Insider Selling at Ford Motor Company (F), Plus Insider Buying at Four Other Companies

CEO and Board Member of Owner and Franchisor of Restaurants Purchases Shares

Two different insiders at low-priced Chanticleer Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:HOTR) purchased some shares last week. Gregory E. Kraut, recently appointed to the company’s Board of Directors, snapped up 7,000 shares last Wednesday for $0.56 each, lifting his overall holding to 182,623 shares. CEO and President Gregory E. Kraut bought 400 shares on the same day at $0.58 apiece, all of which are held in his Individual Retirement Account (currently holds 6,200 shares of Chanticleer). Mr. Kraut also holds a direct ownership stake of 172,251 shares.

The owner, operator and franchisor of multiple branded restaurants in the United States and abroad has seen its market cap drop by 49% thus far in 2016. Chanticleer Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:HOTR)’s revenue for the first six months of 2016 totaled $20.9 million, an increase of 38.0% year-over-year. In June, the company approved a plan to exist the Australia and Eastern Europe markets. As a result, Chanticleer Holdings agreed on a plan to sell or close its five Hooters stores in Australia, as well as one store in the capital of Hungary. Ken Griffin’s Citadel Advisors LLC acquired a new stake of 34,851 shares of Chanticleer Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:HOTR) during the second quarter.

Executive at Well-Known Automaker Sells Shares

One member of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s executive team discarded a sizeable block of shares this week. Executive Vice President Sankar S. Nair liquidated 82,000 shares on Tuesday at prices varying from $12.10 to $12.12 per share. After the recent sale, Mr. Nair currently owns 32,969 shares.

The shares of the manufacturer of Ford cars, trucks, SUVs, and electrified vehicles, as well as Lincoln luxury vehicles are 12% in the red this year. Earlier this month, major automakers, including Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), posted September U.S. sales that were slightly lower relative to the same period of the previous year. Overall Ford U.S. September sales totaled 204,447 vehicles, a worrying 8% drop versus the figure recorded a year ago. However, September was the best month in 2016 for Ford’s F-Series pickup truck although sales were down 3% year-over-year to 67,809 vehicles. While the number of funds from our system with equity stakes in Ford Motor declined to 31 from 33 during the April-to-June quarter, the overall value of those stakes jumped to $685.19 million from $613.63 million. Ric Dillon’s Diamond Hill Capital added a 11.13 million-share position in Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) to its portfolio during the second quarter.

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