Insiders Roundup: Electronic Arts, Keurig Dr Pepper

The largest insider trades of the week

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Sep 14, 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 "$2,000,000+," the duration to "September 2020" and All Insider Sales to "$2,000,000+."

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

Odonate Therapeutics

Aaron I Davis, director and 10% owner, together with Boxer Capital, LLC, bought 450,000 shares of Odonate Therapeutics Inc. (ODT) for an average price of $14.99 per share on Sept. 9.

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The U.S. pharmaceutical company has a market cap of $597.27 million. It has insider ownership of 2.57% and institutional ownership of 28.75%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has fallen 46.69%, and as of Monday, shares were trading 67.10% below the 52-week high and 10.71% above the 52-week low.

La Jolla

Kevin C. Tang, director and 10% owner of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co. (LJPC), bought 278,369 shares on Sept. 9 for an average price of $3.94 per share.

The biopharmaceutical company has a market cap of $112.73 million and an enterprise value of $73.11 million. It has insider ownership of 6.08% and institutional ownership of 21.42%.

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Over the past 12 months, the stock has fallen 62%. As of Monday, shares were trading 63.89% below the 52-week high and 79.13% above the 52-week low.

Kodiak

Baker Bros Advisor LP, director and 10% owner, bought 322.979 shares of Kodiak Sciences Inc. (KOD) for an average price of $47.43 per share on Sept. 8.

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The clinical stage company has a market cap of $2.21 billion and an enterprise value of $1.80 billion. It has insider ownership of 9.9% and institutional ownership of 36.94%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has climbed 251%. As of Monday, shares were trading 40.25% below the three-month high and 269.23% above the three-month low.

Keurig Dr Pepper

Director and 10% owner Mondelez International, Inc. sold 12.5 million shares of Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc. (KDP) for an average price of $29 per share on Sept. 9.

The nonalcoholic beverage company has a market cap of $40.15 billion. It has insider ownership of 0.51% and institutional ownership of 32.05%.

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Over the past 12 months, the stock has gained 3.15%. As of Monday, shares were trading 10.48% below the 52-week high and 50.92% above the 52-week low.

Electronic Arts

Andrew Wilson, CEO of Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), sold 250,000 shares for an average price of $124.67 per share on Sept. 8.

The third-party video game publisher has a market cap of $36.75 billion and an enterprise value of $31.86 billion. It has insider ownership of 1.02% and institutional ownership of 78.92%.

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Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen 142%, and as of Friday, shares were trading 13.74% below the 52-week high and 48.34% above the 52-week low.

Cyclo

Armistice Capital Master Fund, 10% owner of Cyclo Therapeutics Inc. (CTDH), sold 1.5 million shares on Sept. 8 for an average price of 16 cents per share.

The U.S. biotechnology firm has a market cap of $24.44 million, an enterprise value of $23.63 million and insider ownership of 52.59%.

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Over the past 12 months, the stock price has fallen 10.51%, and as of Monday, shares were trading 60.80% below the 52-week high and 115.63% above the 52-week low.

Disclosure: I do not own any stocks mentioned.

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