Insiders Buy Cheniere Energy, Sell Travelport, Sabre

Trades of the week include Mattersight and Castlight Health

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Nov 13, 2015
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The All-In-One Screener can be used to find insider buys and sales over the last week by clicking on the Insiders tab and changing the settings for All Insider Buying/All Insider Selling to “$1,000,000+” and duration to "November 2015."

According to the above filters, the following are the recent buys from company insiders in the past week.

On Nov. 9, Lloyd I. Miller III, a 10% owner of Gulf Coast Ultra Deep Royalty Trust (GULTU), bought 9,345,669 shares of the company at the price of 20 cents per share and a total cost of $1,869,130. Since then, the price of the stock has risen by 10% to 22 cents per share.

The company has an institutional ownership of 71%.

During the last 12 months, the price of the stock has dropped by 81% and is now trading with a P/B ratio of 8.26. The price is 86.59% below its 52-week high and 12.82% above its 52-week low.

The main guru shareholder is Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.36% of outstanding shares, followed by Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.04%.

On Nov. 9, Carl Icahn (Trades, Portfolio), a 10% owner of Cheniere Energy Inc. (LNG), bought 1,000,000 shares of the company at the price of $45.46 per share and a total cost of $45,460,000. Since then, the price of the stock has dropped by 1.3% to $44.88.

The company has an insider ownership of 5% and an institutional ownership of 87%.

During the last 12 months, the price of the stock has declined by 36% and is now trading with a P/S ratio of 37.89. The price is 45.48% below its 52-week high and 2.09% above its 52-week low.

Carl Icahn (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's main shareholder among the gurus with 12.65% of outstanding shares, followed by Seth Klarman (Trades, Portfolio) with 6.51% and Steve Mandel (Trades, Portfolio) with 5.19%.

On Nov. 9, Tench Coxe, a director and 10% owner of Mattersight Corp.Ă‚ (MATR), bought 1,000,000 shares of the company at the price of $7.29 per share and a total cost of $7,290,000. Since then, the price of the stock has dropped by 2.7% to $7.09.

The company has an insider ownership of 13% and an institutional ownership of 69%.

During the last 12 months, the price of the stock has increased by 23% and is now trading with a P/B ratio of 14.48. The price is 12.47% below its 52-week high and 49.26% above its 52-week low.

Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's main shareholder among the gurus with a stake of 1.02% of outstanding shares.

On Nov. 10, Venrock Associates V LP, a 10% owner of Castlight Health Inc.Ă‚ (CSLT), bought 1,006,000 shares of the company at the price of $3.80 per share and a total cost of $3,822,800. Since then, the price of the stock has risen by 1.8% to $3.87. The same day, Bryan E.Ă‚ Roberts, a director and 10% owner of the company, made the same transaction.

The company has an institutional ownership of 46%.

During the last 12 months, the price of the stock has declined by 67% and is now trading with a P/B ratio of 2.56. The price is 71.21% below its 52-week high and 7.80% above its 52-week low.

Lee Ainslie (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's leading shareholder among the gurus with a stake of 1.21% of outstanding shares, followed by Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.38%.

On Nov. 10, Strategic Value Partners LLC, a 10% owner of Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. (GNK), bought 2,527,255 shares of the company at the price of $1.71 and a total cost of $4,346,880. Since then, the price of the stock has declined by 0.60%.

The company has an insider ownership of 2% and an institutional ownership of 73%.

During the last 12 months, the price of the stock has dropped by 89% and is now trading with a low P/B ratio of 0.04. The price is 89.18% below its 52-week high and 14.77% above its 52-week low.

Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's main shareholder among the gurus with 0.84% of outstanding shares, followed by Arnold Schneider (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.31%.

On Nov. 12, Adams Adrian, CEO of POZEN Inc. (POZN), bought 1,000,000 shares of the company at the price of $6.55 per share and a total cost of $6,550,000. Since then, the price of the stock has increased by 1.10% to $6.62.

The company has an insider ownership of 14% and an institutional ownership of 55%.

During the last 12 months, the price of the stock has dropped by 27% and is now trading with a low P/B ratio of 7.44. The price is 47.83% below its 52-week high and 20.58% above its 52-week low.

The main shareholder among the gurus is Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio), who holds a stake of 3.35% of outstanding shares, followed by Paul Tudor Jones (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.04%.

Main insiders’ sales this week have been focused on two companies:

Travelport Worldwide Ltd. (TVPT) – Three insiders, Blackstone Management Associates, Angelo Gordon & Co. LP and TDS Investor (Cayman) LP, who are 10% owners of the company, sold a total of 14,050,000 shares for a total of $198,948,000.

George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) is the main shareholder of the company with a stake of 2.16% of outstanding shares while Louis Moore Bacon (Trades, Portfolio) and Paul Tudor Jones (Trades, Portfolio) hold 0.18% and 0.12% of outstanding shares.

Sabre Corporation (SABR) –Â Two insiders, TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors and Silver Lake Group, LLC, 10% owners of the company, sold a total of 37,274,607 shares for a total of $1,082,827,000.

Lee Ainslie (Trades, Portfolio) is the main shareholder of the company with a stake of 3.49% of outstanding shares, followed by Manning & Napier Advisors Inc. with a stake of 0.30% and Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) who holds 0.28% of outstanding shares.