Largest Insider Trades of the Week

Company insiders buy Sprint, sell Charles Schwab

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Jan 19, 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 “January 2018” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

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

Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund,10% owner of Corium International Inc. (CORI, Financial), bought 510,000 shares for $12.54 per share on Jan. 18. Since then, the stock price has increased to $13.09.

The biopharmaceutical company has a market cap of $472.78 billion and an enterprise value of $467.52 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 91.11% and insider ownership of 0.68%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen 219% and is currently 1.13% below its 52-week high and 390.26% above its 52-week low.

Istar Inc., 10% owner of Safety, Income and Growth Inc. (SAFE, Financial), bought 74,453 shares for $17.89 per share on Jan. 17.

The real estate company has a market cap of $326.97 million and an enterprise value of $462.05 million. It has an institutional ownership of 76.79% and insider ownership of 1%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has declined 6% and is currently 11.05% below its 52-week high and 3.01% above its 52-week low.

Softbank Group Corp., 10% owner of Sprint Corp. (S, Financial), bought 6,149,090 shares for $5.68 per share on Jan 16. Since then, the stock price has fallen to $5.34.

The communications company has a market cap of $21.36 billion and an enterprise value of $53.33 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 99.08% and insider ownership of 1.54%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has declined 40% and is currently 44.66% below its 52-week high and 1.91% above its 52-week low.

Most important insider sales

Charles R. Schwab, chairman and 10% owner of Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW, Financial), sold 300,000 shares for $55.31 per share on Jan. 18.

The company, which provides retail brokerage and banking services, has a market cap of $74.17 billion and an enterprise value of $72.97 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 79.39% and insider ownership of 0.25%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen 34% and is currently 1.64% below its 52-week high 48.90% above its 52-week low.

Silver Star Developments Ltd., 10% owner of Synnex Corp. (SNX, Financial), sold 451,000 shares for $130.30 per share on Jan. 17.

The business services company has a market cap of $5.34 billion and an enterprise value of $6.15 billion. The company has an institutional ownership of 93.92% and insider ownership of 3.07%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen 10% and is currently 5.87% below its 52-week high and 31.66% above its 52-week low.

Maurice J. Gallagher Jr., chairman and CEO of Allegiant Travel Co. (ALGT, Financial), sold 182,182 shares for $167.18 per share on Jan. 17.

The discount airline operator has a market cap of $2.68 billion and an enterprise value of $3.27 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 96.05% and insider ownership of 22.76%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has declined 6% and is currently 7.46% below its 52-week high and 49.68% above its 52-week low.

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