08:39 AM EDT, 09/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Eastern Bankshares ( EBC ) was Smart Insider's stock pick of the week after the company's Chief Executive Denis Sheahan purchased $497,000 worth of company shares at $16.71 apiece on Aug. 25, raising his ownership by 12%.
Chairman Robert Rivers also bought $745,968 worth of the bank's shares at $16.71 apiece on the same date, marking his first clean purchase, Smart Insider said in a Tuesday note.
Rivers only had a previous trade being a subscription for $2 million at $10 in 2020, the note added.
The purchases from the CEO and chairman are two "notable" stock buys from key insiders, the note said.
Smart Insider ranked the stock +1, or strong positive signal, on Aug. 27.