Weekly Insider Sells Highlight: TWTR, NRF, COST, CAG

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Apr 05, 2015

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were: Twitter Inc, Northstar Realty Finance Corp, Costco Wholesale Corp, and ConAgra Foods Inc.

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

Twitter Inc (TWTR, Financial): Director Evan Clark Williams sold 468,000 Shares

Director of Twitter Inc (TWTR, Financial) Evan Clark Williams sold 468,000 shares on 04/02/2015 at an average price of $50.42.

Twitter Inc has a market cap of $32.66 billion; its shares were traded at around $50.42 with and P/S ratio of 21.70.

Twitter has recently released its fourth quarter 2014 results ended December 31, 2014. For this period, the company generated revenues of $479 million, up 97% over the prior year quarter. Fourth quarter GAAP net loss was $125 million ($0.20 per share) and non-GAAP net income was $79 million.

CEO Richard Costolo, VP, Engineering Alexander Roetter, and multiple other insiders have all also recently sold shares of TWTR stock.

Northstar Realty Finance Corp (NRF, Financial): Chief Inv. and Op. Officer Daniel R Gilbert sold 1,000,000 Shares

Chairman and CEO David T Hamamoto sold 400,000 shares of NRF stock on 04/02/2015 at the average price of $18.22. David T Hamamoto owns at least 381,145 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0% since.

Northstar Realty Finance Corp has a market cap of $5.64 billion; its shares were traded at around $18.22 with and P/S ratio of 3.70. The dividend yield of Northstar Realty Finance Corp stocks is 9.90%.

In its fourth quarter of 2014, Northstar Realty had a cash dividend of $0.40 per share and CAD of $0.44 per share. Net loss was $0.47 per diluted share for the quarter.

Costco Wholesale Corp (COST, Financial): Chairman of the Board Jeffrey H Brotman sold 93,564 Shares

Chairman of the Board of Costco Wholesale Corp (COST, Financial) Jeffrey H Brotman sold 93,564 shares on 04/01/2015 at an average price of $151.63.

Costco Wholesale Corp has a market cap of $66.71 billion; its shares were traded at around $151.63 with a P/E ratio of 29.60 and P/S ratio of 0.60. The dividend yield of Costco Wholesale Corp stocks is 0.90%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 10.00% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 5-star.

Costco has recently released its second quarter 2015 results ended February 15, 2015. Net sales for the quarter were $26.87 billion, up 4% over the prior year quarter. Net income was $598 million, or $1.35 per diluted share, compared to income of $463 million, or $1.05 per share a year ago.

President and CEO W Craig Jelinek sold 24,184 shares of COST stock on 03/13/2015 at the average price of $148.15.

ConAgra Foods Inc (CAG, Financial): EVP & Chief Tech & Op Officer Albert D. Bolles sold 220,000 Shares

EVP & Chief Tech & Op Officer of ConAgra Foods Inc (CAG, Financial) Albert D. Bolles sold 220,000 shares on 03/31/2015 at an average price of $37.82.

ConAgra Foods Inc has a market cap of $16.15 billion; its shares were traded at around $37.82 with and P/S ratio of 0.92. The dividend yield of ConAgra Foods Inc stocks is 2.60%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 4.80% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Conagra Foods Inc the business predictability rank of 3-star.

ConAgra Foods recently released its third quarter 2015 results, including diluted loss per share from continuing operations of $2.23. Adjusted diluted EPS were $0.59 compared with $0.62 a year ago. Volume was flat over the prior year period.

SVP, Treasurer&Asst. Secretary Scott E Messel sold 30,000 shares of CAG stock on 04/02/2015 at the average price of $37.5.

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