Weekly CFO Sells Highlights

Insiders trade TransUnion, Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Facebook

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Sep 21, 2016
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According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the recent chief financial officer sells were: TransUnion (TRU, Financial), Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. (ULTA, Financial) and Facebook Inc. (FB, Financial).

TransUnion: EVP and CFO sold 30,000 shares

Executive Vice President and CFO Samuel A. Hamood sold 30,000 shares for $32.82 per share on Sept. 14. The price has increased by 1.74%.

TransUnion has a market cap of $6.1 billion, and its shares were traded around $33.39. The company has a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 128.44 and price-sales (P/S) ratio of 3.71.

TransUnion announced revenue of $425.7 million and gross profit of $281.9 million in the second quarter while the net income was $17.3 million. The 2015 total revenue was $1.51 billion, a 15% increase from the 2014 total revenue. The 2015 gross profit was $975.2 million, a 21% increase from the 2014 gross profit. The 2015 net income was $5.9 million.

President and CEO James M. Peck sold 75,000 shares at an average price of $32.82 on Sept. 14. The price has increased by 1.74%.

Director Steven M. Tadler sold 128,077 shares for $32.82 per share on Sept. 14. The price has increased by 1.74%.

Director Christopher Egan sold 132,821 shares for $32.82 per share on Sept. 14. The price has increased by 1.74%.

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc.: CFO sold 10,490 shares

CFO Scott M. Settersten sold 10,490 shares for $251.37 per share on Aug. 30. The price has decreased by 6.12%.

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance has a market cap of $14.72 billion, and its shares were traded around $235.98. The company has a P/E ratio of 41.63 and P/S ratio of 3.44. Over the past 10 years, Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance had an annual average earnings growth of 26.60%. GuruFocus rated Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance announced revenue of $1.07 billion and gross profit of $384.84 million in its third quarter while the net income was $90 million. The 2016 total revenue was $3.92 billion, a 21% increase from the 2015 total revenue. The 2016 gross profit was $1.38 billion, a 22% increase from the 2015 gross profit. The 2016 net income was $320.01 million.

CEO Mary Dillon sold 51,885 shares for $245.73 per share on Aug. 31. The price has decreased by 3.97%.

Director Dennis K. Eck bought 11,000 shares for $234.45 per share on Sept. 19. The price has increased by 0.65%.

Director Charles Heilbronn sold 925,000 shares for $229.56 per share on Sept. 14. The price has increased by 2.8%.

Facebook Inc.: CFO sold 10,528 shares

CFO David M. Wehner sold 10,528 shares for $123.59 per share on Aug. 19. The price has increased by 3.38%.

Facebook has a market cap of $366.91 billion, and its shares were traded around $127.77. The company has a P/E ratio of 61.36 and P/S ratio of 16.60.

Facebook announced revenue of $6.44 billion and gross profit of $5.52 billion in the second quarter while the net income was $2.06 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 $3.69 billion.

Chairman, CEO and 10% owner Mark Zuckerberg sold 741,797 shares for $128.07 per share on Sept. 12. The price has decreased by 0.23%.

Chief Product Officer Christopher K. Cox sold 15,600 shares for $125.98 per share on Sept. 12. The price has increased by 1.42%.

Vice President of Marketing and Business Partnerships David B. Fischer sold 35,000 shares for $130.32 per share on Sept. 9. The price has decreased by 1.96%.

Director Jan Koum sold 1,566,668 shares for $129.7 per share on Sept. 8. The price has decreased by 1.49%.

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