Middle‑of‑the‑week filings served up new leadership buys in discount retail and food distribution. We also saw a billionaire’s continued support for a sports franchise.
📌 Dollar Tree $DLTR
New CFO Stewart Glendinning put $1.24 million to work—always notable when the numbers person buys at market.
📌 Atlanta Braves $BATRA
DirectorJohn C. Malone added another $2.14 million, taking a fresh swing at the opening of a new season.
📌 Calavo Growers $CVGW
CEO Lee Cole filed a Form 4 with a purchase of $499,991, a nearly half‑million‑dollar vote of confidence in the avocado king.
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📌 PBF Energy $PBF
Billionaire Carlos Slim’s Control Empresarial added $216,558, extending its steady accumulation.
Insider activity was fairly quiet overall, but a significant buy at Nike Inc $NKE dwarves the day’s other transactions.
📌 The most notable insider activity from yesterday’s filings came from the boardroom of Nike $NKE, where Director Bob Swan disclosed a $502,756 purchase.
📌Chairman Mitchell Jacobson filed a Form 4 revealing a $11.1 million purchase in MSC Industrial Direct Co $MSM.
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📌 Last but not least, NexPoint Residential Trust $NXRT CFO Paul Richards stepped in with a $193,275 open-market purchase—always a signal worth tracking when it comes from the chief financial officer.
Insider activity was fairly quiet overall, but a significant buy at Nike Inc $NKE dwarves the day’s other transactions.
📌 The most notable insider activity from yesterday’s filings came from the boardroom of Nike $NKE, where Director Bob Swan disclosed a $502,756 purchase.
📌Chairman Mitchell Jacobson filed a Form 4 revealing a $11.1 million purchase in MSC Industrial Direct Co $MSM.
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📌 Last but not least, NexPoint Residential Trust $NXRT CFO Paul Richards stepped in with a $193,275 open-market purchase—always a signal worth tracking when it comes from the chief financial officer.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives were active again, with Rep. Gilberto Cisneros of California disclosed purchases in a wide range of sectors.
His filings included trades in:
📌 Ferguson $FERG;
📌 Johnson & Johnson $JNJ;
📌 PTC $PTC; and
📌 UnitedHealth $UNH.
Each disclosure fell in the $15,001-to-$50,000 range. While these aren’t massive trades individually, the diversification and consistent activity say a lot about where some lawmakers see opportunity.
📌 Rep. Tony Wied also disclosed purchases in both Advanced Micro Devices $AMD and Trade Desk $TTD.
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📌 On the institutional front, Apollo Global Management...
President, CEO, and Chairman Ryan Cohen filed a Form 4 revealing a $10.78 million purchase.
What makes this even more intriguing is the timing—right on the heels of GameStop floating a MicroStrategy-style Bitcoin strategy.
📌 Applied Materials $AMAT
President and CEO Gary E. Dickerson just stepped up with a $6.87 million open market buy in Applied Materials $AMAT—his first insider purchase since 2015.
When a top executive makes their first buy in nearly a decade, it’s not something to gloss over.
When someone with the deepest insights into the business steps in with a sizable buy after a decade on the sidelines, it’s a message worth listening to.
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