Weekly Insider Sells Highlight: VRX, HCA, GPRO, GD

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May 11, 2015

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (VRX, Financial), HCA Holdings Inc (HCA, Financial), GoPro Inc (GPRO, Financial), and General Dynamics Corp (GD, Financial).

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

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc: EVP, CLO, General Counsel Robert Roswell Chai-onn sold 90,938 shares

EVP, CLO, General Counsel of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc Robert Roswell Chai-onn sold 90,938 shares on 05/04/2015 at an average price of $221.88.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc was formed under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) on February 18, 2000, as a result of the amalgamation of TXM Corporation and Biovail Corporation International. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc has a market cap of $75.99 billion; its shares were traded at around $221.88 with a P/E ratio of 79.50 and P/S ratio of 8.90. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 10.50% over the past 10 years.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals has recently released its first quarter 2015 results. During this period, the company generated total revenue amounting to $2.2 billion, which represents a 16% increase over the prior year quarter. Same store sales was up 15%, and GAAP EPS was $0.21. Cash EPS was $2.36, an increase of 34% year-over-year. The company also reported GAAP operating cash flow of $491 million.

HCA Holdings Inc: Group President Charles J Hall sold 252,026 shares

Group President Charles J Hall sold 252,026 shares of HCA stock on 05/07/2015 at the average price of $74.54. Charles J Hall owns at least 12,751 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.17% since.

HCA Holdings Inc has a market cap of $31.86 billion; its shares were traded at around $76.90 with a P/E ratio of 16.10 and P/S ratio of 0.91. HCA Holdings Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 6.30% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated the company the business predictability rank of 3-star.

HCA Holdings Inc. recently released its first quarter 2015 results. Revenues increased 9.5% to $9.67 billion this quarter. Net income was $591 million, or $1.36 per diluted share. Adjusted EBITDA increased 19.3% to $1.96 billion.

GoPro Inc: Director Edward A Gilhuly sold 265,500 shares

Director Edward A Gilhuly sold 265,500 shares of GPRO stock on 05/04/2015 at the average price of $50.63. Edward A Gilhuly owns at least 3,734,707 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.83% since.

GoPro Inc was incorporated as Woodman Labs, Inc. in California on February 14, 2004. Gopro Inc has a market cap of $6.73 billion; its shares were traded at around $50.21 with a P/E ratio of 72.60 and P/S ratio of 4.08.

GoPro Inc. announced first quarter 2015 revenue of $363 million – up 54% year-over-year. Operating income increased 34.5% to $22.3 million and net income per diluted share increased to $0.11 compared to $0.08 for the first quarter of 2014.

General Dynamics Corp: Executive Vice President Joseph T Lombardo sold 87,630 shares

Executive Vice President Joseph T Lombardo sold 87,630 shares of GD stock on 05/04/2015 at the average price of $140.49. Joseph T Lombardo owns at least 127,399 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.83% since.

General Dynamics Corp has a market cap of $46.57 billion; its shares were traded at around $141.66 with a P/E ratio of 18.20 and P/S ratio of 1.53. The dividend yield of General Dynamics Corp stocks is 1.80% and the company had an annual average earnings growth of 5.00% over the past 10 years.

General Dynamics recently announced first quarter revenue up 7.1% to $7.8 billion, with operating earnings improving 17.5% to $1.03 billion. Diluted EPS were $2.14, 25% higher year-over-year.

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