Execs Dump Shares as Earnings Season Peaks

Insider filings from the past week show a wave of executive selling across US stocks, with a handful of notable buying signals cutting through the noise.

MEDP stands out as the most active name. Founder and Chairman/CEO August Troendle filed two separate sales this week totalling roughly $4.3M in shares at around $600 each. An executive vice president added another $4.5M sale on the same days. Three insiders cashing out at identical price levels is a clear pattern worth watching.

CFG CEO Bruce Van Saun filed a $9.3M sale on July 28. He sold 129,369 shares at $72.07. That's the largest single C-level ticket disclosed this week among US-listed stocks.

SKYW President and CEO Chip Childs filed a $4.1M sale on July 30. The SkyWest chief sold 36,170 shares at $113.46 each.

On the buying side, ACI Executive Vice President Thomas Moriarty disclosed a $1.96M purchase of Albertsons shares at just $11.51. That's a meaningful open-market bet on a grocer whose stock sits near multi-year lows.

Separately, Swedish investment giant Industrivärden filed a $24M purchase of VOLV B shares on July 28. Major shareholders adding at scale signals continued confidence in Volvo's outlook.

The broad theme this week is selling pressure from insiders near recent highs. Albertsons is the lone standout where fresh money moved in.