Largest Insider Trades of the Week

Insiders are buying Urovant Sciences, selling NVIDIA

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Oct 05, 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 “September 2018” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

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

Spruce House Partnership LP, 10% owner of GTT Communications Inc. (GTT), bought 387,933 shares for an average price of $44.11 per share on Oct. 4.

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It is a communication services company with a market cap of $2.34 billion and an enterprise value of $5.48 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 58.5% and insider ownership of 18.53%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has increased 27% and, as of Friday, is 31.21% below its 52-week high and 33.34% above its 52-week low.

Viking Global Investors LP, Dexxon Holding Ltd., Lo Andrew, SoftBank Vision Fund LP, QVT Fund V LP and Viking Global Performance LLC, 10% owners of Urovant Sciences Ltd. (UROV), bought a combined 16,071,426 shares for an average price of $14 per share on Oct. 1.

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The company has a market cap of $400 million.

Dalbergia Investments LLC, 10% owner of GCP Applied Technologies Inc. (GCP), bought 293,525 shares for an average price of $26.16 per share on Oct. 1.

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The producer and seller of specialty construction chemicals has a market cap of $1.89 billion and an enterprise value of $1.97 billion. The company has an institutional ownership of 96.65% and insider ownership of 0.46%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has declined 17% and is currently 24.75% below its 52-week high and 9.77% above its 52-week low.

Jakob Loven and Liam Ratcliffe, directors of Arvinas Inc. (ARVN), bought 1,312,500 shares for an average price of $16 per share on Oct. 1.

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The company has a market cap of $490 million.

Most important insider sales

John Kristofer Galashan, Tommy Yin and Green Equity Investors V, LP directors and 10% owners of BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. (BJ) sold a combined 45,103,974 shares for an average price of $26 per share on Oct. 1.

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The specialty retailer has a $3.42 billion market cap and an enterprise value of $6.13 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 66.22% and insider ownership of 1.56%.

Over the last three months, the stock has increased 6.53% and is currently 23.15% below its three-month high and 9.05% above its three-month low.

Ajay K. Puri, EVP and Worldwide Field Ops of NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA), sold 90,831 shares for an average price of $289.35 per share on Oct. 2.

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The graphics processing unit developer has a market cap of $164.9 billion and an enterprise value of $158.97 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 65.03% and insider ownership of 0.57%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has gained 48.97% and is currently 8.01% below its 52-week high and 50.45% above its 52-week low.

Jeffrey Terry Green, president, CEO and 10% owner of The Trade Desk Inc. (TTD), sold 450,000 shares for an average price of $135.56 per share on Oct. 3.

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The provider of software applications has a market cap of $5.66 billion and an enterprise value of $5.52 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 85.48% and insider ownership of 1.10%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has climbed 115.72% and is currently 18.58% below its 52-week high and 223.10% above its 52-week low.

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