Weekly CFO Sells Highlights

Recent insider sells from company CFOs

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Apr 18, 2016
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According to GuruFocus' Insider Data, recent CFO sells were: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM, Financial), Coca-Cola Co. (KO, Financial) and Liberty Interactive Corp. (QVCA, Financial).

JPMorgan Chase & Co.: CFO Marianne Lake sold 13,684 shares

On April 14, CFO Marianne Lake sold 13,684 shares at an average price of $62.41. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.87%. JPMorgan Chase has a market cap of $227.08 billion, and its shares were traded around $61.87.

The company has a P/E ratio of 10.49 and P/S ratio of 2.47. The trailing 12-month dividend yield of JPMorgan Chase stocks is 2.84%, and the forward dividend yield is 2.84%. Over the past 10 years, JPMorgan Chase had an annual average earnings growth of 8.30%.

JPMorgan Chase announced its 2015 fourth-quarter results with revenues and gross profit of $21.63 billion, while the net income was $5.43 billion. The 2015 total revenue and gross profit was $89.72 billion, a 2% decrease from the 2014 total revenue and gross profit. The 2015 net income was $24.44 billion.

On Feb. 11, Chairman and CEO James Dimon bought 500,000 shares at an average price of $53.18. The price of the stock has increased by 16.34%. On April 14, COO Matthew E. Zames sold 45,144 shares at an average price of $61.77. The price of the stock has increased by 0.16%.

On April 14, Executive Vice President Gordon Smith sold 32,096 shares at an average price of $62.01. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.23%.

Coca-Cola Co.: 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 2.44%. Coca-Cola has a market cap of $199.59 billion, and its shares were traded around $46.10.

The company has a P/E ratio of 27.60 and P/S ratio of 4.59. The trailing 12-month dividend yield of Coca-Cola stock is 2.91%, and the forward dividend yield is 3.04%. 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 April 8, Executive Vice President J. Alexander Douglas Jr. sold 80,000 shares at an average price of $46.95. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.81%. On April 5, Senior Vice President Brent Hastie sold 18,670 shares at an average price of $46.6. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.07%. On March 31, Group President Atul Singh sold 206,728 shares at an average price of $46.7. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.28%.

Liberty Interactive Corp.: CFO Christopher W. Shean sold 65,254 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 5.43%. Liberty Interactive has a market cap of $16.39 billion, and its shares were traded around $26.04. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.73 and P/S ratio of 1.61. 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, President, CEO Gregory B. Maffei sold 224,505 shares at an average price of $26.89. The price of the stock has decreased by 3.16%. On April 14, Director Mark C. Vadon sold 217,309 shares at an average price of $26.04. On April 5, Director Michael A. George sold 150,000 shares at an average price of $25.1. The price of the stock has increased by 3.75%.