Weekly Top Insider Sells

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Aug 19, 2013
According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest insider sells during the past week. The overall trend of insiders is illustrated in the chart below:



Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI, Financial): COO Thomas Tippl Sold 1,318,747 Shares

COO of Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI) Thomas Tippl sold 1,318,747 shares on 08/13/2013 at an average price of $17.30.

Activision Inc. was originally incorporated in California in 1979 and was reincorporated in Delaware in December 1992. Activision Blizzard Inc. has a market cap of $19.37 billion; its shares were traded at around $17.30 with a P/E ratio of 14.25 and P/S ratio of 3.90. The dividend yield of Activision Blizzard Inc. stocks is 1.10%. Activision Blizzard Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 14.1% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Activision BlizzardInc. the business predictability rank of 2-star.

On Aug. 1, 2013 Activision Blizzard Inc. announced financial results for the second quarter of 2013. For the quarter ended June 30, 2013, Activision Blizzard’s GAAP net revenues were $1.05 billion, as compared with $1.08 billion for the second quarter of 2012. On a non-GAAP basis, the company’s net revenues were $608 million, as compared with $1.05 billion for the second quarter of 2012. For the second quarter, GAAP net revenues from digital channels were $387 million and represented 37% of the company’s total revenues. On a non-GAAP basis, net revenues from digital channels were $383 million and represented a record 63% of the company’s total revenues.

COO Thomas Tippl sold 273,507 shares of ATVI stock on 08/06/2013 at the average price of $17.77. Thomas Tippl owns at least 654,892 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.64% since.

Apple Inc. (AAPL, Financial): Senior Vice President Philip W. Schiller sold 37,172 Shares

Senior Vice President of Apple Inc. (AAPL) Philip W. Schiller sold 37,172 shares on 08/14/2013 at an average price of $502.33.

Apple Inc is a California corporation founded in 1977. Apple Inc. has a market cap of $456.37 billion; its shares were traded at around $502.33 with a P/E ratio of 12.53 and P/S ratio of 2.79. The dividend yield of Apple Inc stocks is 2.27%. Apple Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 82.7% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Apple Inc the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

On July 23, 2013 Apple® announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 third quarter ended June 29, 2013. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $35.3 billion and quarterly net profit of $6.9 billion, or $7.47 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $35 billion and net profit of $8.8 billion, or $9.32 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 36.9 percent compared to 42.8 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 57 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

SVP, General Counsel and Secretary D. Bruce Sewell sold 37,172 shares of AAPL stock on 06/24/2013 at the average price of $402.05. D. Bruce Sewell owns at least 10 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 24.94% since.

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