Taylor Buys Blue Chips and a Surprise Stock from His Home State

Rep. David Taylor (R-Ohio) recently disclosed his stock transactions made in August on the Benzinga Government Trades page.

The trades included the sale of $15,000 to $50,000 in Microsoft Corp(NASDAQ:MSFT).

Taylor bought several stocks during this period, including:

Aug. 11: Bought $1,000 to $15,000 in Alphabet Class C (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

Aug. 11: Bought $1,000 to $15,000 in Alphabet Class A

Aug. 11: Bought $1,000 to $15,000 in Procter & Gamble(NYSE:PG) stock

Aug. 14: Bought $1,000 to $15,000 in Installed Building Products(NYSE:IBP) stock

The market capitalization of these stocks varies greatly:

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $4.25 trillion.

Procter & Gamble has a market capitalization of $341 billion.

Installed Building Products, on the other hand, has a market capitalization of $6.6 billion.

This is notable since Installed Building Products is an insulation company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, which is Taylor's home state.

Taylor has made over 200 stock trades since 2025 according to data from Quiver Quantitative.

In 2026, the congressman has made $1.28 million in trades, split fairly even between buys ($649,000) and sells ($635,000).