In this article, we will take a detailed look at 10 Stocks Insiders Spent The Most Money On Recently. We previously covered 10 Stocks Insiders Are Buying This Year.
As the broader market continues to rise this year, we thought it would be interesting to highlight some stocks that have seen significant insider buying recently. Insiders—such as executives and directors—often have valuable insights into a company’s strategy, plans, and future initiatives. For instance, when a CEO or CFO invests their own money to purchase company shares, it can be seen as a strong vote of confidence in the company’s prospects. When an insider makes a substantial financial commitment, it often signals an even higher level of confidence in the company’s future performance.
Why should we be interested in insider trading activity? While both insider selling and buying can be driven by various motives, it is important to consider these moves within the broader context of the company’s fundamentals, industry trends, and overall market conditions. That’s why due diligence before any investment is of the utmost importance. However, insider trading activity in combination with other relevant determinants can offer valuable insights into a company’s capabilities, helping investors make more informed investment decisions.
What are some of the stocks that have seen the most insider investment recently? To find out, we used Insider Monkey’s insider trading stock screener, focusing only on stocks where each individual insider purchase was valued at $2 million or more. This means the total value of insider purchases over the same period (last 60 days) could be higher, but only larger purchases were considered in the search.
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With each stock, we note the value of acquired shares, which refers to the value of shares acquired through individual insider purchases worth at least $2 million each. Let’s take a look at 10 Stocks Insiders Spent The Most Money On Recently.
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10. Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. (NASDAQ:VGAS)
Value Of Shares Acquired: $50,000,000.00
Market Cap: $173.743 million
Verde Clean Fuels is a renewable gasoline technology company developing projects in North America. The company is focused on the deployment of its innovative and proprietary liquid fuels processing technology via the development of commercial production plants. Verde’s syngas-to-gasoline plus process converts syngas, derived from diverse feedstocks into fully finished liquid fuels that require no additional refining.
On January 29, one insider – Cottonmouth Ventures, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG), acquired a total of $50 million worth of Verde Clean Fuels shares at a price of $4 per share. With this purchase of 12.5 million shares, Cottonmouth Ventures increased its holdings to 14.5 million shares.
The stock is currently trading at $3.92 per share, having declined 3.69% year-to-date. Over the past 12 months, Verde Clean Fuels shares dropped 25.76%.
For the three months ended September 30, 2024, the company disclosed a net loss of $2.5 million, which compares to a net loss of $2.6 million in the same period of 2023. The company’s net loss for the quarter was primarily attributable to ongoing and general and administrative expenses.
9. Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFD)
Value Of Shares Acquired: $64,000,000.00
Market Cap: $8.43 billion
The ninth stock on this list of top insider investments in recent weeks is a global food company and one of the world’s largest pork processors and hog producers – Smithfield Foods, Inc. The company went public this January.
Smithfield’s diversified portfolio includes well-known brands like Smithfield, Eckrich, Nathan’s Famous, Farmland, Farmer John, and Armour. The company was founded back in 1936, as Smithfield Packing Company. It is also one of the 15 Biggest Agriculture Stocks in 2025.
In January, one insider who is also a director at the company, Long Wan, acquired around $64 million worth of Smithfield shares at a price of $20 per share. Currently, the stock is trading at $21.45 per share, having gone up 8.58% since its IPO.
Since this is a new stock on the market, there’s not much analyst coverage on this stock yet. Usually, professional analysis requires the stock to be listed for a certain period of time.
