The GuruFocus All-in-One Screener can be used to find insider trades from a specific period of time or for a certain range of values. For these stock picks, I went under the Insiders tab and changed the settings for All Insider Buying to “$200,000+,” the duration to “January 2019” and All Insider Sales to “$200,000+.”
According to these filters, the following are this week's most significant trades from company insiders.
Northern Oil & Gas
10% owner Robert B. Rowling bought 3.36 million shares of Northern Oil & Gas Inc. (NOG) for an average price of $1.67 per share on Jan.30.
The company, which operates in the oil and gas industry, has a market cap of $697.96 million and an enterprise value of $1.84 billion. It has institutional ownership of 64.62% and insider ownership of 8.86%.
Over the past 12 months, the stock has declined 32.28%. As of Friday, it was trading 41.50% below its 52-week high and 22.42% above its 52-week low.
Trinity Industries
Bradon B. Boze bought 147,109 shares of Trinity Industries Inc. (TRN) for an average price of $20.85 per share on Jan.29.
The company, which provides products and services to the energy and construction sectors, has a market cap of $2.58 billion and an enterprise value of $7.51 billion. It has institutional ownership of 99.54% and insider ownership of 4%.
Over the past 12 months, the stock has declined 10.16%. As of Friday, it was trading 21.14% below its 52-week high and 31% above its 52-week low.
vTv Therapeutics
Ronald O. Perelman, 10% owner of vTv Therapeutics Inc. (VTVT), bought 1.25 million shares for an average price of $1.60 per share on Jan. 28.
The company, which develops orally administered small molecule drug candidates for the treatment of neurological disorders, has a market cap of $153.37 billion, an insider ownership of 0.21% and an institutional ownership of 1.82%.
Over the past 12 months, the stock has fallen 18.10%. As of Friday, shares were trading 24.19% below the 52-week high and 91.06% above the 52-week low.
CBA Florida
Cryo Cell International Inc. sold one million shares of CBA Florida Inc. (CBAI) for an average price of 1 cent per share on Jan. 29.
The company, which provides private cord blood and cord tissue stem cell services, has a market cap of $10.18 million and insider ownership of 4.28%.
Over the past 12 months, the shares price was stable, and as of Friday, it was trading 20% below its 52-week high and 31.15% above its 52-week low.
Adaptive Biotechnologies
10% owners Viking Global Performance LLC and Viking Global Investors LP sold a combined 9.82 million shares of Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. (ADPT) for an average price of $24.98 per share on Jan. 28.
The petroleum refiner has a market cap of $3.86 billion, institutional ownership of 71.97% and insider ownership of 4.69%.
Over the past 12 months, the stock declined 23%. As of Friday, it was trading 7.69% below its 52-week high and 22.98% above its 52-week low.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN)’s chairman and president, Richard K. Templeton, sold 405,000 shares for an average price of $128.74 per share on Jan.28.
The company, which manufactures semiconductors, has a market cap of $116.96 billion and an enterprise value of $117.38 billion. It has insider ownership of 0.48% and institutional ownership of 99.61%.
Over the past 12 months, the stock has risen 24.64%. As of Friday, shares were trading 7.52% below the 52-week high and 25.28% above the 52-week low.
Homology Medicines
Homology Medicines Inc. (FIXX)’ James E. Flynn sold 639,506 shares for an average price of $15.69 per share on Jan.28.
The genetic medicines company has a market cap of $674.61 million, insider ownership of 1.11% and institutional ownership of 99.42%.
Over the past 12 months, the stock has fallen 24.42%. As of Friday, shares were trading 51.82% below the 52-week high and 38.64% above the 52-week low.
Disclosure: I do not own any stocks mentioned.
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