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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-11 23:02 | 2022-05-09 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | WOLFORT DAVID A | Director, Officer; Senior Advisor | Steel | SALE | $31.35 | 5,790 | $181,542 | 241,386 | -2.3% |
| 2022-05-10 23:43 | 2022-05-06 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $82.45 | 41,623 | $3,431,737 | 5,915,485 | +0.7% |
| 2022-05-10 22:31 | 2022-05-09 | NNUP | NOCOPI TECHNOLOGIES INC/MD/ | Eriksen Howard Timothy | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.15 | 98,000 | $14,700 | 7,371,126 | +1.3% |
| 2022-05-11 01:32 | 2022-05-09 | PRM | Perimeter Solutions, Inc. | WindAcre Partnership Master Fund, LP | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $8.65 | 1,600,000 | $13,840,000 | 21,600,000 | +8.0% |
| 2022-05-10 23:35 | 2022-05-09 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | ANDRASICK JAMES S | Director | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $104.29 | 1,180 | $123,062 | 1,178 | -50.0% |
| 2022-05-10 15:46 | 2022-05-09 | MP | MP Materials Corp. / DE | DUCKWORTH CONNIE K | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $38.37 | 15,200 | $583,224 | 17,684 | +611.9% |
| 2022-05-10 23:37 | 2022-05-09 | SWM | Mativ Holdings, Inc. | Keenan Jeffrey | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $26.20 | 9,000 | $235,838 | 59,000 | +18.0% |
| 2022-05-10 23:36 | 2022-05-10 | SWM | Mativ Holdings, Inc. | ROGERS JOHN | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $25.75 | 1,000 | $25,750 | 4,004 | +33.3% |
| 2022-05-10 00:38 | 2022-05-06 | RS | RELIANCE, INC. | Durham Jeffrey Wayne | Officer; Sr. VP, Operations | Steel | SALE | $196.06 | 10,000 | $1,960,565 | 19,071 | -34.4% |
| 2022-05-09 23:22 | 2022-05-05 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $85.14 | 29,006 | $2,469,472 | 5,873,862 | +0.5% |
| 2022-05-10 01:21 | 2022-05-06 | CC | Chemours Co | Ralhan Sameer | Officer; SVP, CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $40.09 | 55,363 | $2,219,647 | 313,506 | -15.0% |
| 2022-05-10 00:42 | 2022-05-05 | CC | Chemours Co | Shelton David C | Officer; SVP, GC & Corp. Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $39.99 | 150,780 | $6,029,692 | 51,125 | -74.7% |
| 2022-05-10 00:06 | 2022-05-05 | CC | Chemours Co | Sparks Edwin C | Officer; President, Titan Tech Chem Sol | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $39.29 | 40,790 | $1,602,468 | 100,515 | -28.9% |
| 2022-05-09 23:57 | 2022-05-09 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | Prouty Eric A | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $9.00 | 75,000 | $675,000 | 123,169 | -37.8% |
| 2022-05-09 23:30 | 2022-05-05 | ECVT | Ecovyst Inc. | Fogarty Kevin Michael | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $9.85 | 40,000 | $394,128 | 40,000 | +100.0% |
| 2022-05-09 23:05 | 2022-05-06 | KBLB | Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. | Thompson Kimberly Kraig | Director, Officer, 10% owner; CEO & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.00 | 2,000 | $0 | 202,997,372 | 0.0% |
| 2022-05-09 23:14 | 2022-05-06 | MOS | MOSAIC CO | EBEL GREGORY L | Director | Agricultural Inputs | BUY | $63.49 | 15,600 | $990,502 | 80,068 | +24.2% |
| 2022-05-06 19:42 | 2022-05-04 | OLN | OLIN Corp | FLAUGHER BRETT A | Officer; VP & Pres, Winchester | Chemicals | OPT+S | $62.48 | 13,459 | $840,972 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2022-05-06 23:38 | 2022-05-04 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $86.47 | 28,454 | $2,460,557 | 5,844,856 | +0.5% |
| 2022-05-07 02:06 | 2022-05-05 | CC | Chemours Co | Bellezza Alisha | Officer; President, Thermal Spec Solns | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $40.48 | 14,365 | $581,495 | 38,797 | -27.0% |
| 2022-05-07 01:11 | 2022-05-05 | CC | Chemours Co | Scarborough Alvenia | Officer; SVP Corp Communications & CBO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $40.42 | 7,249 | $293,005 | 12,322 | -37.0% |
| 2022-05-06 23:06 | 2022-05-06 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Neuman Jeffrey N | Officer; SVP, General Counsel & Sec. | Chemicals | BUY | $18.22 | 3,000 | $54,660 | 186,312 | +1.6% |
| 2022-05-07 02:52 | 2022-05-05 | CC | Chemours Co | Newman Mark | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $40.22 | 197,161 | $7,929,815 | 176,347 | -52.8% |
| 2022-05-06 23:49 | 2022-05-04 | DOW | DOW INC. | Ungerleider Howard I | Officer; President and CFO | Chemicals | OPT+S | $68.70 | 104,101 | $7,151,530 | 114,206 | -47.7% |
| 2022-05-06 23:45 | 2022-05-05 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | MacLennan David | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $171.01 | 600 | $102,604 | 11,351 | +5.6% |
| 2022-05-06 23:30 | 2022-05-04 | KBLB | Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. | Thompson Kimberly Kraig | Director, Officer, 10% owner; CEO & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.00 | 11,400 | $0 | 202,999,372 | 0.0% |
