Benjamin P. Cowart is CEO & President at Vertex Energy Inc. (VTNR). They have made 14 open-market trades across 2 companies since 2011, most recently 2023-12-28.
CIK 0001457168
Unrated. We grade insiders only on stock they chose to buy on the open market. Grants, option exercises and vesting say nothing about timing, so they don't count — which is why someone can file often and still have no grade. It isn't a bad sign: unrated buys beat every graded tier below A.
5 open-market purchases totalling $814K since 2011, against 9 sales. Too few scored purchases to measure a record yet.
| Ticker | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|
| VTNR | 400,364 | $21K |
| VTNR.OB | 7,500 | — |
| VTNR.OTCQB | 7,683,125 | — |
| Total | $21K |
Shares reported on the most recent Form 4, priced at the 2023-12-28 close. 2 holdings could not be priced and are excluded from the total.
| Ticker | Type | Traded | Filed | Price | Value | 7d Stock | 30d Stock | 90d Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTNR | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2023-04-19 | 2023-04-20 | $8.00 | $533K | -5.8% | -10.1% | -18.7% |
| VTNR | SELL · 10b5-1 | 2023-04-11 | 2023-04-12 | $8.29 | $1.1M | -11.9% | -29.6% | -29.2% |
| VTNR | SELL | 2023-03-02 | 2023-03-03 | $10.05 | $1.3M | -35.2% | -7.8% | -42.6% |
| VTNR | SELL | 2023-02-27 | 2023-02-28 | $8.10 | $1.1M | -12.2% | +2.3% | -34.0% |
| VTNR | SELL | 2022-11-17 | 2022-11-17 | $8.13 | $1.1M | +1.5% | -32.8% | +2.6% |
| VTNR | SELL | 2022-11-01 | 2022-11-03 | $8.62 | $1.1M | -6.0% | -20.4% | -17.0% |
| VTNR | SELL | 2022-10-19 | 2022-10-20 | $8.07 | $1.1M | +17.9% | +9.1% | -3.1% |
| VTNR | SELL | 2022-09-13 | 2022-09-14 | $8.08 | $1.1M | -28.6% | -7.5% | -14.2% |
| VTNR | SELL | 2022-08-09 | 2022-08-09 | $8.29 | $1.2M | -1.5% | +11.1% | +12.4% |
| VTNR | SELL | 2022-07-20 | 2022-07-20 | $11.33 | $1.6M | +18.3% | -35.3% | -32.2% |
| VTNR | SELL | 2022-07-12 | 2022-07-14 | $10.38 | $1.5M | +8.2% | -29.9% | -32.0% |
| VTNR | BUY | 2018-06-25 | 2018-06-26 | $1.00 | $8K | -3.8% | -1.6% | +74.0% |
| VTNR | BUY | 2018-06-04 | 2018-06-05 | $1.01 | $3K | -4.6% | -4.6% | +20.6% |
| VTNR | BUY | 2018-05-30 | 2018-06-01 | $0.99 | $38K | +1.0% | -3.4% | +17.1% |
| VTNR | BUY | 2014-12-04 | 2014-12-09 | $3.07 | $750K | -20.4% | +1.0% | +1.0% |
| VTNR.OB | BUY | 2011-06-01 | 2011-06-09 | $2.04 | $15K | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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