An insider trade occurs when a corporate executive (such as a CEO, CFO or COO) that has non-public information about a company buys or sells shares of that company's stock. Company insiders are required by law to regularly report their stock purchases and sales to the SEC.
Tracking a company's insider trades is a metric that can be used to identify the direction that the company's executives believes that the company is headed. If a number of insiders purchase more shares of their company, they may believe that the company will have strong future earnings and that the share price will increase in the near future.
For example, if Microsoft's CEO, CFO and COO all recently purchased additional shares of Microsoft stock, that would be an indication that there could be unreported news that may positively effect Microsoft's stock price in the near future.
This slideshow lists the 15 companies that have had the highest levels of insider buying within the last 180 days.
#1 - Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR)
- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $1,512,587.20
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 19
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 30,330
- Who Bought Shares
- Brian J Willey (CFO), Christopher P Calvert (COO), Glenn W Stetson (EVP), Joseph Wm Foran (CEO), Monika U Ehrman (Director), Paul W Harvey (Director), Robert T Macalik (CAO), Susan M Ward (Director), Timothy E Parker (Director), Van H Singleton II (Insider) and William Thomas Elsener (EVP)
About Matador Resources

Matador Resources Company, an independent energy company, engages in the exploration, development, production, and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources in the United States. It operates through two segments, Exploration and Production; and Midstream. The company primarily holds interests in the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Delaware Basin in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas.
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#2 - Science Applications International (NYSE:SAIC)
- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $414,489.65
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 7
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 3,685
- Who Bought Shares
- Barbara Supplee (EVP), Carolyn B Handlon (Director), Garth Graham (Director), Hilary Hageman (EVP), John K Tien Jr (Director), Milford W Mcguirt (Director) and Toni Townes-Whitley (CEO)
About Science Applications International

Science Applications International Corporation provides technical, engineering, and enterprise information technology (IT) services primarily in the United States. The company's offerings include IT modernization; digital engineering; artificial intelligence; Weapon systems support design, build, modify, integrate, and sustain weapon systems; and end-to-end services, such as design, development, integration, deployment, management and operations, sustainment, and security of its customers' IT infrastructure, as well as training and simulation and ground vehicles support which integrates, modify, upgrades, and sustains ground vehicles for nation's armed forces.
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- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $45,584.15
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 12
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 2,655
- Who Bought Shares
- Dan E Johnson (Insider), Jeffrey K Putzier (Insider), Justin C Clausen (CFO), Michael A Wilson (EVP), Michelle R Cassabaum (Director), Patrick G Hagan (Director) and Scott T Bauer (Insider)
About Ames National

Ames National Corporation operates as a multi-bank holding company that provides banking products and services primarily in Boone, Clarke, Hancock, Marshall, Polk, Story, and Union counties in central, north central, and south-central Iowa. The company accepts various deposit products, including checking and savings accounts; and time deposits, such as money market accounts and certificates of deposit.
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#4 - Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ:CWBC)
- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $201,821.13
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 15
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 11,238
- Who Bought Shares
- Dorothea D Silva (Director), James J Kim (CEO), James W Lokey (Director), Jeffrey Michael Martin (EVP), Martin E Plourd (President), Robert Bartlein (Director) and Shannon R Avrett (EVP)
About Community West Bancshares

Community West Bancshares operates as the bank holding company for Community West Bank, N.A. that provides various financial products and services in California. The company offers deposit products, such as checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and fixed rate and fixed maturity certificates of deposits; and cash management products.
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#5 - Mid Penn Bancorp (NASDAQ:MPB)
- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $580,185.83
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 10
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 19,688
- Who Bought Shares
- Albert J Evans (Director), Joan E Dickinson (Insider), John E Noone (Director), Maureen M Gathagan (Director), Robert A Abel (Director), Rory G Ritrievi (CEO) and Soto Matthew G De (Director)
About Mid Penn Bancorp

Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc operates as the bank holding company for Mid Penn Bank that provides commercial banking services to individuals, partnerships, non-profit organizations, and corporations. The company offers various time and demand deposit products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, clubs, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts.
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#6 - Martin Midstream Partners (NASDAQ:MMLP)
- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $1,385.38
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 10
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 372
- Who Bought Shares
- Chris H Booth (VP), Randall Tauscher (COO), Robert D Bondurant (CEO), Ruben S Martin (Director), Scot A Shoup (VP) and Sharon L Taylor (CFO)
About Martin Midstream Partners

Martin Midstream Partners L.P., together with its subsidiaries, provides terminalling, processing, storage, and packaging services for petroleum products and by-products primarily in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Terminalling and Storage, Transportation, Sulfur Services, and Specialty Products.
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- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $512,213.82
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 15
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 98,898
- Who Bought Shares
- Aron R English (Major Shareholder), John Allen Baugh (Director), Jonathan Lee Kelly (Director), Kimberly Bullock Gatling (Director), Mary Elizabeth Hunsberger (Insider) and Robert George Iv Culp (CEO)
About Culp

Culp, Inc manufactures, sources, markets, and sells mattress fabrics, sewn covers, and cut and sewn kits for use in mattresses, foundations, and other bedding products in the United States, North America, the Far East, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Mattress Fabrics and Upholstery Fabrics.
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#8 - Myers Industries (NYSE:MYE)
- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $257,560.24
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 8
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 21,472
- Who Bought Shares
- Aaron M Schapper (CEO), Bruce M Lisman (Director), Dave Basque (CEO), Lori A Lutey (Director), William A Foley (Director) and Yvette Dapremont Bright (Director)
About Myers Industries

