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Home Bancorp, Inc. director Chris P. Rader purchased 500 shares of company common stock on February 19, 2026, for $29,750. The transaction increases his direct holdings and comes after the bank reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat analyst projections on both earnings and revenue. Market pricing and insider holdings details suggest investo…
On Feb 19, NORAD reported detection and tracking of multiple Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. U.S. and Canadian forces launched a mix of fighter, surveillance and tanker aircraft to intercept, positively identify and escort the formation, which remained in international airspace and left the ADIZ w…
Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has agreed to pay as much as $35 million to resolve a class action accusing two of his former advisers of facilitating sex trafficking. The settlement, disclosed in a federal court filing, covers claims against Epstein’s former personal lawyer and former accountant, who serve as co-executors of the estate. The deal would en…
PTC Therapeutics executive vice president and chief legal officer Mark Elliott Boulding sold 5,894 shares of company stock on February 17 and 18, 2026, generating $408,612 in proceeds. The transactions were conducted under a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement. Separately, Boulding exercised options to acquire 2,813 shares at $25.69 per share. The insi…
Gen Digital Inc. Chief Financial Officer Natalie Marie Derse sold 794 shares of company common stock on February 17, 2026, after acquiring the same number of shares through the firm’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan two days earlier. The company reported third-quarter fiscal 2026 results that modestly exceeded analyst forecasts and saw its credit outl…
Troy L. Rohrbaugh, Co-CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s corporate and investment bank, sold 50,000 shares of the company on February 19, 2026, in a transaction valued at $15,355,670. The disposition was reported on a Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The bank is trading near $308 with a market capitalization of $830.82 billion a…
EXLService Holdings Executive Vice President and General Counsel Ajay Ayyappan completed multiple transactions on February 18, 2026, including the sale of 2,275 shares for $68,978 under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, a tax-cover sale of 2,882 shares for $86,575, and the exercise of options to acquire 5,410 shares at no cash cost. The company has meanw…
A large blue banner bearing the slogan "Make America Safe Again" was unveiled at the Department of Justice headquarters, continuing a pattern of visible presidential branding across federal institutions since the president's return to the White House. The White House directed queries to the Justice Department, which provided a statement praising th…
Shares of Alibaba Group and Baidu tumbled in Hong Kong trading after both firms, along with BYD, were momentarily included on an updated U.S. Section 1260H list of companies with ties to the Chinese military that was withdrawn minutes after release. The brief mention, combined with post-holiday catch-up selling and investor worries about heavy AI-r…
Director John Bicket sold 268,200 shares of Samsara Inc Class A stock on February 17, 2026, in two tranches totaling roughly $6.8 million. The transactions were executed under Rule 10b5-1 trading plans adopted September 29, 2025. Samsara shares have fallen 51% over the prior year and are trading close to a 52-week low; third-party analysis cited in…
Jean-Luc Servat, a recently appointed director at First Northern Community Bancorp, disclosed purchases of company common stock totaling $21,329 across transactions executed on February 18 and 19, 2026. The trades increased his direct holdings to 3,463 shares. The insider buying occurred as the shares traded near their 52-week high of $14.70. Separ…
Mark W. Peterson, chief administrative officer of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (NYSE: ZWS), sold 2,006 shares on Feb. 17, 2026, for $102,025 to satisfy tax-withholding and fee obligations tied to vested restricted stock units. The transaction occurred as the stock traded near its 52-week high. Separately, the company reported revenue and adjuste…
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp's Chief Information Officer, Michael Troutman, sold 448 shares on February 17, 2026 to meet tax withholding and fee obligations tied to restricted stock unit vesting. The transaction, executed across several trades at prices between $50.63 and $50.96, totaled $22,758. The company reported quarterly revenue and adjust…
Sudhanshu Chhabra, vice president of Zurn Business Systems at Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (ZWS), sold 2,021 shares on February 17, 2026, to cover tax withholding tied to restricted stock unit vesting. The disposal amounted to $102,767 at prices between $50.63 and $51.22 as the stock trades close to a 52-week high. Separately, the company report…
Snap-on Inc. (NYSE: SNA) Chief Financial Officer Aldo John Pagliari sold 7,043 shares on February 19, 2026, for roughly $2.69 million and simultaneously exercised options to buy 10,000 shares at $168.70 each. The trades were carried out under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted November 3, 2025. The disclosure comes amid mixed fourth-quarter 2025 re…
IDEXX Laboratories director Sophie V. Vandebroek sold 1,464 shares of company stock on February 17, 2026, generating roughly $920,293 in proceeds, and exercised options the same day to acquire 945 shares at $333.90 each. The transactions leave her with a combination of direct and indirect holdings, while market commentary highlights a high P/E and …
Most Asian equity markets declined as investors shunned risk amid uncertainty over U.S. interest rate policy and heightened geopolitical tensions involving Iran. Japanese indices were among the weakest performers after mixed economic data, Hong Kong shares fell on resumed trading and tech losses, and mainland Chinese markets remained closed for the…
Oil extended gains in Asian trade on Friday, pushing benchmarks toward their highest levels since early August and leaving them on track for roughly a 6% weekly rise. Prices were supported by heightened geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and Iran and a larger-than-expected fall in U.S. crude inventories, while markets looked ahead to U.S. PCE i…
President Donald Trump said he met with Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan at the White House and was told the Swiss drugmaker is constructing 11 manufacturing sites in the United States, which the president attributed to his tariff policies. Novartis acknowledged recent groundbreakings in North Carolina and California and plans for a radioligand therapy …
Rush Street Interactive Chief Executive Officer Richard Todd Schwartz sold 247,114 Class A shares on February 17, 2026, in a transaction valued at $4.1 million executed under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was completed at a weighted average price of $16.8151 per share, with individual trades between $16.09 and $17.06. Since that sale…
CS Disco's General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Susan Garcia, reported the sale of 3,743 shares of common stock on February 17, 2026, for a total of $11,491, according to a Form 4 filing. The filing also shows that on February 18, 2026, Garcia received restricted stock unit awards totaling two separate grants of 42,910 and 41,730 shares at…
Meta Platforms director Robert M. Kimmitt completed a pre-arranged sale of 580 Class A shares on February 17, 2026, generating $370,724. The stock trades modestly higher at $644.78 and the company is valued at $1.63 trillion. The transaction was carried out under a Rule 10b5-1 plan and reported on a Form 4 filing with the SEC. Separately, Meta has …
Bloom Energy Chief Legal Officer Shawn Marie Soderberg sold 3,332 shares of Class A Common Stock on February 17, 2026, generating $465,013 in proceeds. The transaction occurred as the company’s shares have climbed 512% over the past year and trade near $159. Recent quarterly results topped expectations and prompted multiple analyst price target inc…
James Christopher Hunt, a director at Kelly Services Inc., purchased 1,000 Class A shares on February 18, 2026, for $9.5799 each. The $9,579 transaction brings his direct holdings to 5,976 shares. The trade occurs as Kelly's stock sits near its 52-week low and follows the company’s adoption of a stockholder rights plan after notification that the h…
Patrick J. Orr, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer of Healthcare Services Group Inc (NASDAQ: HCSG), sold 45,500 shares on February 18, 2026 at $20.54 per share, generating $934,570. On that same day he exercised options to acquire 45,490 shares at various strike prices, a combined exercise value of $665,344. The company posted fourt…
