VECO Veeco Instruments Inc.

NASDAQ
$44.83

Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO) Insider Activity

What the officers, directors and large holders did with their own shares. Only open-market purchases and sales count toward the totals — grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are compensation mechanics, not decisions, and they're listed separately below.

Insider signal Bearish Selling ran elevated versus VECO's own trailing one-year pace, with 0% of sale value under a prearranged plan.
Cluster activity 0 buyers in the last 30 days 0 buyers in the last 90 days 2 sellers in the last 90 days
Insiders buying
0
0 transactions
Insiders selling
7
21 transactions
Purchases
$0
0 shares
Sales
$33.4M
575,455 shares
Net activity
-$33.4M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 0% planned / 100% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $0 0 transactions · 0 shares
Discretionary sales $33.4M 21 transactions · 575,455 shares

Largest single sale: $6.7M.

Where they traded

Buy Sell Dot area is proportional to transaction value.

No open-market insider purchase on record.

Recent open-market activity

Date Insider Role Action Shares Price Value Held after
Miller William John 3 fills CEO Sell 200,000 $54.18 $10.8M 363,601 −35.5% of holding
KIERNAN JOHN P 5 fills SVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Sell 35,000 $51.05 $1.8M 83,546 −29.5% of holding
Wilkerson Susan SVP, GLOBAL SALES & SERVICE Sell 15,506 $69.56 $1.1M 27,468 −36.1% of holding
HUNTER GORDON Director Sell 16,974 $68.80 $1.2M 11,236 −60.2% of holding
Devasahayam Adrian SVP - PRODUCT LINE DEVELOPMENT Sell 10,000 $65.00 $650.0K 85,115 −10.5% of holding
HUNTER GORDON Director Sell 6,752 $63.78 $430.6K 28,210 −19.3% of holding
Miller William John CEO Sell 50,000 $58.62 $2.9M 369,570 −11.9% of holding
Wilkerson Susan SVP, GLOBAL SALES & SERVICE Sell 35,723 $61.69 $2.2M 42,974 −45.4% of holding
HUNTER GORDON Director Sell 17,714 $61.61 $1.1M 34,962 −33.6% of holding
Devasahayam Adrian SVP - PRODUCT LINE DEVELOPMENT Sell 5,407 $61.84 $334.4K 95,115 −5.4% of holding
DAMORE RICHARD A Director Sell 43,701 $60.71 $2.7M 112,594 −28% of holding
HUNTER GORDON Director Sell 29,532 $59.41 $1.8M 52,676 −35.9% of holding
St Dennis Thomas Director Sell 1,400 $61.93 $86.7K 61,697 −2.2% of holding
HUNTER GORDON Director Sell 7,746 $58.76 $455.2K 82,208 −8.6% of holding
Miller William John CEO Sell 100,000 $59.55 $6.0M 419,570 −19.2% of holding

Form 4s are due within two business days of a transaction, so this is close to real time — unlike the quarterly 13F data on the Institutional tab. A single large sale often reflects a prearranged 10b5-1 plan rather than a fresh view, so read a pattern of sales rather than any one of them.