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Pilgrim's Pride Corp. was founded in 1946 and produces, processes, and distributes fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products to retailers, distributors, and food service companies. It exports chicken products to about 120 countries and operates a vertically integrated business model. This means that PPC controls almost all of its business operations, from raising livestock to distribution of final products. The company is broken down into three segments: 1) U.S., 2) U.K. and Europe, and 3) Mexico. The U.S. segment is the largest in net sales. The company deals with poultry products in all segments, while it only deals with pork products in the U.K. Its two largest customers contributed just over an eighth of total revenue. Across 14 U.S. states, the U.K., Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Europe, Pilgrim's operates 39 production facilities and 27 prepared foods facilities. Pilgrim's owns Moy Park, a poultry and prepared foods company in the U.K. and Europe, as well as Tulip Ltd., a pork and prepared foods company in the U.K. Headquartered in Greeley, Colorado, the company has over 61,200 employees. PPC has a market cap of almost $6.9 billion.

As of the end of last week, the S&P 500 was up 16% in six weeks; the Nasdaq 100 had skyrocketed over 26% in six weeks; and the Nasdaq Composite had jumped 25% in six weeks. No doubt, the stock market is on fire. Insiders, meanwhile, are neutral. Those two scenarios can certainly co-exist, suggesting the assumptions that an imminent correction is not likely but that stocks also are not cheap. Looking at the numbers in the weekly insider-sentiment data from Vickers Stock Research, the NYSE Eight-Week Sell/Buy Ratio is 4.88 on a scale where neutral territory runs from 2.00 to 6.00. The Nasdaq ratio is 5.57, and the Total (all exchanges) ratio is 5.23. Drilling down to insider sentiment at the sector level, long-term activity has turned neutral in many sectors, with moves that are both positive and negative in direction. On the positive side, Communication Services is now recording a neutral Eight-Week Sell/Buy Ratio of 5.4, improved from a bearish reading of 6.1 last week and markedly improved from the highly bearish reading of 17.7 only four weeks ago. On the flipside, four sectors have moved from bullish to neutral this week, including Consumer Discretionary, Industrial, Materials, and Real Estate. With most sectors now reporting neutral readings across the eight-week scale, the remaining outliers on the bullish side include Consumer Staples, Financial, Healthcare, and Utilities, while the only bearish sector remains Information Technology. This week, analysts at Vickers highlighted insider transactions of interest at Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) and Comfort Systems USA Inc. (NYSE: FIX).

The Vickers Top Insider Picks is a daily report that utilizes a proprietary algorithm to identify 25 companies with compelling insider purchase histories based on transactions over the past three months.

Reckitt Benckiser was formed in 1999 through the merger of the British firm Reckitt & Colman and Dutch-based Benckiser. Recently rebranded under the corporate name Reckitt, it sells a portfolio that includes a variety of household and consumer health brands, such as Lysol, Finish, Durex, and Mucinex, many of which hold a number-one or number-two position in their categories globally. Reckitt has repositioned its portfolio and has entered the infant formula market through the acquisition of Mead Johnson in 2017, expanded its consumer health presence by acquiring Schiff Nutrition, K-Y, and Biofreeze, and has exited the food industry. The firm operates in 60 countries and sells products in more than 200, generating over 40% of core sales from emerging markets.