Weekly Insider Sells Highlight: ARMK, WES, ORCL, NLSN

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Dec 22, 2014

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were: Aramak, Western Gas Partners LP, Oracle Corporation, and Nielson NV.

The overall trend of insiders is illustrated in the chart below:

Aramark (ARMK, Financial): Director David Barr sold 8,469,530 Shares

Director David Barr sold 8,469,530 shares of ARMK stock on 12/17/2014 at the average price of $27.02. David Barr owns at least 27,095,956 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 10.21% since.

ARAMARK Holdings Corp is a provider of food, facilities and uniform services to education, healthcare, business and industry, and sports, leisure and corrections clients. Aramark has a market cap of $6.98 billion; its shares were traded at around $29.78 with a P/E ratio of 47.20 and P/S ratio of 0.47. The dividend yield of Aramark stocks is 1.05%.

Aramark’s fiscal fourth quarter 2014 saw sales of $3.9 billion, with organic growth of 6%. Adjusted operating income was $228 million, a 15% increase over the $198 million reported prior year quarter.

Multiple other insiders also recently sold shares of ARMK, including Director Sanjeev K Mehra, who sold 8,293,490 shares, 10% Owner H. Lee Advisors, Llc Thomas, and Director Todd M Abbrecht, who sold 8,293,490 shares.

Western Gas Partners, LP (WES, Financial): Director James R Crane sold 300,000 Shares

Director James R Crane sold 300,000 shares of WES stock on 12/17/2014 at the average price of $68.77. James R Crane owns at least 503,798 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.5% since.

Western Gas Partners, LP was formed by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in 2007 to own, operate, acquire and develop midstream energy assets. Western Gas Partners, LP has a market cap of $8.48 billion; its shares were traded at around $71.18 with a P/E ratio of 31.30 and P/S ratio of 6.59. The dividend yield of Western Gas Partners, LP stocks is 3.58%.

The company reported second quarter 2014 net income of $67 million, or $0.57 per diluted share, adjusted EBITDA of $167.3 million, and distributable cash flow of $137 million.

Oracle Corporation (ORCL, Financial): Chairman of the Board Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 Shares

Chairman of the Board Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of ORCL stock on 12/18/2014 at the average price of $43.83. Jeffrey Henley owns at least 1,934,516 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.95% since.

Oracle Corporation was incorporated in Delaware on September 9, 2005. The company has a market cap of $203.84 billion; its shares were traded at around $46.00 with a P/E ratio of 19.20 and P/S ratio of 5.39. The dividend yield of Oracle Corporation stocks is 1.04% and it had an annual average earnings growth of 18.00% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Oracle Corporation the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

Oracle recently released its fiscal second quarter 2015 results ended November 30, 2014. Total revenues were up 3% over the prior year period at $9.6 billion. GAAP operating income was $3.5 billion, up 4%, while GAAP net income was down 2% to $2.5 billion. EPS were unchanged at $0.56.

Director Hector Garcia-molina sold 2,960 shares of ORCL stock on 12/15/2014 at the average price of $41.06.

Nielsen NV (NLSN, Financial): Director David L Calhoun sold 400,000 Shares

Director of Nielsen NV (NLSN, Financial) David L Calhoun sold 400,000 shares on 12/16/2014 at an average price of $44.27.

Nielsen NV is an information and measurement company. It has a market cap of $16.87 billion, and its shares were traded at around $44.27 with a P/E ratio of 46.30 and P/S ratio of 2.72. The dividend yield of Nielsen NV stocks is 2.15%. Nielsen NV had an annual average earnings growth of 7.10% over the past 5 years.

The company has released its third quarter 2014 results. Revenues this quarter were $1.57 billion, up 13.3% year-over-year, while adjusted EBITDA grew 19.8% to $477 million. Adjusted net income per diluted share was $0.66 compared to $0.50 a year ago. Free cash flow was reported at $289 million.

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