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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-13 23:29 | 2024-08-09 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | Osborne William H | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $158.39 | 672 | $106,436 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2024-08-13 23:17 | 2024-08-09 | VMC | Vulcan Materials CO | Hill J Thomas | Director, Officer; Chairman & CEO | Building Materials | SALE | $244.43 | 35,592 | $8,699,713 | 29,531 | -54.7% |
| 2024-08-14 04:11 | 2024-08-09 | LCGMF | LION COPPER & GOLD CORP. | Alford Tony L | Director, 10% owner | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.05 | 1,798,398 | $93,876 | 68,369,436 | +2.7% |
| 2024-08-14 03:35 | 2024-08-09 | LCGMF | LION COPPER & GOLD CORP. | Goodman Stephen J. | Other | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $0.05 | 1,277,000 | $66,404 | 1,033,952 | -55.3% |
| 2024-08-14 03:21 | 2024-08-07 | LCGMF | LION COPPER & GOLD CORP. | Goodman Stephen J. | Other | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $0.05 | 592,000 | $31,080 | 1,910,952 | -23.7% |
| 2024-08-13 23:10 | 2024-08-12 | HUN | Huntsman CORP | STRYKER DAVID M | Officer; Exec VP, GC and Sec | Chemicals | BUY | $20.11 | 2,500 | $50,273 | 424,579 | +0.6% |
| 2024-08-13 23:34 | 2024-08-09 | NEU | NEWMARKET CORP | Hazelgrove Bruce R III | Officer; EVP & CAO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $544.31 | 1,270 | $691,271 | 358 | -78.0% |
| 2024-08-14 01:28 | 2024-08-12 | MOS | MOSAIC CO | WESTBROOK KELVIN R | Director | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $27.32 | 12,666 | $346,041 | 34,359 | -26.9% |
| 2024-08-13 00:00 | 2024-08-08 | CBT | CABOT CORP | McLaughlin Erica | Officer; Executive Vice President, CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $98.08 | 11,082 | $1,086,960 | 59,814 | -15.6% |
| 2024-08-12 16:24 | 2024-08-09 | WLKP | Westlake Chemical Partners LP | Kenner Andrew | Officer; SVP, Olefin Material & Corp Pr | Chemicals | BUY | $22.99 | 12,000 | $275,868 | 182,308 | +7.0% |
| 2024-08-12 22:24 | 2024-08-07 | LCGMF | LION COPPER & GOLD CORP. | Goodman Stephen J. | Other | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $0.05 | 592,000 | $31,080 | 116,666 | -83.5% |
| 2024-08-13 03:00 | 2024-08-09 | OEC | Orion S.A. | SMITH DAN F | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $18.53 | 2,500 | $46,325 | 78,772 | +3.3% |
| 2024-08-12 23:06 | 2024-08-08 | MTRN | MATERION Corp | Chemnitz Gregory R. | Officer; VP General Counsel & Secretary | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $112.87 | 2,000 | $225,740 | 16,031 | -11.1% |
| 2024-08-12 23:06 | 2024-08-08 | MTRN | MATERION Corp | Vijayvargiya Jugal K. | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $111.78 | 20,000 | $2,235,654 | 93,010 | -17.7% |
| 2024-08-09 20:13 | 2024-08-07 | AVNT | AVIENT CORP | Rathbun Joel R. | Officer; SVP, Mergers & Acquisitions | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $43.36 | 11,698 | $507,218 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2024-08-09 15:54 | 2024-08-08 | SCCO | SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ | PALOMINO BONILLA LUIS MIGUEL | Director | Copper | SALE | $99.60 | 100 | $9,960 | 2,514 | -3.8% |
| 2024-08-08 23:23 | 2024-08-06 | MP | MP Materials Corp. / DE | Rosenthal Michael Stuart | Officer; Chief Operating Officer | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $10.84 | 30,000 | $325,200 | 1,402,975 | +2.2% |
| 2024-08-08 23:01 | 2024-08-07 | ECVT | Ecovyst Inc. | Whittleston Paul | Officer; See Remarks | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $6.51 | 7,800 | $50,739 | 57,542 | +15.7% |
| 2024-08-08 23:44 | 2024-08-06 | CC | Chemours Co | Picho Diane I. | Officer; Interim Pres. - Titanium Tech | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $18.83 | 2,757 | $51,909 | 19,890 | -12.2% |
| 2024-08-09 00:21 | 2024-08-07 | CBT | CABOT CORP | McLaughlin Erica | Officer; Executive Vice President, CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $99.79 | 23,274 | $2,322,592 | 59,814 | -28.0% |
| 2024-08-09 03:01 | 2024-08-07 | OEC | Orion S.A. | Painter Corning F. | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $17.48 | 20,000 | $349,670 | 948,776 | +2.2% |
| 2024-08-08 03:02 | 2024-08-07 | OEC | Orion S.A. | Glajch Jeffrey | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $18.16 | 15,000 | $272,450 | 101,855 | +17.3% |
| 2024-08-08 01:43 | 2024-08-06 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Nurmat Alisher K | Officer; VP AND TREASURER | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.51 | 5,012 | $2,536 | 192,476 | -2.5% |
| 2024-08-08 01:42 | 2024-08-06 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Bowron Kimberly T | Officer; Chief People Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.51 | 13,572 | $6,866 | 421,651 | -3.1% |
| 2024-08-08 01:34 | 2024-08-06 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Bloom Paul D | Officer; CCO & CIO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.51 | 34,707 | $17,558 | 1,014,185 | -3.3% |
