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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-10 02:26 | 2023-03-02 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | Williams Patrick | Officer; PRESIDENT & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $109.05 | 22,879 | $2,495,067 | 138,458 | -14.2% |
| 2023-03-10 02:22 | 2023-03-07 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | BOON PHILIP JOHN | Officer; Executive VP Business Ops | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $105.62 | 6,491 | $685,552 | 18,748 | -25.7% |
| 2023-03-09 02:17 | 2023-03-06 | MTX | MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC | Motwani Rocky | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $60.82 | 822 | $49,994 | 822 | +100.0% |
| 2023-03-08 22:44 | 2023-03-07 | NGVT | Ingevity Corp | White Richard Allen JR | Officer; SVP, Perf Chem and Pres, ISPT | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $81.00 | 1,439 | $116,559 | 6,530 | -18.1% |
| 2023-03-08 17:37 | 2023-03-07 | UFPI | UFP INDUSTRIES INC | Benton Patrick M. | Officer; Pres, UFP Construction, LLC | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $83.55 | 13,161 | $1,099,602 | 123,046 | -9.7% |
| 2023-03-09 01:04 | 2023-03-06 | OEC | Orion S.A. | Hrivnak Robert G. | Officer; Chief Accounting Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $26.60 | 2,514 | $66,862 | 19,638 | -11.3% |
| 2023-03-09 01:01 | 2022-01-12 | OEC | Orion S.A. | Hrivnak Robert G. | Officer; Chief Accounting Officer | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $16.20 | 14 | $220 | 22,152 | +0.1% |
| 2023-03-09 01:40 | 2023-03-07 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Turgeon Jean Francois | Director, Officer; Co-CEO and Director | Chemicals | SALE | $15.51 | 93,942 | $1,457,238 | 756,732 | -11.0% |
| 2023-03-09 01:39 | 2023-03-07 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Srivisal John | Officer; SVP, Business Dev. and Finance | Chemicals | SALE | $15.52 | 40,026 | $621,155 | 115,051 | -25.8% |
| 2023-03-09 01:38 | 2023-03-07 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Neuman Jeffrey N | Officer; SVP, General Counsel & Sec. | Chemicals | SALE | $15.52 | 46,985 | $729,165 | 231,382 | -16.9% |
| 2023-03-09 01:37 | 2023-03-07 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Flood Jonathan | Officer; Principal Accounting Officer | Chemicals | SALE | $15.51 | 29,356 | $455,385 | 22,991 | -56.1% |
| 2023-03-09 02:40 | 2023-03-07 | CLF | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | Taylor Douglas C | Director | Steel | SALE | $21.25 | 42,000 | $892,576 | 118,469 | -26.2% |
| 2023-03-09 01:36 | 2023-03-07 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Carlson Timothy C | Officer; SVP and CFO | Chemicals | SALE | $15.52 | 32,163 | $499,147 | 358,106 | -8.2% |
| 2023-03-09 01:38 | 2023-03-07 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Romano John D | Director, Officer; Co-CEO and Director | Chemicals | SALE | $15.51 | 73,272 | $1,136,742 | 768,911 | -8.7% |
| 2023-03-09 00:55 | 2023-03-07 | CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc. | THOMPSON J KENNETH | Director | Gold | BUY | $2.93 | 10,000 | $29,287 | 234,122 | +4.5% |
| 2023-03-08 18:59 | 2023-03-06 | FSI | FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC | O BRIEN DANIEL B | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $3.12 | 800 | $2,496 | 4,461,746 | 0.0% |
| 2023-03-07 19:45 | 2023-03-06 | SCL | STEPAN CO | Stepan Richard Finn | Officer; V.P. and Gen'l. Mgr., Polymers | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $105.06 | 479 | $50,324 | 188,326 | -0.3% |
| 2023-03-07 23:46 | 2023-03-03 | LIN | LINDE PLC | Durbin Sean | Officer; Executive VP, EMEA | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $360.17 | 4,060 | $1,462,272 | 8,432 | -32.5% |
| 2023-03-08 01:19 | 2023-03-07 | AMR | Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. | Stetson David J. | Director, Officer; Executive Chairman | Coking Coal | SALE | $179.37 | 20,000 | $3,587,414 | 81,913 | -19.6% |
| 2023-03-08 01:24 | 2023-03-06 | CC | Chemours Co | Bellezza Alisha | Officer; President, Thermal Spec Solns | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $35.47 | 27,716 | $983,087 | 43,931 | -38.7% |
| 2023-03-08 00:15 | 2023-03-07 | ECVT | Ecovyst Inc. | CCMP Capital, LP | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $9.95 | 11,490,444 | $114,329,918 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2023-03-08 01:01 | 2023-03-03 | ECVT | Ecovyst Inc. | Vann Kyle D | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $11.02 | 10,000 | $110,217 | 182,320 | +5.8% |
| 2023-03-08 00:39 | 2023-03-03 | KWR | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | BARRY MICHAEL F | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $200.03 | 700 | $140,018 | 92,818 | -0.7% |
| 2023-03-07 00:02 | 2023-03-02 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | SIEGAL MICHAEL D | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Executive Chairman of Board | Steel | SALE | $56.11 | 100,000 | $5,611,480 | 1,102,072 | -8.3% |
| 2023-03-07 03:34 | 2023-03-02 | NGVT | Ingevity Corp | WOODCOCK STUART EDWARD JR. | Officer; EVP and Pres, Perf Materials | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $82.14 | 4,968 | $408,072 | 26,541 | -15.8% |
