The Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers is a daily report that identifies the five companies the largest insider purchase transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions as well as the five companies the largest insider sales transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions.

Truist Financial was formed through the December 2019 merger of equals between BB&T Corp. and SunTrust Banks. The company now has about $544 billion in assets and ranks as the seventh-largest bank for both assets and deposits in the U.S. The company has around 37,000 employees.

The volume of insider transaction is low, as earnings season is underway and insiders are broadly prohibited from trading while the companies at which the work are releasing results. The volume of geopolitical news that can move markets is up, even on 'holiday weekends' when the newsflow usually is light. And minute-by-minute developments are always possible, as corporate names, both big and small, make headlines with earnings and guidance. Meanwhile, insider sentiment, as expressed by the weekly data from Vickers Stock Research, had been running neutral for several months, took a bearish turn last week, and is only slightly better this week. On a scale where readings above 6.00 are bearish, the NYSE One-Week Sell/Buy Ratio this week is 8.16, the Nasdaq ratio is 8.33, and the Total ratio (all exchanges) is 7.44. From a sector perspective, five sectors delivered bullish one-week sell/buy ratios over the past week: Consumer Staples, Financials, Materials, Real Estate, and Utilities. Of note, all of these five sectors also held bullish eight-week sell/buy ratios. Conversely, Consumer Discretionary Industrials, and Information Technology all reported bearish one-week sell/buy ratios, with readings above 6.00 and based on above-average transaction volume for the week. While these three sectors all reported neutral eight-week sell/buy ratios, we note that the eight-week ratio for Information Technology sits just below bearish line, with a reading of 5.8. We will be monitoring this sector and its performance in the weeks ahead, especially as sector rotation has been an early theme in 2026. This week, analysts at Vickers highlighted insider transactions of interest at Micron Technology Inc. (MU) and Applied Digital Corp. (NGS: APLD).

Sustainable Impact Investing is gaining traction not only with Argus Research clients but also with the global investment community. As assets have flowed in over the past 40 years, Sustainable Investing has evolved. The discipline, originally known as Socially Responsible Investing, first focused on excluding companies that conducted business in South Africa, or participated in industries such as tobacco, alcohol, and firearms. In time, the list of industries to avoid increased to include soft drinks, fast food, and oil and gas, among numerous others. Performance of initial strategies lagged, and the approach has been modified. Now, instead of merely identifying industries to avoid, the discipline promotes "sustainable" business practices across all industries that can have an "impact" on global issues such as climate, hunger, poverty, disease, shelter, and workers' rights. Given the strategy's focus on leading management practices, we expect the growth curve for Sustainable Investing to again slope upward in the years ahead.