Materials insider buying: purchases per year since 2006

Name: Materials insider buying
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Year	Purchases	Value	Companies	Share of all
2026 (so far)	329	$291M	52	4.4%
2025	703

Year	Purchases	Value	Companies	Share of all
2026 (so far)	329	$291M	52	4.4%
2025	703

2024	421	$80.4M	77	3.2%

2023	421	$106M	84	2.6%

2022	848	$446M	87	3.8%

2021	382	$168M	76	2.6%

2020	855	$1.04B	91	4.9%

2019	487	$308M	79	2.5%

2018	580	$2.16B	82	2.5%

2017	524	$415M	71	4.3%

2016	434	$189M	70	2.7%

2015	690	$176M	75	4.5%

2014	327	$181M	63	2.4%

2013	343	$758M	53	3.3%

2012	688	$198M	52	5.2%

2011	953	$704M	68	6.8%

2010	409	$23.6M	45	3.9%

2009	501	$203M	49	3.7%

2008	2,251	$1.25B	70	7.7%

2007	1,269	$364M	45	6.5%

2006	761	$156M	55	6.0%

How much insider buying is there in Materials stocks?

Insiders of Materials companies reported 703 open-market purchases worth $444M in 2025, 5% of all insider purchases that year, at 88 companies. The busiest full year for the sector was 2008 with 2,251 purchases.

Is Materials insider buying rising or falling?

Purchases went from 421 in 2024 to 703 in 2025. Since 2006 the sector has had 14,176 open-market purchases worth $9.67B in total.

Where does the sector come from?

Each company is placed in the sector OQRO holds for it today. A company that changed sector is counted in its current one for all years.

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