-08-09 01:01 | 2011-08-04 | SCL | STEPAN CO | PACHOLEC FRANK | Officer; Vice President R&D | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $74.17 | 2,000 | $148,331 | 24,232 | -7.6% |
| 2011-08-09 01:50 | 2011-08-08 | KRO | KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC | WATSON STEVEN L | Director, Officer; Vice Chair. of the Board & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $19.97 | 3,000 | $59,900 | 70,652 | +4.4% |
| 2011-08-09 01:01 | 2011-08-05 | CE | Celanese Corp | MCGUINN MARTIN G | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $43.71 | 4,400 | $192,324 | 68,320 | +6.9% |
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.