Largest Insider Trades of the Week

Company insiders dump shares of Facebook, Kellogg

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Aug 10, 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 “$2,000,000+,” the duration to “August 2018” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

According to the above filters, the following are trades from company insiders this week.

Winder Investment Pte Ltd., 10%Â owner of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF, Financial), bought 300,800 shares for $134.63 per share on Aug. 8 and 9.

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The company, which manufactures and supplies flavors and fragrances, has a market cap of $10.63 billion and an enterprise value of $12.40 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 85.06% and insider ownership of 1.78%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price was stable and is currently 14.58% below its 52-week high and 10.11% above its 52-week low.

Macquarie Group Ltd., 10%Â owner of Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. (MIC, Financial), bought 66,523 shares for $45.93 per share on Aug. 9.

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The infrastructure company has a market cap of $3.94 billion and an enterprise value of $7.43 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 84.92% and insider ownership of 0.75%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has fallen 37% and is currently 38.59% below its 52-week high and 27.38% above its 52-week low.

VV Value Vals AG, 10%Â owner of Dean Foods Co. (DF, Financial), bought 350,000 shares for $8.31 per share on Aug. 7.

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The company, which makes dairy products, has a market cap of $780.34 billion and an enterprise value of $1.62 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 94.64% and insider ownership of 7.38%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has fallen 30% and is currently 30.79% below its 52-week high and 6.35% above its 52-week low.

Most important insider sales

On Aug. 9, Christian Chabot, co-founder and chairman, and Chris Stolte, co-founder and technical advisor, sold a combined 685,000 shares of Tableau Software Inc. (DATA) for $109.93 per share.

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The software company has a market cap of $8.6 billion and an enterprise value of $7.69 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 78.58% and insider ownership of 1.47%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has risen 51% and is currently 7.78% below its 52-week high and 53.84% above its 52-week low.

Facebook Inc. (FB, Financial) CEO Mark Zuckerberg sold 210,000 shares for $185.45 per share on Aug. 8.

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The social network has a market cap of $528.62 billion and an enterprise value of $486.31 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 58.70% and insider ownership of 0.19%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has increased 9% and is currently 16.70% below its 52-week high and 22.20% above its 52-week low.

On Aug. 9, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Trust, 10% owner of Kellogg Co. (K, Financial), sold 150,000 shares for $71.20 per share.

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The company, which manufacturers cereal and Pop-Tarts, has a market cap of $24.72 billion and an enterprise value of $24.72 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 94.79% and insider ownership of 0.48%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has increased 4% and is currently 2.65% below its 52-week high and 26.42% above its 52-week low.

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