Weekly Insider Sells Highlight: Fox, FireEye, Procter & Gamble, Seagate

A look at the significant insider sells during the past week

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Aug 31, 2015

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were: Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. (FOX, Financial), FireEye Inc. (FEYE, Financial), Procter & Gamble Co. (PG, Financial) and Seagate Technology PLC (STX, Financial).

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

Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.: Executive Chairman Keith Rupert Murdoch sold 1,123,655 shares

Twenty-First Century Fox Executive Chairman Keith Rupert Murdoch sold 1,123,655 shares on 08/26/2015 at an average price of $28.08.

Twenty-First Century Fox has a market cap of $56.71 billion; its shares were traded at around $28.08 with a P/E ratio of 7.20 and P/S ratio of 2.06. The dividend yield of Twenty-First Century Fox stocks is 0.98%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 11.60% over the past five years.

Twenty-First Century Fox recently reported its fiscal fourth quarter results ended June 30. For this period, the company reported revenues of $6.21 billion, which represents a decline of $2.22 billion from the prior year quarter. On an adjusted basis, revenues were down $635 million. Income from continuing operations were $116 million, or $0.06 per share, compared to $966 million, or $0.43 per share in the same quarter last year.

FireEye: Chief Strategy Officer Ashar Aziz sold 188,434 shares

Chief Strategy Officer Ashar Aziz sold 188,434 shares of FEYE stock on Aug. 26 at the average price of $37.6. Ashar Aziz owns at least 8,165,483 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.23% since.

FireEye Inc has a market cap of $6.25 billion; its shares were traded at around $39.19 with and P/S ratio of 11.04.

FireEye Inc. reported second quarter 2015 revenue of $147.2 million, an increase of 56% over the second quarter of 2014. Second-quarter billings increased 57% to $178.3 million. GAAP net loss was $133.6 million, or $0.87 per share, compared to net loss of $116.8 million, or $0.82 per share last year.

Procter & Gamble Co.: Chief Brand Officer Marc S. Pritchard sold 97,122 shares

Procter & Gamble Chief Brand Officer Marc S. Pritchard sold 97,122 shares on Aug. 24 at an average price of $71.21.

Procter & Gamble has a market cap of $193.16 billion; its shares were traded at around $71.21 with a P/E ratio of 30.30 and P/S ratio of 2.67. The dividend yield of Procter & Gamble stocks is 3.67%, and the company had an annual average earnings growth of 1.80% over the past 10 years.

The company has released its fiscal fourth quarter 2015 results. For this quarter, Proctor & Gamble saw core EPS of $1.00, an increase of 8% over the same quarter last year. Net sales decreased 9% to $17.8 billion, driven largely by a negative impact from foreign exchange.

CFO Jon R. Moeller sold 4,566 shares of PG stock on Aug. 18 at the average price of $75.21. Director Ewan Stewart Downie, bought 5,000 shares of PG stock on July 17 at the average price of $2.03.

Seagate Technology PLC: SVP & Chief Technical Officer Mark Re sold 115,334 shares

Seagate Technology SVP & Chief Technical Officer Mark Re sold 115,334 shares on Aug. 25 at an average price of $50.68.

Seagate Technology is a provider of electronic data storage solutions. Seagate Technology has a market cap of $15.31 billion; its shares were traded at around $50.68 with a P/E ratio of 9.70 and P/S ratio of 1.22. The company has a dividend yield 4.26%, and had an annual average earnings growth of 16.80% over the past 5 years.

For its fourth fiscal quarter of 2015, Seagate Technology announced revenue of $2.9 billion, with net income totaling $138 million, or $0.43 per diluted share. Non-GAAP diluted EPS were $0.77. Operating cash flow was $228 million, and gross margin was 26.5%.

Chairman and CEO Stephen J. Luczo sold 65,798 shares of STX stock on Aug. 3 at the average price of $51.51. President, Global Markets and CSO Albert A. Pimentel sold 10,000 shares of STX stock on Aug. 14 at the average price of $51.67.

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