Largest Insider Trades of the Week

Company insiders trade SeaWorld, Kellogg

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Mar 09, 2018
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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+” and the duration to “March 2018.” Set All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

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

Hill Path Capital Partners LP and Hill Path Capital Partners Co., 10% owners of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. (SEAS, Financial), bought a combined 819,800 shares for $14.63 per share on March 8.

The company, which owns water theme parks in the United States, has a market cap of $1.37 billion and an enterprise value of $2.88 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 57.94% and insider ownership of 5.02%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has declined 19% and is currently 21.05% below its 52-week high and 45.78% above its 52-week low.

Fairholme Capital Management, director and 10% owner of The St. Joe Co. (JOE, Financial), bought 58,000 shares for $18.97 per share on March 8.

The real estate company has a market cap of $1.24 billion and an enterprise value of $1.19 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 82.50% and insider ownership of 2.15%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has increased 13% and is currently 4.52% below its 52-week high and 16.21% above its 52-week low.

Baines Creek Capital LLC, 10% owner of Legacy Reserves LP (LGCY, Financial), bought 274,000 shares for $4.10 per share on March 8.

The upstream master limited partnership has a market cap of $315.27 million and an enterprise value of $1.66 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 31.36% and insider ownership of 1.64%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen 53% and is currently 5.96% below its 52-week high and 283.18% above its 52-week low.

Most important insider sales

REL US Centennial Holdings, LL, Riverstone Management Group, L and Riverstone Non-ECI USRPI AIV, directors and 10% owners of Centennial Resource Development Inc. (CDEV, Financial) sold a combined 64,516, 251 shares for $19.50 per share on March 8.

The independent oil and natural gas company has a market cap of $4.99 million and an enterprise value of $5.43 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 98.75% and insider ownership of 0.80%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has increased 4% and is currently 18.43% below its 52-week high and 28.09% above its 52-week low.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE, Financial) director Margaret C. Whitman sold 674,000 shares for $19.14 per share on March 8.

The communication equipment company has a market cap of $29.69 billion and an enterprise value of $36.01 billion. The company has an institutional ownership of 54.98% and insider ownership of 0.16%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen 47% and is currently 2.70% below its 52-week high and 49.33% above its 52-week low.

Kellogg W. K. Foundation Trust, 10% owner of Kellogg Co. (K, Financial), sold 205,000 shares for $69.47 per share on March 8.

The company, which produces ready-to-eat cereal and convenience foods, has a market cap of $24.14 billion and an enterprise value of $32.49 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 97.49% and insider ownership of 0.47%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has fallen 6% and is currently 7.53% below its 52-week high 18.52% above its 52-week low.

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