Insider trades: Netflix, Visa among notable names this week

Companies including Netflix (NFLX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NFLX]), Merck (MRK [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MRK]) and Blackstone (BX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BX]) witnessed insiders diluting or increasing their holdings this week. Following is a list of transactions that took place between November 3 and November 7.

* Netflix’s (NFLX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NFLX]) Chief Global Affairs Officer Cletus Willems sold [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065280/000106528025000446/xslF345X05/wk-form4_1762479617.xml] 238 shares of the company at an average price of $1,100.33 per share, totaling to a transaction worth $261,879.
* Lloyd Carney, director at Visa (V [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/V]), let go of [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1204424/000140316125000086/xslF345X05/form4.xml] 900 shares at $336.48 each, for a total value of $302,832. Following the transaction, Carney owns 2,468 Visa shares.
* Merck’s (MRK [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MRK]) EVP and Chief Information & Digital Officer David Williams sold [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310158/000031015825000056/xslF345X05/form4.xml] 8,614 shares of the company at $83.59 per share, amounting to $720,040. Williams continues to own 24,578 Merck shares.
* Adobe’s (ADBE [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ADBE]) Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Jillian Forusz sold [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796343/000079634325000133/xslF345X05/wk-form4_1762293744.xml] 149 shares at an average price of $337.88, worth about $ 50,344. Forusz now owns 3,426 Adobe shares.
* Lewis Steverson, Corning’s (GLW [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GLW]), chief legal & administrative officer divested [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000002474125000125/xslF345X05/form4.xml] 23,142 shares at $89.05 each, for a total value of $2.06M. Steverson now holds 17,575 shares in the company.
* Caterpillar’s (CAT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CAT]) Director David MacLennan purchased [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465925107671/xslF345X05/tm2530482-2_4seq1.xml] 300 shares of the company at $568.86 per share for a total value of $170,658. MacLennan now holds 7,947 Caterpillar shares.
* Kinder Morgan’s (KMI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/KMI]) Director Amy Chronis acquired [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000202030225000004/xslF345X05/wk-form4_1762206568.xml] a total of 4,287 shares across two transactions at an average price of about $26.24 per share, worth $112,443. Chronis holdings in the company has increased to 39,051 shares.
* Michael Schnabel, chief executive officer Ares Capital’s (ARCC [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ARCC]) purchased [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000110465925105726/xslF345X05/tm2530063-1_4seq1.xml] 13,000 shares at $20.39 each for a total value of $265,070. Schnabel now holds 28,000 shares in the company.
* Blackstone’s (BX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BX]) Director James Breyer acquired [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1194696/000119312525267167/xslF345X05/ownership.xml] 13,900 shares in the price range of $144.21 to $142.89 apiece for a total value of nearly $2M. Breyer now holds 68,906 shares of Blackstone.
* Omega Healthcare Investors’ (OHI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/OHI]) Chief Investment Officer Vikas Gupta purchased [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/888491/000205151425000007/xslF345X05/form4-11062025_041104.xml] 11,500 shares of the company for $42.97 per share, totaling $494,118. Gupta now owns 13,773 shares of the firm.

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