Insider trades: Blackberry, Accenture and Cleveland-Cliffs among notable names

This week insider transactions were seen across firms like Blackberry, Accenture, Cleveland-Cliffs. The following is the list of deals that took place during the week.

BlackBerry (BB) CEO John Giamatteo sold a combined 250,000 shares of the company’s stock in two transactions on October 21 and 22. On October 21, he sold 151,000 shares at an average price of $9.40 per share, totaling $1,419,400. The following day, he sold an additional 99,000 shares at an average price of $8.74 per share, amounting to $865,260. The two transactions totaled $2,284,660. Following both the sale, Giamatteo directly owned 542, 494 shares. CEO had sold a total of 56726 in earlier October

Accenture (ACN) CEO Ryoji Sekido sold 5,844 shares at an average price of $244.84, generating approximately $1.43 million and reducing his direct holdings by 83% to 1,194 shares.

Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) Director Edilson Camara purchased 7,400 shares of the company’s stock on Thursday, October 22, at an average price of $13.49 per share, bringing the total transaction value to $99,826. Following the purchase, Camara held 64,717 shares in the company, valued at approximately $873,032.33. The acquisition increased his ownership stake by 12.91%.

Several executives at the Dynex Capital (DX) recently increased their holdings through insider purchases. Co-CEO and President Smriti Laxman Popenoe acquired 10,000 shares of common stock at $10.62 per share, totaling approximately $106,200, along with 2,000 shares of Series D preferred stock at $25.18 per share, valued at $50,360, bringing her total purchase to approximately $156,560. Co-CEO and Chairman Byron L. Boston purchased 9,180 shares of common stock worth approximately $99,970, while CFO Michael Andrew Sartori acquired 1,000 shares at $10.70 per share for a total of $10,700, increasing his direct ownership to 36,579 shares.

PepsiCo (PEP) director Robert C. Pohlad acquired shares around October 14, 2026, including a filing noting 139,571 shares (part of a larger reported acquisition of 184,646 total shares) at a price of $128.28 per share. The total value is approximately $17.90 million for that block (or up to ~$23.7 million for the broader acquisition).

Wes Cummins, CEO and Chairman of Applied Digital (APLD), purchased 55,803 shares of the company’s common stock on October 16, 2026, for approximately $1.01 million at $18.04 per share. The insider purchase comes as APLD trades near its 52-week low of $17.65, following a steep 22% decline over the past week. Meanwhile, company President Jason Gechen Zhang acquired 300,000 shares at an average price of $18.86 per share, representing an investment of approximately $5.66 million.