5 Stocks Insiders Are Buying Like Crazy

Access Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:ACMP) is another potential income stock that insiders are excited about. As we reported in late December, the CEO and a Board member bought the stock at that time (read our analysis of Access Midstream) and there’s actually been yet another buy since then, making three purchases in the last few weeks. Access operates gathering systems and other midstream assets used in the natural gas production chain. The current dividend yield is a little over 5% and the stock’s beta is 0.3, and so we think that income or defensive investors should at least consider the stock.

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) has had three insiders buy shares in the last three months including one in December (see a history of insider buys at the company). Hilltop is a property and casualty insurance company with a market capitalization of about $800 million (though about 300,000 shares are traded daily and the current market price is about $14, so there is plenty of dollar volume). Revenue was up slightly in its most recent quarterly report versus a year earlier. The stock’s beta is low, at only 0.3.