Insider buying increased last week with insiders purchasing $79.08 million of stock compared to $53.36 million in the week prior. This increase in insider buying was mostly driven by a trio of insider purchases in the energy sector as discussed below. Selling also increased with insiders selling $1.87 billion of stock last week compared to $1.58 billion 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 dropped to 23.66. In