Insider buying by industry

Where insiders are putting their own money, grouped by industry and ranked by dollars spent on the open market over the past 90 days. Grants, option exercises and 10b5-1 planned trades are excluded throughout.

Sectors

Ranked by open-market purchase value, past 90 days.

Insider buying and selling by industry sector, ranked by the value bought on the open market.
Industry	Bought	Buys	Insiders	Cos. buying	Sold
Utilities	$1.4B	214	51	31	$283.4M
Industrials	$945.9M	376	189	103	$2.8B
Biotech & Pharma	$779.4M	602	215	118	$2.8B
Consumer & Retail	$517.1M	696	154	96	$5.4B
Financial Services	$507.2M	311	107	60	$2.3B
Insurance	$180.2M	107	32	17	$1.5B
REITs	$142.3M	214	91	47	$2.3B
Banks	$127.4M	584	303	136	$1.2B
Media & Telecom	$110M	137	43	26	$1.6B
Healthcare Services	$85.4M	196	106	67	$4.3B
Technology	$80.7M	381	152	77	$12.4B
Energy	$51.3M	78	39	24	$824.4M
Transportation	$45M	61	31	18	$466.3M
Mining & Metals	$44.1M	78	34	21	$443.7M
Real Estate	$18.7M	58	26	16	$286.1M

Utilities214 buys · 31 buying$1.4B Industrials376 buys · 103 buying$945.9M Biotech & Pharma602 buys · 118 buying$779.4M Consumer & Retail696 buys · 96 buying$517.1M Financial Services311 buys · 60 buying$507.2M Insurance107 buys · 17 buying$180.2M REITs214 buys · 47 buying$142.3M Banks584 buys · 136 buying$127.4M Media & Telecom137 buys · 26 buying$110M Healthcare Services196 buys · 67 buying$85.4M Technology381 buys · 77 buying$80.7M Energy78 buys · 24 buying$51.3M Transportation61 buys · 18 buying$45M Mining & Metals78 buys · 21 buying$44.1M Real Estate58 buys · 16 buying$18.7M

Industries come from the Standard Industrial Classification code the SEC assigns each filer. A small number of issuers — trusts, blank-cheque companies and some foreign filers — carry no SIC code and appear in no sector. Start with biotech.