Weekly Insider Sells Highlight: MNST, GS, EVHC, CMG

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Apr 26, 2015

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were: Monster Beverage Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Envision Healthcare Holdings Inc, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.

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

Monster Beverage Corp (MNST, Financial): Vice Chairman and President Hilton H Schlosberg sold 240,065 Shares

Vice Chairman and President Hilton H Schlosberg sold 240,065 shares of MNST stock over the past week at the average price of $140.25

Monster Beverage Corp has a market cap of $24.12 billion; its shares were traded at around $141.78 with a P/E ratio of 50.70 and P/S ratio of 10.02. Monster Beverage Corp had an annual average earnings growth of 31.10% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Monster Beverage Corp the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.

For its fourth quarter of 2014, Monster Beverage Corp reported gross sales growth of 12.1% to $696.3 million from $621.1 million in the previous fourth quarter. Operating income for the quarter increased 43.2% to $192.9 million.

Chairman and CEO Rodney C Sacks sold 76,876 shares of MNST stock on 04/23/2015 at the average price of $140.21.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS, Financial): Executive Vice President - CFO Harvey M Schwartz sold 91,285 Shares

Executive Vice President - CFO Harvey M Schwartz sold 91,285 shares of GS stock on 04/17/2015 at the average price of $197.05. Harvey M Schwartz owns at least 240,332 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.48% since.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc has a market cap of $86.25 billion; its shares were traded at around $197.99 with a P/E ratio of 11.70 and P/S ratio of 2.71. The dividend yield of Goldman Sachs Group Inc stocks is 1.16%. Goldman Sachs Group Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 2.80% over the past 10 years.

For its first quarter of 2015, Goldman Sachs reported EPS of $5.94 and increased its quarterly dividend to $0.65 per common share.

Envision Healthcare Holdings Inc (EVHC, Financial): Chief Medical Officer Dighton Packard sold 240,188 Shares

Chief Medical Officer Dighton Packard sold 240,188 shares of EVHC stock on 04/20/2015 at the average price of $39.44. Dighton Packard owns at least 80,516 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.35% since.

Envision Healthcare Holdings Inc has a market cap of $7.29 billion; its shares were traded at around $39.58 with a P/E ratio of 59.70 and P/S ratio of 1.71.

Envision reported fourth quarter 2014 net revenue of $1.16 billion, up 17.6% year-over-year. Fourth quarter adjusted EPS was $0.36 and adjusted EBITDA increased 33.6% to $156.6 million.

Chairman, President & CEO William A Sanger sold 418,500 shares of EVHC stock on 04/16/2015 at the average price of $40. President of AMR Horne Edward Van and multiple other insiders have all also sold shares of EVHC stock.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (CMG, Financial): CFO Jack Hartung sold 9,194 Shares

CFO Jack Hartung sold 9,194 shares of CMG stock on 04/21/2015 at the average price of $694.68. Jack Hartung owns at least 30,392 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 8.23% since.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc has a market cap of $19.79 billion; its shares were traded at around $637.50 with a P/E ratio of 41.50 and P/S ratio of 4.68. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 34.30% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

Chipotle reported first quarter 2015 revenue increase of 20.4% to $1.09 billion, with comparable store sales increasing 10.4%. Net income was $122.6 million, 47.6% higher than the prior year quarter. Diluted EPS increased 47% to $3.88.

Chairman & Co-CEO Steve Ells sold 11,583 shares of CMG stock on 04/21/2015 at the average price of $692.52.

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