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Notable Insider Buys Last Week: Avis Budget, Xerox And Many More
Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 4:53pm | 694Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors during periods of uncertainty. A number of executives and other insiders returned to the buy window last week. A notable activist investor again added to his stake in an old-school tech company. Conventional wisdom says that...
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Notable Insider Buys at Harley-Davidson, Xerox And Many More
Saturday, August 15, 2020 - 4:35pm | 681Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors during periods of uncertainty. A number of executives and other insiders returned to the buy window last week. A notable activist investor again added to his stake in an old-school tech company. Conventional wisdom says that...
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Xerox Trades Higher After Carl Icahn Buys Shares
Monday, August 10, 2020 - 2:42pm | 142Xerox (NYSE: XRX) shares are trading higher on Monday after Carl Icahn added to his stake in the company, purchasing 1.8 million shares at an average price of $16.31. Icahn has been pushing for Xerox to merge with HP Inc for an extended period of time. He most recently spoke about the potential...
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NYSE To Delist Bankrupt Hertz: Report
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 8:56am | 505The New York Stock Exchange initiated proceedings to delist Hertz Global Holdings Inc (NYSE: HTZ) on Tuesday following the car rental chain's bankruptcy filing, according to Reuters. Coronavirus Fuels Hertz Bankruptcy Filing Economic damage from the coronavirus ...
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Q1 13F Roundup: How Buffett, Einhorn, Ackman And Others Adjusted Their Portfolios
Saturday, May 16, 2020 - 10:15am | 2351The latest round of 13F filings from institutional investors is out, revealing to the world the stocks that some of the richest and most successful investors have been buying and selling. Takeaways From 13F Season Investors who follow particular fund managers can easily look up what each was buying...
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Activist Investors Go Dormant As COVID-19 Depresses Economy
Thursday, April 16, 2020 - 4:24pm | 562Activist investors turned passive in the last month as the coronavirus threatened to claim corporate victims. Activist campaigns fell from 42 in January and February to just 16 in March — representing the slowest growth rate since 2013, according to Lazard. Investments in such campaigns have...
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Notable Insider Buys In The Past Week: AutoZone, Exxon, Dell And More
Saturday, March 21, 2020 - 4:58pm | 732Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors. Many insiders took advantage of fallen share prices last week. Carl Icahn returned to the buy window as well. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10% owners really only buy shares of a company for one reason — they...
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Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Apple, Boeing, FANGs And More
Sunday, March 15, 2020 - 9:45am | 882Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a top bank and the FANG stocks. Bearish calls included many oil stocks and the iPhone maker. The U.S. markets had another tough week due to the one-two punch of an unexpected oil...
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Notable Insider Buys Last Week: Energy Transfer, Hertz And Many More
Sunday, March 15, 2020 - 9:28am | 706Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors. Many insiders took advantage of falling share prices last week. Carl Icahn was among those actively buying shares. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10% owners really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they...
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Carl Icahn Says Some Stocks Are Being 'Given Away'
Friday, March 13, 2020 - 1:55pm | 355The stock market has sold off to the point where some stocks are essentially being "given away," notable activist investor Carl Icahn said on CNBC's "Halftime Report" Friday afternoon. What Happened Even though the stock market is in an ongoing "state of collapse,...
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Carl Icahn Gets 10% Stake In Occidental Petroleum In A Bid To Overhaul Management
Thursday, March 12, 2020 - 3:14am | 319An activist investor Carl Icahn has increased his stake in Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) to 10%, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. What Happened Icahn held about 2.5% stake in the oil company at the end of 2019 but recently increased his stake as Occidental's...
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Q4 13F Roundup: How Buffett, Einhorn, Ackman And Others Adjusted Their Portfolios
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 2:00pm | 2056The latest round of 13F filings from institutional investors is out, revealing to the world the stocks that some of the richest and most successful investors have been buying and selling. Takeaways From 13F Season Investors who follow particular fund managers can easily look up what each was buying...
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Q3 13F Roundup: How Buffett, Einhorn, Ackman And Others Adjusted Their Portfolios
Friday, November 15, 2019 - 1:29pm | 2187The latest round of 13F filings from institutional investors is out, revealing to the world the stocks that some of the richest and most successful investors have been buying and selling. Takeaways From 13F Season Investors who follow particular fund managers can easily look up what each was buying...
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Icahn Reveals HP Stake, Pushes For Xerox Merger
Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 10:25am | 511Activist investor Carl Icahn's latest project would fuse HP Inc (NYSE: HPQ) and Xerox Holdings Corp (NYSE: XRX) into a cost-saving, profit-spewing mega-printer. “I think a combination is a no-brainer,” Icahn told the Wall Street Journal. “I believe very strongly in the...
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Gordon Haskett: Is Activist Targeting HP?
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - 2:47pm | 385Trading volume for shares of HP Inc (NYSE: HPQ) is unusually high in recent days, and Gordon Haskett analyst Don Bilson speculated Wednesday that an activist investor could be targeting the stock. Bilson, who heads event-driven research at the firm, said in a note that a huge spike in recent...