Largest Insider Trades of the Week

FedEx, Sprint among stocks traded by company insiders

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Dec 22, 2017
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The GuruFocus All-in-One Screener can be used to find insider trades from the past week. Under the Insiders tab, change the settings for All Insider Buying to “$200,000+,” the duration to “December 2017” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

According to these filters, company insiders made the following trades this week.

Softbank Group Corp., 10% owner of Sprint Corp. (S, Financial), bought 5,095,549 shares for $5.64 per share on Dec. 20.

The telecommunications company has a market cap of $22.48 billion and an enterprise value of $54.45 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 10.78% and insider ownership of 1.54%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has declined 34% and is currently 41.76% below its 52-week high and 3.69% above its 52-week low.

Prospect Capital Corp. (PSEC, Financial) CEO John F. Barry bought 450,000 shares for $6.92 per share on Dec. 19. Since then, the stock price has increased to $7.10.

The closed-end investment company has a market cap of $2.56 million and an enterprise value of $4.87 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 9.07% and insider ownership of 6.24%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has declined 16% and is currently 25.89% below its 52-week high and 28.86% above its 52-week low.

Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, 10% owner of Global Blood Therapeutics Inc. (GBT, Financial), bought 175,000 shares for $38 per share on Dec. 19.

The clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company has a market cap of $1.68 billion and an enterprise value of $1.47 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 61.33% and insider ownership of 4.05%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen 145% and is currently 15.92% below its 52-week high and 188.76% above its 52-week low.

Most important insider sales

Straight Path Communications Inc. (STRP, Financial) President and CEO Davidi Jonas sold 131,337 shares for $181.41 per share on Dec. 21.

The communication asset company has a market cap of $2.32 billion and an enterprise value of $2.31 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 34.88% and insider ownership of 5.20%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen 418% and is currently 23.06% below its 52-week high 574.93% above its 52-week low.

Rory O'Driscoll, director of Box Inc. (BOX, Financial), sold 592,309 shares for $20.88 per share on Dec. 21.

The cloud storage company has a market cap of $2.77 billion and an enterprise value of $2.68 billion. The company has an institutional ownership of 44.59% and insider ownership of 0.62%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen 51% and is currently 14.11% below its 52-week high and 52.65% above its 52-week low.

Alan B. Graf Jr., executive vice president and chief financial officer of FedEx Corp. (FDX, Financial), sold 24,100 shares for $249.42 per share on Dec. 21. Since then, the stock price has risen to $250.17.

The express courier service has the market cap of $67.08 billion and an enterprise value of $79.76 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 61.12% and insider ownership of 6.32%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen 31% and is currently 1.94% below its 52-week high and 36.79% above its 52-week low.

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