Insiders Roundup: CrowdStrike, BioRestorative Therapies

Largest insider trades of the week

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Jan 10, 2020
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The GuruFocus All-in-One Screener can be used to find insider trades from a specific period of time or for a certain range of values. For these stock picks, I went under the Insiders tab and changed the settings for All Insider Buying to “$500,000+,” the duration to “January 2020” and All Insider Sales to “$500,000+.”

According to these filters, the following are this week's most significant trades from company insiders.

BioRestorative Therapies Inc.

10% owner Dale Broadrick bought 8.4 million shares of BioRestorative Therapies Inc. (BRTX) for an average price of 1 cent per share on Jan. 06.

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The biotechnology company has a market cap of $440,000, an institutional ownership of 20.29% and an insider ownership of 0%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock dropped 98.73%. As of Friday, it was trading 99% below its 52-week high and 111% above its 52-week low.

Eaton Vance Senior Floating Rate Trust

10% owner USB Group AG bought 347,267 shares of Eaton Vance Senior Floating Rate Trust (EFR) for an average price of $13.60 per share on Jan.06.

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The investment fund has a market cap of $501 million and an enterprise value of $501 million. It has institutional ownership of 39.46% and insider ownership of 0.15%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock has risen 3.74%. As of Friday, it was trading 0.37% below its 52-week high and 6.5% above its 52-week low.

Voya Prime Rate Trust

Saba Capital Management, L.P., 10% owner of Voya Prime Rate Trust (PPR), bought 358,033 shares for an average price of $5.06 per share on Jan.07.

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The management investment company has a market cap of $747 million and an enterprise value of $749 million. It has an institutional ownership of 51.7% and insider ownership of 0.05%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock has risen 6.8%. As of Friday, it was trading 0.25% below its 52-week high and 9.29% above its 52-week low.

vTv Therapeutics Inc.

Ronald O. Perelman, 10% owner of vTv Therapeutics Inc. (VTVT), bought 1,250,000 shares for an average price of $1.91 per share on Jan.07.

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The healthcare company has a market cap of $128 million and an enterprise value of $134 million. It has an institutional ownership of 1.82% and an insider ownership of 0.21%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock dropped 33.45%. As of Friday, it was trading 43.82% below its 52-week high and 55.28% above its 52-week low.

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.

Directors and 10% owners Joseph P. Landy and Warburg Pincus Private EquityHamm, President, CEO and 10% owner George Kurtz, 10% owner CapitalG LP, and director Roxanne S. Austin sold a combined 12.1 million shares of CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (CRWD), for an average price of $57.29 per share on Jan. 06 and 07.

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The software company has a market cap of $11.63 billion and an enterprise value of $10.8 billion. It has an insider ownership of 0.05% and institutional ownership of 36.18%.

Over the past three months, the stock has fallen 6.9%. As of Friday, shares were trading 7.01% below the three-month high and 28.24% above the three-month low.

Chewy Inc.

Chewy Inc. (CHWY) 10% owner Argos Holdings GP LLC sold 7.7 million shares for an average price of $29.23 per share on Dec.06.

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The American retailer has a market cap of $11.58 billion and an enterprise value of $11.64 billion. It has insider ownership of 1.93% and institutional ownership of 17.64%.

Over the past 3 months, the stock has declined 30.79%. As of Friday, shares were trading 4.66% below the three-month high and 34.66% above the three-month low.

Disclosure: I do not own any stocks mentioned.

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