Insider trades: Eli Lilly, Boeing, Nike among notable names this week

Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/LLY]), Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/WBD]) and Nike (NYSE:NKE [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NKE]) were among the several companies that witnessed insider trades this week. Below is a list of purchases and sales made between August 11 and August 15.

* Eli Lilly’s (NYSE:LLY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/LLY]) CEO David Ricks bought [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59478/000005947825000216/xslF345X05/wk-form4_1755030182.xml] 1,632 shares at $644.77 apiece, totaling about $1.05 million. His ownership at the firm now stands at 676,970 shares.
* Scott Smith, CEO of Viatris (NASDAQ:VTRS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/VTRS]), purchased [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1614975/000114036125030884/xslF345X05/form4.xml] 22,000 shares at $9.99 each, for a total of about $219,740. His stake now stands at 314,807 shares.
* Anton Levy, director at Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/WBD]), purchased [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396681/000143710725000195/xslF345X05/wk-form4_1755081924.xml] 325,000 shares for about $11.00 per share, worth about $3.55 million. His total ownership is now 949,000 shares.
* Gregory Hayes, director at Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/PSX]), acquired [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1225946/000122594625000005/xslF345X05/wk-form4_1755206862.xml] 8,350 shares at $119.90 each, for a transaction value of around $1 million. His holdings have increased to 29,423 shares.
* Gregg Winiarski, director at Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MSTR]), bought [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050446/000095017025107378/xslF345X05/ownership.xml] 10,000 shares at $97.65 each, for a total of roughly $976,520. His current stake stands at 10,000 shares.
* At Boeing (NYSE:BA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BA]), David Raymond, the CEO of Boeing Global Services, sold [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000122520825007216/xslF345X05/doc4.xml] 3,770.77 shares at $229.95 each, for proceeds of about $867,069. He now holds 45,754.09 shares in the company.
* Nike’s (NYSE:NKE [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NKE]) Chief Innovation, Design & Product Officer Philip McCartney disposed [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320187/000112760225020455/xslF345X05/form4.xml] of 3,162 shares at $77.21 apiece, totaling roughly $244,138. His remaining stake in the company is 37,379 shares.
* Philip Boudreau, EVP and CFO of Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ABT]), sold [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000141588925021451/xslF345X05/form4-08112025_090800.xml] 5,550 shares at $134.55 each, generating about $746,758. He retains 51,003 shares of ABT.
* Duke Energy’s (NYSE:DUK [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DUK]) Executive Vice President and Chief General Officer Thomas Gillespie sold [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000195942025000004/xslF345X05/wk-form4_1755118418.xml]6,700 shares at $124.26, amounting to about $832,542. He now owns 46,825 shares.
* At United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/UAL]), Director Barney Harford sold [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000010051725000167/xslF345X05/wk-form4_1755036874.xml] 24,823 shares in the price range of $90.03 and $97.76 each, with total proceeds of about $1.42 million. His holdings now stand at 91,000 shares.

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