Largest Insider Trades of the Week

Kellogg, RealPage among stocks sold by company insiders

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Dec 15, 2017
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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 “December 2017” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

According to these filters, company insiders made the following trades this week.

Abdiel Qualified Master Fund bought 311,141 shares of Appian Corp. (APPN, Financial) for $20.37 per share on Dec. 14. Since then, the stock price has not changed.

The application software developer has a market cap of $1.23 billion and an enterprise value of $1.16 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 6.79% and insider ownership of 0.02%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has declined 36% and is currently 28.59% below its 52-week high and 40.14% above its 52-week low.

Sardar Biglari, director and 10% owner of Biglari Holdings Inc. (BH, Financial), bought 4,998 shares for $385.30 per share on Dec. 13. Since then, the stock price has risen to $403.20.

The holding company has a market cap of $821.4 million and an enterprise value of $1.01 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 79.20% and insider ownership of 8.55%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has declined 17% and is currently 19.21% below its 52-week high and 36.96% above its 52-week low.

Standard General L.P., 10% owner of National CineMedia Inc. (NCMI, Financial), bought 213,161 shares for $6.80 per share on Dec. 13. The stock price has increased to $7 since then.

The holding company operates a digital in-theatre media network. It has a market cap of $543.28 million and an enterprise value of $1.72 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 88.88% and insider ownership of 3.46%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has fallen 54%.

Most important insider sales

Lee Roy Mitchell, director of Cinemark Holdings Inc. (CNK, Financial), sold 299,700 shares for $36.43 per share on Dec. 14. Since then, the stock price has not changed.

The movie theater operator has a market cap of $4.21 billion and an enterprise value of $5.82 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 90.06% and insider ownership of 12.37%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has fallen 7% and is currently 19.45% below its 52-week high 12.77% above its 52-week low.

The Kellogg W. K. Foundation Trust sold a combined 175,000 shares of Kellogg Co. (K, Financial) for an average price of $65.65 per share on Dec. 13 and Dec. 14. Since then, the stock price has fallen to $65.05.

The packaged foods manufacturer has a market cap of $22.74 billion and an enterprise value of $30.69 billion. The company has an institutional ownership of 83.98% and insider ownership of 0.52%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has declined 10% and is currently 14.16% below its 52-week high and 12.30% above its 52-week low.

Stephen T. Winn, chairman, president and CEO of RealPage Inc. (RP, Financial), sold 122,501 shares for $44.32 per share on Dec. 13. Since then, the stock price has decreased to $44.05.

The software company has a market cap of $3.69 billion and an enterprise value of $3.98 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 50.01% and insider ownership of 5.91%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen by 53% and is currently 4.91% below its 52-week high and 58.93% above its 52-week low.

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