| 2023-03-07 03:30 | 2023-03-02 | NGVT | Ingevity Corp | PLATT PHILLIP JOHN | Officer; CAO & VP, Bus Transform Lead | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $81.71 | 8,847 | $722,915 | 5,534 | -61.5% |
| 2023-03-07 01:15 | 2023-03-03 | CBT | CABOT CORP | Kalkstein Hobart | Officer; Executive Vice President | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $83.00 | 10,031 | $832,573 | 68,383 | -12.8% |
| 2023-03-07 01:59 | 2023-03-03 | ALB | Albemarle Corporation | Tozier Scott | Officer; EVP & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $251.40 | 5,700 | $1,432,980 | 69,503 | -7.6% |
| 2023-03-07 00:46 | 2023-03-02 | SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | Hardesty Phillip Michael | Officer; Senior Vice President | Coking Coal | SALE | $9.97 | 13,778 | $137,408 | 206,050 | -6.3% |
| 2023-03-07 01:18 | 2023-03-03 | BCC | BOISE CASCADE Co | Brown Dean Michael | Officer; EVP, Wood Products | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $69.41 | 5,867 | $407,203 | 47,931 | -10.9% |
| 2023-03-06 19:24 | 2023-03-02 | FSI | FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC | O BRIEN DANIEL B | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $3.11 | 2,056 | $6,391 | 4,462,546 | 0.0% |
| 2023-03-07 02:54 | 2023-03-03 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | PARRETTE LESLIE J | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $111.35 | 450 | $50,108 | 1,044 | +75.8% |
| 2023-03-03 22:19 | 2023-03-01 | FMC | FMC CORP | pereira ronaldo | Officer; EVP, President, FMC Americas | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $129.29 | 1,955 | $252,761 | 19,478 | -9.1% |
| 2023-03-04 02:34 | 2023-03-03 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | Mollins Sean Michael | Officer; Sr. VP, Operations | Steel | SALE | $263.87 | 4,750 | $1,253,383 | 16,930 | -21.9% |
| 2023-03-04 01:04 | 2023-03-01 | ORGN | Origin Materials, Inc. | Riley Richard J. | Director, Officer; Co-CEO and Director | Chemicals | OPT+S | $4.70 | 45,000 | $211,500 | 337,500 | -11.8% |
| 2023-03-03 22:17 | 2023-03-01 | FMC | FMC CORP | Reilly Michael Finian | Officer; EVP, General Counsel & Sec. | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $128.56 | 1,200 | $154,268 | 21,295 | -5.3% |
| 2023-03-03 22:14 | 2023-03-02 | FMC | FMC CORP | Sandifer Andrew D | Officer; EVP and CFO | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $127.77 | 5,000 | $638,835 | 39,061 | -11.3% |
| 2023-03-04 01:54 | 2023-03-03 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | Berger Larry L | Officer; EVP & CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $162.95 | 4,404 | $717,627 | 12,442 | -26.1% |
| 2023-03-04 02:42 | 2023-03-03 | CLF | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | GREEN SUSAN MIRANDA | Director | Steel | SALE | $22.66 | 8,700 | $197,145 | 87,353 | -9.1% |
| 2023-03-02 16:27 | 2023-03-01 | UFPI | UFP INDUSTRIES INC | CURRIE WILLIAM G | Director | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $85.10 | 46,830 | $3,985,444 | 63,770 | -42.3% |
| 2023-03-03 01:31 | 2023-03-01 | FCX | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC | Mikes Ellie L. | Officer; Chief Accounting Officer | Copper | OPT+S | $43.17 | 11,678 | $504,117 | 32,333 | -26.5% |
| 2023-03-03 03:51 | 2023-03-01 | ALB | Albemarle Corporation | Tozier Scott | Officer; EVP & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $255.49 | 417 | $106,539 | 75,203 | -0.6% |
| 2023-03-03 00:14 | 2023-02-28 | SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | Hardesty Phillip Michael | Officer; Senior Vice President | Coking Coal | OPT+S | $9.47 | 17,778 | $168,278 | 199,033 | -8.2% |
| 2023-03-03 01:16 | 2023-02-28 | CE | Celanese Corp | Murray Mark Christopher | Officer; SVP - Acetyls | Chemicals | BUY | $117.15 | 1,200 | $140,580 | 10,589 | +12.8% |
| 2023-03-03 01:05 | 2023-03-01 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Palmer Thomas Ronald | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Gold | SALE | $44.25 | 11,000 | $486,750 | 322,039 | -3.3% |
| 2023-03-03 00:58 | 2023-03-01 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Atkinson Robert D | Officer; EVP & COO | Gold | SALE | $44.25 | 3,000 | $132,750 | 87,751 | -3.3% |
| 2023-03-02 19:53 | 2023-02-28 | FSI | FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC | O BRIEN DANIEL B | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $3.15 | 5,228 | $16,462 | 4,464,602 | -0.1% |
| 2023-03-03 00:11 | 2023-02-17 | BRGC | North America Lithium & Gold Corp | Jamshidi Shahsavar Mahmood | Director, Officer, 10% owner; Chairman/CEO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.15 | 52,466 | $7,870 | 52,466 | +100.0% |
| 2023-03-03 04:00 | 2023-03-01 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | Williams Patrick | Officer; PRESIDENT & CEO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $109.70 | 9,143 | $1,002,969 | 157,370 | -5.5% |
| 2023-03-02 21:19 | 2023-03-02 | IOSP | INNOSPEC INC. | Jones David B. | Officer; SVP, GC & CCO | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $108.98 | 459 | $50,022 | 6,534 | +7.6% |
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.