| 2022-05-06 14:24 | 2022-05-05 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Ederington L. Benjamin | Officer; EVP, GC, CAO and Secretary | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $139.82 | 12,569 | $1,757,335 | 37,418 | -25.1% |
| 2022-05-05 21:20 | 2022-05-03 | DC | Dakota Gold Corp. | Awde Jonathan T. | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Gold | BUY | $4.02 | 9,000 | $36,180 | 62,786 | +16.7% |
| 2022-05-05 22:15 | 2022-05-03 | LIN | LINDE PLC | Opfermann Andreas | Officer; Executive VP, Clean Energy | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $311.55 | 186 | $57,948 | 1,671 | -10.0% |
| 2022-05-06 00:21 | 2022-05-03 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $84.95 | 41,930 | $3,561,844 | 5,816,402 | +0.7% |
| 2022-05-05 23:35 | 2022-05-03 | EMN | EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO | BOLDEA LUCIAN | Officer; Executive VP | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $102.86 | 10,500 | $1,080,030 | 22,039 | -32.3% |
| 2022-05-05 17:45 | 2022-05-04 | SMG | SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO | Johnson Stephen L | Director | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $113.36 | 2,305 | $261,290 | 20,233 | -10.2% |
| 2022-05-06 00:12 | 2022-05-04 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Carlson Timothy C | Officer; SVP and CFO | Chemicals | BUY | $18.33 | 5,000 | $91,650 | 324,326 | +1.6% |
| 2022-05-04 23:36 | 2022-05-02 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $85.68 | 40,471 | $3,467,482 | 5,774,472 | +0.7% |
| 2022-05-05 00:42 | 2022-05-02 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Dankel Roger | Officer; President, Simpson Strong-Tie | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $105.00 | 600 | $63,000 | 32,412 | -1.8% |
| 2022-05-04 22:39 | 2022-05-04 | UFPI | UFP INDUSTRIES INC | PETERS ALLEN T | Officer; Pres & COO, UFP Retail, LLC | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $81.07 | 5,605 | $454,397 | 147,709 | -3.7% |
| 2022-05-04 23:48 | 2022-05-02 | KBLB | Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. | Thompson Kimberly Kraig | Director, Officer, 10% owner; CEO & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.00 | 32,000 | $0 | 203,010,772 | 0.0% |
| 2022-05-05 02:34 | 2022-05-02 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Atkinson Robert D | Officer; EVP & COO | Gold | SALE | $71.20 | 3,000 | $213,600 | 70,617 | -4.1% |
| 2022-05-05 00:04 | 2022-05-02 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Palmer Thomas Ronald | Director, Officer; President & CEO | Gold | SALE | $71.20 | 11,000 | $783,200 | 287,949 | -3.7% |
| 2022-05-04 02:59 | 2022-05-02 | IFF | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | Fauchon de Villeplee Christophe | Officer; President, Scent | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $121.68 | 630 | $76,658 | 8,809 | -6.7% |
| 2022-05-04 00:07 | 2022-04-29 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $85.34 | 50,000 | $4,267,215 | 5,734,001 | +0.9% |
| 2022-05-03 23:54 | 2022-04-29 | ECL | ECOLAB INC. | McKibben Tracy B | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $170.00 | 1,475 | $250,750 | 6,746 | +28.0% |
| 2022-05-03 16:05 | 2022-05-02 | BIOF | BLUE BIOFUELS, INC. | Santelli Anthony II | Director, Officer; CFO | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.15 | 500,000 | $75,000 | 8,026,177 | +6.6% |
| 2022-05-03 23:30 | 2022-05-02 | RPM | RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/ | Laroche Michael J. | Officer; VP, Controller & CAO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $83.55 | 1,476 | $123,315 | 6,525 | -18.4% |
| 2022-05-03 00:12 | 2022-04-28 | SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | Winder Investment Pte Ltd | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $84.36 | 33,887 | $2,858,633 | 5,684,001 | +0.6% |
| 2022-05-02 22:47 | 2022-04-27 | BIOF | BLUE BIOFUELS, INC. | Slager Benjamin | Director, Officer, 10% owner; CEO | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.15 | 500,000 | $75,000 | 15,500,000 | +3.3% |
| 2022-05-02 23:30 | 2022-04-29 | KBLB | Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. | Thompson Kimberly Kraig | Director, Officer, 10% owner; CEO & CFO | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $0.00 | 20,000 | $0 | 203,042,772 | 0.0% |
| 2022-05-02 23:36 | 2022-04-26 | QEGY | Quantum Energy, Inc. | Westbrook William | Officer; CFO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.30 | 44,000 | $13,156 | 236,050 | +22.9% |
| 2022-04-29 18:10 | 2022-04-29 | CLF | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | Goncalves Celso L Jr | Officer; EVP, CFO | Steel | BUY | $26.32 | 4,000 | $105,260 | 143,285 | +2.9% |
| 2022-04-29 13:03 | 2022-04-26 | DOW | DOW INC. | Dial Debra L. | Director | Chemicals | BUY | $67.69 | 400 | $27,075 | 775 | +106.7% |
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.