Weekly CFO Sells Highlights

Insiders sell Facebook, Coca-Cola, Liberty Interactive

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Apr 05, 2016
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According to GuruFocus' Insider Data, the recent CFO sells were: Facebook Inc. (FB, Financial), Coca-Cola Co. (KO, Financial) and Liberty Interactive Corp. (QVCA, Financial).

Facebook: CFO David M. Wehner sold 7,973 shares

On Feb. 19, CFO David M. Wehner sold 7,973 shares at an average price of $102.58. The price of the stock has increased by 9.72%.

Facebook has a market cap of $320.35 billion, and its shares were traded at $113.19 on Tuesday. The company has a P/E ratio of 87.94 and P/S ratio of 17.91.

Facebook announced its 2015 fourth-quarter results with revenues of $5.84 billion and gross profit of $5.02 billion while the net income was $1.55 billion. The 2015 total revenue was $17.93 billion, a 44% increase from the 2014 total revenue. The 2015 gross profit was $15.06 billion, a 46% increase from the 2014 gross profit. The 2015 net income was $3.67 billion.

On March 29, V.P. and General Counsel Colin Stretch sold 1,000 shares at an average price of $113.83. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.12%. On March 29, Director Jan Koum sold 1,147,624 shares at an average price of $115.34. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.42%. On March 28, Chief Product Officer Christopher K. Cox sold 15,600 shares at an average price of $113.75. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.05%.

Coca-Cola: Executive V.P., CFO Kathy N. Waller sold 12,900 shares

On March 10, Executive V.P., CFO Kathy N. Waller sold 12,900 shares at an average price of $45. The price of the stock has increased by 4.2%.

Coca-Cola has a market cap of $203.01 billion, and its shares were traded around $46.89. The company has a P/E ratio of 28.07 and P/S ratio of 4.67. The trailing 12-month dividend yield of Coca-Cola stock is 2.89% while the forward dividend yield is 2.99%. Over the past 10 years, Coca-Cola had an annual average earnings growth of 6.60%.

Coca-Cola announced its 2015 fourth-quarter results with revenues of $10 billion and gross profit of $5.95 billion while the net income was $1.24 billion. The 2015 total revenue was $44.29 billion, a 4% decrease from the 2014 total revenue. The 2015 gross profit was $26.81 billion, a 5% decrease from the 2014 gross profit. The 2015 net income was $7.35 billion.

On March 31, Group President Atul Singh sold 206,728 shares at an average price of $46.7. The price of the stock has increased by 0.41%. On March 29, Executive Vice President J. Alexander Douglas Jr. sold 50,000 shares at an average price of $46. The price of the stock has increased by 1.93%. On March 29, Senior Vice President Ed Hays sold 29,818 shares at an average price of $46. The price of the stock has increased by 1.93%.

Liberty Interactive: CFO Christopher W. Shean sold 181,913 shares

On March 29, CFO Christopher W. Shean sold 65,254 shares at an average price of $24.7. The price of the stock has increased by 2.27%. Liberty Interactive has a market cap of $15.9 billion, and its shares were traded around $25.26. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.20 and P/S ratio of 1.58. Over the past five years, Liberty Interactive had an annual average earnings growth of 1.10%.

Liberty Interactive announced its 2015 fourth-quarter results with revenues of $3.37 billion and gross profit of $1.16 billion; the net income was $294 million. The 2015 total revenue was $9.99 billion, a 5% decrease from the 2013 total revenue. The 2014 gross profit was $3.60 billion, a 6% decrease from the 2013 gross profit. The 2014 net income was $869 million.

On Dec. 16, 2015, President, CEO Gregory B. Maffei sold 224,505 shares at an average price of $26.89. The price of the stock has decreased by 6.06%. On March 30, Chief Tax Officer Albert E. Rosenthaler sold 19,855 shares at an average price of $28.27. The price of the stock has decreased by 10.65%. On March 28, Chief Legal Officer Richard N. Baer sold 22,743 shares at an average price of $38.44. The price of the stock has decreased by 34.29%.