Myers Industries, Inc engages in distribution of tire service supplies in Ohio. It operates through two segments, The Material Handling and Distribution. The Material Handling segment offers pallets, small parts bins, bulk shipping containers, and OEM parts, as well as storage and organization, and custom plastic products; and injection molded, rotationally molded or blow molded products, consumer fuel containers and tanks for water, fuel, and waste handling.
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- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $26,418.67
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 12
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 814
- Who Bought Shares
- Alexandra C Chiaruttini (CAO), Ashley M Grimm (VP), Joseph Thomas Hand (CEO), Mark S Snyder (VP), Matthew E Poff (CFO) and Steven R Rasmussen (Director)
About York Water

The York Water Company impounds, purifies, and distributes drinking water. It owns and operates three wastewater collection systems; ten wastewater collection and treatment systems; and two reservoirs, including Lake Williams and Lake Redman, which hold approximately 2.2 billion gallons of water. The company also operates a 15-mile pipeline from the Susquehanna River to Lake Redman; and owns satellite groundwater systems in York, Adams, and Lancaster Counties, as well as two impounding dams on primary system located in York and Springfield Townships.
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#10 - TriSalus Life Sciences (NASDAQ:TLSI)
- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $575,843.06
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 8
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 124,868
- Who Bought Shares
- Equity Ab Frankenius (Major Shareholder), James Emmett Young (CFO), Mary T Szela (CEO), Mats Wahlstrom (Director) and Sean Murphy (Insider)
About TriSalus Life Sciences

TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc, a medical technology company, researches, develops, and sells drug delivery technologies and immune-oncology therapeutics for the treatment of liver and pancreatic cancer. The company offers Pressure Enabled Drug Delivery infusion systems, such as the TriNav infusion system, which is used in transarterial radioembolization and chemoembolization procedures for patients with liver cancer and metastases; and the Pancreatic Retrograde Venous Infusion device, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial, for locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
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- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $888,485.00
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 5
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 48,400
- Who Bought Shares
- Francis Orfanello (Director), Hope Pascucci (Director), Jean-Pierre Lapointe (CFO), Joseph P Campanelli (CEO) and Paul A Evangelista (EVP)
About NB Bancorp

NB Bancorp, Inc focuses on operating as a bank holding company for Needham Bank that provides various banking products and services in Greater Boston metropolitan area and surrounding communities in Massachusetts, eastern Connecticut, southern New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. The company offers various deposits, including certificate of deposit, individual retirement, money market, savings, NOW, demand deposit, and interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing checking accounts; and commercial real estate and multifamily, one- to four-family residential real estate, construction and land development, commercial and industrial, and consumer loans, as well as home equity loans and lines of credit.
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- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $125,807.50
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 6
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 9,250
- Who Bought Shares
- Barry Sloane (CEO), Craig Jeffry Brunet (Director), Gregory L Zink (Director), Peter Mathison Downs (Insider) and Richard J Salute (Director)
About NewtekOne

NewtekOne, Inc operates as the bank holding company for Newtek Bank, National Association that engages in the provision of various business and financial solutions under the Newtek brand name to the small- and medium-sized business market. The company accepts demand, savings, NOW, money market, and time deposits; and provides loans including SBA loans, commercial and industrial loans, and commercial real estate loans.
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#13 - Oak Valley Bancorp (NASDAQ:OVLY)
- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $284,868.53
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 8
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 11,014
- Who Bought Shares
- Allison Lafferty (Director), Christopher M Courtney (CEO), Gary Strong (Director), H Randolph Holder Jr (Director) and Terrance P Withrow (Director)
About Oak Valley Bancorp

Oak Valley Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Oak Valley Community Bank that provides a range of commercial banking services to individuals and small to medium-sized businesses in the Central Valley and the Eastern Sierras. The company's deposits products include checking and savings, money market, health savings, and individual retirement accounts, as well as certificates of deposit.
More about Oak Valley Bancorp
- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $304,528.75
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 7
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 25,975
- Who Bought Shares
- Christopher J Pribula (COO), David M Orbach (Insider), James Castelletti (SVP), Mary E Davey (Director) and William P Taylor (CEO)
About SR Bancorp

SR Bancorp, Inc operates as the holding company for Somerset Regal Bank that provides customary retail and commercial banking services to individuals, businesses, and local municipalities in the communities of Somerset, Middlesex, Hunterdon, and Essex counties in New Jersey. It offers deposit instruments, including noninterest-bearing demand deposits, interest-bearing demand accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit.
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#15 - First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF)
- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $164,116.18
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 8
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 3,334
- Who Bought Shares
- James O Mcdonald (Director), Mark Allen Franklin (Insider), Mark Jason Sr Blade Sr (Director), Susan M Jensen (Director) and William Randolph Krieble (Director)
About First Financial

First Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides various financial services. The company offers non-interest-bearing demand, interest-bearing demand, savings, time, and other time deposits. It also provides commercial loans primarily to expand a business or finance asset purchases; residential real estate and residential real estate construction loans; and home equity loans and lines, secured loans, and cash/CD secured and unsecured loans.
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#16 - The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (NASDAQ:CUBA)
- Dollar Amount of Shares Purchased
- $426,861.81
- Number of Insider Purchases in the Last 180 Days
- 16
- Volume of Shares Purchased
- 164,871
- Who Bought Shares
- Brigitta Suzanne Herzfeld (Director), Erik Mervin Herzfeld (President), John A Gelety (Director), Ryan M Paylor (Portfolio Manager) and Thomas J Herzfeld (Chairman)
About The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund

The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc The fund is managed by Herzfeld/Cuba. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund employing fundamental analysis investing in stocks of companies that are likely to benefit from economic, political, structural and technological developments in the countries in the Caribbean Basin, which consist of Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Barbados, Aruba, Haiti, the Netherlands Antilles, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.
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