| 2024-08-08 01:32 | 2024-08-06 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Smull L Lynn | Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.51 | 40,140 | $20,307 | 1,239,340 | -3.1% |
| 2024-08-08 01:31 | 2024-08-06 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Ryan Christopher Michael | Officer; President & COO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.51 | 46,608 | $23,579 | 1,657,948 | -2.7% |
| 2024-08-08 01:29 | 2024-08-06 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Gruber Patrick R. | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.51 | 127,276 | $64,389 | 3,922,404 | -3.1% |
| 2024-08-08 04:22 | 2024-08-05 | LCGMF | LION COPPER & GOLD CORP. | Alford Tony L | Director, 10% owner | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.05 | 3,972,000 | $217,268 | 66,571,038 | +6.3% |
| 2024-08-07 23:13 | 2024-08-07 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $74.01 | 77,800 | $5,757,854 | 50,830,838 | -0.2% |
| 2024-08-06 23:01 | 2024-08-05 | ECVT | Ecovyst Inc. | Koscinski Joseph S. | Officer; See Remarks | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $6.26 | 4,807 | $30,090 | 544,609 | +0.9% |
| 2024-08-06 23:01 | 2024-08-05 | ECVT | Ecovyst Inc. | Feehan Michael | Officer; See Remarks | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $6.28 | 16,000 | $100,542 | 364,799 | +4.6% |
| 2024-08-06 23:00 | 2024-08-05 | ECVT | Ecovyst Inc. | Bitting Kurt | Director, Officer; See Remarks | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $6.27 | 5,000 | $31,350 | 489,332 | +1.0% |
| 2024-08-06 23:35 | 2024-08-02 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | MacLennan David | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $240.41 | 650 | $156,265 | 17,967 | +3.8% |
| 2024-08-05 23:05 | 2024-08-01 | ASPI | ASP Isotopes Inc. | AK Jensen Investment Management Ltd | 10% owner | Chemicals | SALE | $2.29 | 111,849 | $256,302 | 6,566,874 | -1.7% |
| 2024-08-05 23:25 | 2024-08-02 | ASIX | AdvanSix Inc. | Kane Erin N | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Chemicals | SALE | $27.87 | 3,442 | $95,929 | 532,795 | -0.6% |
| 2024-08-05 23:30 | 2024-08-01 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Dankel Roger | Officer; EVP, NA Sales | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $190.44 | 2,700 | $514,188 | 24,064 | -10.1% |
| 2024-08-05 23:46 | 2024-08-01 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Palmer Thomas Ronald | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Gold | SALE | $49.51 | 20,000 | $990,250 | 311,469 | -6.0% |
| 2024-08-02 23:14 | 2024-07-31 | EXP | EAGLE MATERIALS INC | Cribbs Eric | Officer; President (American Gypsum) | Building Materials | OPT+S | $277.06 | 1,851 | $512,845 | 13,937 | -11.7% |
| 2024-08-03 01:08 | 2024-07-31 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | van Gunsteren Job Leonard | Officer; SVP and GM, Specialty Products | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $180.05 | 7,750 | $1,395,412 | 8,540 | -47.6% |
| 2024-08-02 23:46 | 2024-08-01 | ASIX | AdvanSix Inc. | Kane Erin N | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Chemicals | SALE | $27.89 | 1,558 | $43,453 | 536,237 | -0.3% |
| 2024-08-02 23:44 | 2024-08-01 | ASIX | AdvanSix Inc. | Kintiroglou Achilles B. | Officer; SVP, General Counsel | Chemicals | SALE | $27.84 | 350 | $9,744 | 34,301 | -1.0% |
| 2024-08-02 17:59 | 2024-08-01 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | Johnson Stephen L | Director | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $77.95 | 960 | $74,829 | 22,940 | -4.0% |
| 2024-08-02 23:19 | 2024-07-31 | EXP | EAGLE MATERIALS INC | Kesler Dale Craig | Officer; EVP and CFO | Building Materials | OPT+S | $266.76 | 5,000 | $1,333,800 | 60,488 | -7.6% |
| 2024-08-02 23:27 | 2024-06-02 | HYMC | HYCROFT MINING HOLDING CORP | RIDEOUT STANTON K | Officer; Executive Vice President & CFO | Gold | SALE | $3.47 | 4,684 | $16,255 | 149,195 | -3.0% |
| 2024-08-02 23:23 | 2024-03-25 | HYMC | HYCROFT MINING HOLDING CORP | RIDEOUT STANTON K | Officer; Executive Vice President & CFO | Gold | SALE | $3.46 | 6,038 | $20,887 | 103,879 | -5.5% |
| 2024-08-01 21:19 | 2024-07-31 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | Needham Daniel R. | Officer; Executive Vice President | Steel | SALE | $160.00 | 8,624 | $1,379,840 | 99,049 | -8.0% |
| 2024-08-02 00:35 | 2024-07-30 | SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | CRONIN JANE M. | Officer; SVP - Enterprise Finance | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $350.75 | 9,320 | $3,268,990 | 16,816 | -35.7% |
| 2024-08-02 01:09 | 2024-07-30 | BCPC | BALCHEM CORP | Backus William A. | Officer; VP & Chief Accounting Officer | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $178.93 | 4,804 | $859,560 | 132 | -97.3% |
| 2024-08-02 01:36 | 2024-07-31 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Ryan Christopher Michael | Officer; President & COO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.59 | 39,821 | $23,482 | 1,704,556 | -2.3% |
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.