Investors should always be on the lookout for insights that could give them an edge in the stock market, and one potential source of such information is insider buying activity. When company insiders, such as executives or board members, buy shares of a company’s stock, it can be seen as a vote of confidence in the company’s prospects. Publicly available insider buying information can provide valuable clues about which stocks may be worth considering for investment.
Here are three stocks recently purchased by C-level insiders –
FS Credit Opportunities Corp. – SYM: FSCO
Recent Price: $4.59
Insider Action: 7 insiders buy $1.2 mil in shares
Description: FS Credit Opportunities Corp. is a close ended fixed income fund launched by Franklin Square Capital Partners. The fund is co-managed by FS Global Advisor, LLC and GSO Capital Partners LP. It invests in fixed income markets across the globe, with a strong focus on Europe and the United States.
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MAIA Biotechnology, Inc. – SYM: MAIA
Recent Price: $2.42
Insider Action: 6 insiders buy $511K in shares
Description: MAIA Biotechnology, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapies targeting cancer. The company’s lead product candidate is THIO, a telomere-targeting agent that is in Phase II clinical study to evaluate its activity in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. It is also developing second generation telomere targeting agents. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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Tyson Foods, Inc. – SYM: TSN
Recent Price: $50.55
Insider Action: 5 insiders buy $2.3 mil in shares
Description: Tyson Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. The company processes live fed cattle and live market hogs; fabricates dressed beef and pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts, as well as case ready beef and pork, and fully cooked meats; raises and processes chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products, including breaded chicken strips, nuggets, patties, and other ready-to-fix or fully cooked chicken parts; and supplies poultry breeding stock. It also manufactures and markets frozen and refrigerated food products, including ready-to-eat sandwiches, flame-grilled hamburgers, Philly steaks, pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks, and processed meats under the Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, State Fair, Aidells, and Gallo Salame brands. In addition, the company offers its products under the Tyson and ibp brands. It sells its products through its sales staff to grocery retailers, grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, warehouse club stores, military commissaries, industrial food processing companies, chain restaurants or their distributors, live markets, international export companies, and domestic distributors who serve restaurants and food service operations, such as plant and school cafeterias, convenience stores, hospitals, and other vendors, as well as through independent brokers and trading companies. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.
