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.

Industry	Bought	Buys	Insiders	Cos. buying	Sold
Technology	$1.4B	421	159	80	$13.4B
Biotech & Pharma	$974.8M	512	184	113	$3.3B
Financial Services	$485.2M	320	112	72	$2.6B
Consumer & Retail	$309.6M	590	152	97	$5.7B
Media & Telecom	$188.8M	142	44	29	$1.8B
Utilities	$154.5M	103	42	23	$385.4M
Industrials	$114.5M	275	149	86	$4.2B
Healthcare Services	$76.1M	187	89	61	$7.6B
Transportation	$61.5M	85	20	17	$831.8M
Energy	$57.7M	110	50	27	$1.8B
Banks	$52.5M	542	284	126	$982M
Insurance	$36.5M	107	46	24	$1.3B
REITs	$24.4M	183	71	42	$153.1M
Real Estate	$14.1M	40	21	14	$69.5M
Mining & Metals	$11.3M	58	42	25	$196.8M

Technology421 buys · 80 buying$1.4B Biotech & Pharma512 buys · 113 buying$974.8M Financial Services320 buys · 72 buying$485.2M Consumer & Retail590 buys · 97 buying$309.6M Media & Telecom142 buys · 29 buying$188.8M Utilities103 buys · 23 buying$154.5M Industrials275 buys · 86 buying$114.5M Healthcare Services187 buys · 61 buying$76.1M Transportation85 buys · 17 buying$61.5M Energy110 buys · 27 buying$57.7M Banks542 buys · 126 buying$52.5M Insurance107 buys · 24 buying$36.5M REITs183 buys · 42 buying$24.4M Real Estate40 buys · 14 buying$14.1M Mining & Metals58 buys · 25 buying$11.3M

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.