Jim Banks
RRepublicanSenateINCurrent memberTerm Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2031
Committees
- Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Employment and Workplace SafetyChairman
- Senate Committee on Armed Services: Personnel
- Senate Committee on Armed Services: Seapower
- Senate Committee on Armed Services: Strategic Forces
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Economic Policy
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: National Security and International Trade and Finance
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Securities, Insurance, and Investment
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Education and the American Family
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Primary Health and Retirement Security
Current-Congress assignments from the official roster; leadership seats are outlined.
Filing statistics
Official dates; averages are derived
Filed on time
69%
18 of 58 trades late · slowest 115 days
Avg filing frequency
Every 102 days
22 filings
Since last filing
152 days
Jun 7, 2026
Transactions
59
31 buys · 28 sells · 2 in review
Whale profile Estimated
Whale score
12/ 100
Percentile blend among members with a trade in the last 12 months: 50% disclosed volume, 30% largest trade, 20% trade count.
- 12-month volume
- $16K
- 2 trades · midpoints
- Largest trade
- $15,001 - $50,000
- Median midpoint $8K
- All-time volume
- $570K
- 59 trades
- Late filings
- 18
- Filed after the STOCK Act deadline
- Hindsight 15% moves
- 15.5% · 9 of 59
- Stock moved 15%+ the trade's way within 30 trading days
- Avg 30-day forward return
- -2.6%
- Sign-adjusted: buys +, sells −
Volumes are range midpoints; forward returns use public closing prices after the disclosed trade date, so they are hindsight: they describe what the stock did, not what anyone could have known. Late filings are counted from official dates only. How this is calculated
Unusual activity Estimated
- 50Insider overlapPublic Apr 21, 2026 · traded Apr 15, 2026
Sen. Jim Banks sold SBUX 2 days before its CEO sold $59K
Details
- Politician
- Jim Banks
- Ticker
- SBUX
- Asset
- Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock
- Tx type
- sell
- Traded
- Apr 15, 2026
- Filed
- Apr 20, 2026
- Amount low
- $1,001
- Amount high
- $15,000
- Range midpoint (estimate)
- $8,001
- Disclosed range
- $1,001 - $15,000
- Reporting lag days
- 5
- Owner type
- self
- Is whale
- No
- Insider trade
- {"insider":{"slug":"brady-brewer","name":"Brady Brewer","title":"ceo, International","short_title":"CEO"},"company":"STARBUCKS CORP","ticker":"SBUX","tx_kind":"open_market_sale","tx_date":"2026-04-17","shares":588,"price":100,"value":58800,"is_10b5_1":true,"filing_date":"2026-04-21"}
- Days between
- -2
- Opposite side
- No
- Public from
- Apr 21, 2026
- Method version
- 2026-11-03
- 50Insider overlapPublic Mar 10, 2025 · traded Feb 18, 2025
Sen. Jim Banks (joint account) sold YUM 16 days before its COO sold $826K
Details
- Politician
- Jim Banks
- Ticker
- YUM
- Asset
- Yum! Brands Company: Yum (Louisville, KY) Description: Food
- Tx type
- sell
- Traded
- Feb 18, 2025
- Filed
- Mar 10, 2025
- Amount low
- $1,001
- Amount high
- $15,000
- Range midpoint (estimate)
- $8,001
- Disclosed range
- $1,001 - $15,000
- Reporting lag days
- 20
- Owner type
- joint
- Is whale
- No
- Insider trade
- {"insider":{"slug":"tracy-l-skeans","name":"Tracy L Skeans","title":"COO and CPO","short_title":"COO"},"company":"YUM BRANDS INC","ticker":"YUM","tx_kind":"open_market_sale","tx_date":"2025-03-06","shares":5217,"price":158.36,"value":826164.12,"is_10b5_1":true,"filing_date":"2025-03-07"}
- Days between
- -16
- Opposite side
- No
- Public from
- Mar 10, 2025
- Method version
- 2026-11-03
Estimated portfolio Estimated
$16,415
30-day change
$2.3K +16.0%
Return vs S&P 500 proxy
-12.9% vs +21.5%
Return index · 100 = break-even6 positions · as of Nov 5, 2026
Portfolio values, holdings, returns, and allocations are estimates derived from disclosed dollar ranges and public market prices. They may differ materially from actual values. Not investment advice. How this is calculated
Top holdings Estimated
Sector allocation Estimated
- Consumer Defensive65.5%$10.8K
- Consumer Cyclical29.1%$4.8K
- Communication Services5.3%$871
- Healthcare0.0%$5
Trades
Best buys after disclosure vs the S&P 500 Estimated
Since the disclosure · shares only
| Ticker | Asset | Type | Owner | Amount | vs S&P Estimated | Traded | Filed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KR | Kroger Company (KR) | Buy | Self | $1,001 - $15,000 | +24.0% | Dec 18, 2020 | Jan 13, 202126d | Filing |
| KR | Kroger Company (KR) | Buy | Joint | $1,001 - $15,000 | +8.7% | Apr 5, 2021 | May 18, 202143d | Filing |
| KR | Kroger Company (KR) | Buy | Joint | $1,001 - $15,000 | +6.6% | May 20, 2021 | Jun 11, 202122d | Filing |
Worst buys after disclosure vs the S&P 500 Estimated
Since the disclosure · shares only
| Ticker | Asset | Type | Owner | Amount | vs S&P Estimated | Traded | Filed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PASO | Patient Access Solutions Inc. (PASO) | Buy | Self | $1,001 - $15,000 | -218.8% | Sep 2, 2020 | Oct 6, 202034d | Filing |
| PASO | Patient Access Solutions Inc. (PASO) | Buy | Self | $1,001 - $15,000 | -218.8% | Sep 1, 2020 | Oct 6, 202035d | Filing |
| PASO | Patient Access Solutions Inc. (PASO) | Buy | Self | $1,001 - $15,000 | -218.8% | Sep 3, 2020 | Oct 6, 202033d | Filing |
Totals: $297K bought and $273K sold (range midpoints); first trade Mar 27, 2020, last trade Jun 5, 2026. Stats computed Nov 6, 2026. Midpoints are 0.5 × (low + high) of the disclosed range.