by Ian Cooper

Insiders are taking full advantage of their down, but not out stocks.

Look at Dollar Tree (SYM: DLTR)

Dollar Tree is one of the best performing stocks in President Trump’s first 100 days back in office. Since inauguration, DLTR is up about 36%. It’s also outperforming the consumer staples sector. “Historically, the dollar stores have done better in softer macro environments, especially if we were heading into a recession,” said CFRA Research, as quoted by CNBC.

Helping, CFO Stewart Glendinning just paid $1.24 million for 17,000 shares of DLTR in mid-April. He paid an average of $72.75 per share.

Plus, according to analysts at Citi, DLTR is “a dark horse winner in the new tariff world.”

“While Dollar Tree was previously trying to manage China tariffs within its current pricing architecture, this higher tariff regime gives them further cover to expand price points from $1.25 to $1.50 – $1.75,” they added.

WEX Inc. (WEX)

Global commerce platform Wex just saw its Chair, CEO, and President, Melissa Smith, pay $500,720 for 3,721 shares at a cost of $134.57 per share.

Down but not out, the company recently posted Q1 EPS of $3.51, which beat by 11 cents. Revenue of $636.6 million, down 2.5% year over year, beat by $4.11 million.

Walgreens Boots Alliance (SYM: WBA)

Executive Chairman of the Board Stefano Pessina just bought 832,258 shares of the WBA stock for just over $9.1 million.

Helping, it’s putting its opioid legal issue behind it. In fact, it just agreed to pay $350 million in a settlement with the US Department of Justice over allegations. It illegally filled millions of invalid prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances.

According to the company, “We strongly disagree with the government’s legal theory and admit no liability,” Walgreens spokesperson Fraser Engerman said. “This resolution allows us to close all opioid related litigation with federal, state, and local governments and provides us with favorable terms from a cashflow perspective while we focus on our turnaround strategy.”