Weekly Insider Sells Highlights

Company officers sell Lowe's, Facebook and Salesforce.com

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May 31, 2016
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According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the recent CFO sells were: Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW, Financial), Facebook Inc. (FB, Financial) and Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM, Financial).

Lowe's Companies: CFO Robert F. Hull Jr. sold 134,000 shares

On May 23, CFO Robert F. Hull Jr. sold 134,000 shares at a price of $79.75. The price of the stock has increased by 0.75%. Lowe's Companies has a market cap of $72.11 billion, and its shares were traded around $80.35. The company has a P/E ratio of 26.85 and P/S ratio of 1.29. The trailing 12-month dividend yield and forward dividend yield of Lowe's Companies stock is 1.39. Over the past 10 years, Lowe's Companies had an annual average earnings growth of 6.10%.

Lowe's Companies announced its 2016 first-quarter results with revenues of $13.24 billion and gross profit of $4.59 billion while the net income was $11 million. The 2016 total revenue was $59.07 billion, a 5% increase from the 2015 total revenue. The 2016 gross profit was $20.57 billion, a 5% increase from the 2015 gross profit. The 2016 net income was $2.55 billion.

On April 6, Chairman, President and CEO Robert A. Niblock sold 390,000 shares at a price of $76.22. The price of the stock has increased by 5.42%. On March 1, Director Sandra B. Cochran bought 1,500 shares at a price of $67.31. The price of the stock has increased by 19.37%. On May 24, SVP Chief Accounting Officer Matthew V. Hollifield sold 17,976 shares at a price of $79.16. The price of the stock has increased by 1.5%.

Facebook: CFO David M. Wehner sold 5,265 shares

On May 19, CFO David M. Wehner sold 5,265 shares at a price of $117.07. The price of the stock has increased by 1.97%. Facebook has a market cap of $341.46 billion, and its shares were traded around $119.38. The company has a P/E ratio of 73.70 and P/S ratio of 17.28.

Facebook announced its 2016 first-quarter results with revenues of $5.38 billion and gross profit of $4.54 billion while the net income was $1.51 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 May 26, COO Sheryl Sandberg sold 109,000 shares at a price of $119.15. The price of the stock has increased by 0.19%. On May 25, Director Jan Koum sold 237,699 shares at a price of $117.57. The price of the stock has increased by 1.54%. On May 19, Director Susan Desmond-Hellmann sold 2,514 shares at a price of $117.07. The price of the stock has increased by 1.97%.

Salesforce.com: CFO Mark J. Hawkins sold 8,624 shares

On April 26, CFO Mark J. Hawkins sold 8,624 shares at a price of $76.14. The price of the stock has increased by 10.02%. Salesforce.com has a market cap of $56.75 billion, and its shares were traded around $83.77. The company has a P/S ratio of 7.91. Over the past 10 years, Salesforce.com had an annual average earnings growth of 14.50%. GuruFocus rated Salesforce.com the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.

Salesforce.com announced its 2016 second-quarter results with revenues of $1.92 billion and gross profit of $1.42 billion while the net income was $38.76 million. The 2016 total revenue was $6.67 billion, a 24% increase from the 2015 total revenue. The 2016 gross profit was $5.01 billion, a 23% increase from the 2015 gross profit. The 2016 net loss was $47.43 million.

On May 27, Chairman of the Board and CEO Marc Benioff sold 25,000 shares at a price of $83.63. The price of the stock has increased by 0.17%. On May 26, President and Vice Chairman Keith Block sold 10,000 shares at a price of $84.06. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.34%. On May 26, EVP, Global Employee Success Cynthia G. Robbins sold 412 shares at a price of $83.86. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.11%.

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