Insider Trades: C.R. Bard, NVIDIA and Alphabet

Largest insider trades of the week

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Sep 30, 2016
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The All-in-One Screener can be used to find insider buys and sells over the last week by clicking on the "Insiders" tab and changing the settings for All Insider Buys to “200,000sh+” duration to "September 2016” and “September 2016” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+”.

According to the above filters, the following are recent buys and sells from company insiders in the past week.

On Sept. 26, Brookfield Asset Management, part-owner of Performance Sports Group Ltd. (PSG, Financial), bought 971,050 shares in the company at the price of $4.00 per share. Since then, the price of the stock has dropped by 2% to $3.92.

The company has an insider ownership of 0.56% and institutional ownership of 78.14%. It designs, develops, manufactures and sells performance sports equipment and related apparel for ice hockey and roller hockey, baseball and softball, lacrosse and soccer. Its brands include BAUER, VAPOR, SUPREME, and NEXU.

During the last 12 months, the price of the stock has dropped by 70% and the price is 71.49% below its 52-week high and 237.29% above its 52-week low.

On Sept. 26, 21 April Fund LP, part-owner of Durect Corp. (DRRX, Financial), bought 2,500,000 shares at the price of $1.15 per share. Since then, the price of the stock has risen by 16.5% to $1.34.

The company has an insider ownership of 3.79% and institutional ownership of 45.56%. It is a specialty pharmaceutical company. It develops pharmaceutical products based on its proprietary drug delivery technology platforms.

During the last 12 months, the price of the stock has dropped by 33% and is now trading with a price-book (P/B) ratio of 9.58. The price is 50.37% below its 52-week high and 35.35% above its 52-week low.

On Sept. 26, Chen Tianqiao, part-owner of Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH, Financial) bought 929,813 shares in the company at the price of $10.27 per share. Since then, the price of the stock has risen by 8.5% to $11.14.

The company has an insider ownership of 3.57% and institutional ownership of 90.92%. It provides health care services through the hospitals that it owns and operates in non-urban and selected urban markets throughout the United States.

During the last 12 months, the price of the stock has dropped by 67% and is now trading with a P/B ratio of 0.69. The price is 75.45% below its 52-week high and 15.53% above its 52-week low.

On Sept. 28, Jan Telander, CEO of ProGreen US Inc. (PGUS, Financial), bought 785,040 shares in the company at the price of two cents per share with a total cost of $15,701. Since then, the price of the stock did not face any change.

On September 29, Jilun He, part-owner of EnSync Inc. (ESNC, Financial), bought 1,306,737 shares in the company at the price of 94 cents per share with a total cost of $$1,228,330. Since then, the price of the stock has risen by 2.1% to 96 cents.

Most important sales of the week

From Sept. 26 to 29, Sergey Brin, president and part-owner of Alphabet Inc. Class CÂ (GOOG, Financial), sold 133,328 shares in the company at the average price of $781.93 per share. Since then, the price of the stock has declined to $775.49.

The company has an institutional ownership of 34.65% and insider ownership of 0.36%. The company, through its subsidiary Google Inc., is engaged in improving the ways people connect with information and products, including Search, Android, YouTube, Apps, Maps and Ads. It also produces internet-connected home devices and provides internet services.

During the last 12 months, the price of the stock has risen by 31% and is now trading with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.37. The price is 1.05% below its 52-week high and 32.42% above its 52-week low.

On Sept. 27, Michael Stankey, vice chairman of Workday Inc. Class AÂ (WDAY, Financial), sold 112,400 shares in the company at the price of $88.80 per share. Since then, the price of the stock has risen by 2.3% to $90.88.

The company has an institutional ownership of 63.54% and insider ownership of 1.04%. It is a provider of enterprise cloud-based applications for human capital management, payroll, financial management, time tracking, procurement and employee expense management.

During the last 12 months, the price of the stock has risen by 32% and is now trading with a P/E ratio of 15.71. The price is 0.08% below its 52-week high and 92.05% above its 52-week low.

On Sept. 27, Tench Coxe, director of NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA, Financial), sold 82,269 shares in the company at the price of $65.74 per share. Since then, the price of the stock has risen by 2.5% to $67.40.

The company has an institutional ownership of 87.92% and insider ownership of 0.88%. It is a visual computing company, connecting people through the powerful medium of computer graphics. The company's reporting segments include GPU and Tegra Processor.

During the last 12 months, the price of the stock has risen by 173% and is now trading with a P/B ratio of 8.07. The price is 0.31% below its 52-week high and 187.18% above its 52-week low.

On Sept. 28, Timothy M Ring, chairman and CEO of C.R. Bard Inc. (BCR, Financial), sold 92,293 shares in the company at the price of $227.81 per share. Since then, the price of the stock has declined to $223.00.

On Sept. 28, British American Tobacco plc, part-owner of Reynolds American Inc. (RAI, Financial), sold 660,385 shares in the company at the price of $48.03 per share. Since then, the price of the stock has declined to $47.04.

On Sept. 28, Richard J. Daly, president and CEO of Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (BR, Financial), sold 201,460 shares in the company at the price of $69.11 per share. Since then, the price of the stock has declined to $67.33.

Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.

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