Insiders Roundup: Facebook, Pershing Gold

Largest insider trades of the week

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Aug 31, 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+,” the duration to “August 2017” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

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

Macquarie Group Ltd., 10% owner of Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. (MIC, Financial), bought a combined 287,009 shares for $47.09 per share on Aug. 28 and Aug. 30.

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The infrastructure company has a market cap of $3.99 billion and an enterprise value of $7.48 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 85.83% and insider ownership of 0.76%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has fallen 37% and is currently 37.33% below its 52-week high and 30% above its 52-week low.

Barry C. Honig, director and 10% owner of Pershing Gold Corp. (PGLC, Financial), bought 1,634,810 shares for $1.61 per share on Aug. 28.

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The gold miner has a market cap of $42.04 million and an enterprise value of $36.54 million. It has an institutional ownership of 20.94% and insider ownership of 22.99%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has fallen 59% and is currently 62.18% below its 52-week high and 16.82% above its 52-week low.

JAB Cosmetics BV, 10% owner of Coty Inc. (COTY, Financial), bought 2,600,000 shares for $12.29 per share on Aug. 28.

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The cosmetics company has a market cap of $12.9 billion and an enterprise value of $20.1 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 67.90% and insider ownership of 0.68%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has declined 23% and is currently 41.24% below its 52-week high and 18.73% above its 52-week low.

Most important insider sales

On Aug. 30, Anastasios Parafestas, director and 10% owner of CarGurus Inc. (CARG, Financial), sold 102,442 shares for $49.66 per share.

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The online automotive marketplace has a market cap of $5.43 billion and an enterprise value of $5.29 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 61.86% and insider ownership of 13.43%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has risen 80% and is currently 11.64% below its 52-week high and 91.99% above its 52-week low.

Director Jeff Horing, Insight Holdings Group LLC and Insight Venture Partners Coinvestment Fund sold a combined 409,110 shares or Alteryx Inc. (AYX) for $56.23 per share on Aug. 29.

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The company provides self-service data analytics software. It has a market cap of $3.45 billion and an enterprise value of $3.29 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 44.29% and insider ownership of 0.50%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has climbed 40% and is currently 3.33% below its 52-week high and 204% above its 52-week low.

Facebook Inc. (FB, Financial) CEO Mark Zuckerberg sold 602,000 shares for $176.67 per share on Aug. 29.

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The world's largest online social network has a market cap of $512.89 billion and an enterprise value of $470.58 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 60.82% and insider ownership of 0.19%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price was fairly stable and is currently 18.74% below its 52-week high and 19.21% above its 52-week low.

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