Here’s What Insiders Are Buying to Wrap Up the Year
As the year wound to a close, the most notable insider buying was focused on biotech stocks, but an oil and gas company CEO also returned to the buy window.
Headquartered in Greensboro, NC Fiscal year ends June NYSE: UFI unifi.com
UNIFI, Inc. is a vertically integrated manufacturer of recycled and synthetic yarns.
**Core platform:** Its main business is REPREVE, a brand of traceable recycled fiber and resin. REPREVE uses proprietary recycling technology to turn post-industrial and post-consumer waste into fiber. Inputs include single-use plastic bottles, ocean-bound plastic, textile waste and recycled yarn. REPREVE products are made traceable with FiberPrint technology and certified by U-TRUST.
**End markets:** Apparel, footwear, furnishings, industrial, medical, military, mobility and packaging. The company is pushing to expand Beyond Apparel programs.
**Reporting segments:**
- Americas, with operations in the United States, Colombia and El Salvador
- Brazil
- Asia, an asset-light business model
**Recent products:** Cofira dual-function yarn, Resist2O Pro water-resistant yarn, and the YarnProof system for yarn-forward trade compliance in North and Central America.
**Restructuring and balance sheet:** Following multi-year restructuring and profit improvement plans, UNIFI sold two non-strategic real estate assets in Yadkin County, North Carolina in October 2026 for $60 million and repaid its $55.5 million term loan. The company kept its production capacity at the Yadkin County campus. Updated
As the year wound to a close, the most notable insider buying was focused on biotech stocks, but an oil and gas company CEO also returned to the buy window.
UNIFI, Inc. is a vertically integrated manufacturer of recycled and synthetic yarns. **Core platform:** Its main business is REPREVE, a brand of traceable recycled fiber and resin. REPREVE uses proprietary recycling technology to turn post-industrial and post-consumer waste into fiber.
The Wall Street consensus 12-month price target for UFI is $12.00.