Activists file with the SEC on AutoNation, Peabody Energy, MasterCraft Boat Holdings, and Herc Holdings

Activist fund plans to nominate its own slate to the board of retailer Bath & Body Works.

Financial-services company PayPal has seen shares lose all its pandemic-era gains. Outgoing CEO Dan Schulman just bought $2 million of stock.

Coliseum Capital increased its investment in mattress maker Purple Innovation. Varde Partners sold some of its stake in consumer-lending-services firm OneMain.

Shares of seed-and-pesticide maker Corteva are continuing their 2022 rise in 2023. CEO Chuck Magro bought $2.4 million of stock.

Voce Capital disclosed a large position in property and casualty insurer Argo Group. Hudson Executive Capital lowered its stake in biotech firm Akoya Biosciences.

Raytheon Chairman and CEO Gregory Hayes just scooped up $1 million of shares of energy firm Phillips 66, where he serves as a director.

Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners ended its campaign with Disney with a big stock gain while also avoiding a costly proxy battle.

Silver Lake seeks to buy all of stock of Qualtrics, an experience-management services firm. Ares Management raised its stake in outdoor-advertising firm Clear Channel Outdoor.

Sherwin-Williams stock slid after a disappointing outlook, and CEO John Morikis bought $500,000 of shares.

Trian Partners thinks co-founder Nelson Peltz should be on Disney’s board, and not Mastercard executive Michael Froman. Disney stood by its director.

Sarissa Capital is pushing to get a slate of directors on the board of pharmaceutical firm Amarin. Hudson Executive disclosed a large stake in radiation-treatment equipment maker ViewRay.

Delta stock has reversed direction after last year’s drop. Chairman Frank Blake just bought a large block of shares on the open market.

Elliott Management is the latest agitator for change at Salesforce. It plans to nominate a slate of directors to the software giant’s board.

Coliseum Capital plans to nominate a slate of directors to Purple’s board. Brookfield Asset Management disclosed a large stake in annuity provider American Equity.