Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Kyle Bass, Eddie Lampert, Cerberus Capital, Saba Capital Management, WD-40 Company (WDFC), Conagra Brands Inc (CAG), and More

Monday 4/22 Insider Buying Report: WDFC, JMP (Nasdaq.com)
On Thursday, WD-40 (WDFC)’s Director, Daniel E. Pittard, made a $66,000 purchase of WDFC, buying 400 shares at a cost of $165.00 a piece. WD-40 is trading off about 0.3% on the day Monday. Before this latest buy, Pittard made one other purchase in the past year, buying $70,304 shares at a cost of $132.65 each. And also on Thursday, CEO Joseph A. Jolson purchased $65,014 worth of JMP Group (JMP), purchasing 16,306 shares at a cost of $3.99 a piece. Before this latest buy, Jolson bought JMP on 23 other occasions during the past twelve months, for a total investment of $2.70M at an average of $4.59 per share. JMP Group is trading up about 1.2% on the day Monday.

Insider Weekends: CFO Of Valvoline Makes Her First Purchase Since 2016 (Seeking Alpha)
Insider buying declined last week, with insiders purchasing $46.23 million of stock compared to $88.58 million in the week prior. Selling, on the other hand, increased, with insiders selling $573.13 million of stock last week compared to $482.22 million in the week prior. Sell/Buy Ratio: The insider Sell/Buy ratio is calculated by dividing the total insider sales in a given week by total insider purchases that week. The adjusted ratio for last week went up to 12.39. In other words, insiders sold more than 12 times as much stock as they purchased. The Sell/Buy ratio this week compares unfavorably with the prior week, when the ratio stood at 5.44.

Insider Buys Of The Week: Conagra, JPMorgan, Kinder Morgan (Benzinga)
Conagra Brands: This past week, two Conagra Brands Inc CAG 0.46% directors picked up a total of 11,600 shares of this packaged foods producer. At prices that ranged from $29.98 to $30.06 per share, that cost those directors almost $348,000. Note that another director sold nearly $604,000 worth of shares last week too. Conagra’s CEO recently discussed the company’s strategies with CNBC’s Jim Cramer. The stock ended the past week at $30.52 per share, above the purchase price range noted above. While the consensus target was last seen at $33.63, the stock has traded as high as $39.43 in the past 52 weeks.

Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) Insider Trading Activity – EVP Sold 16,000 shares of Stock (Market Exclusive)
Insider Trading Activity For Kroger Co (NYSE:KR): Christopher T Hjelm , EVP of Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) reportedly Sold 16,000 shares of the company’s stock at an average price of 25.8 for a total transaction amount of $412,800.00.