Largest Insider Trades of the Week

Mark Zuckerberg sells shares of Facebook

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Apr 27, 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 “$2,000,000+” and the duration to “April 2018.” Set All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

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

President and CEO of Seacor Marine Holdings Inc. (SMHI) John M. Gellert bought 247,878 shares for $20.00 per share on April 26. Since then, the stock price has increased to $22.20.

The company is a provider of marine and support transportation services to offshore oil and gas exploration facilities. It has a market cap of $392.57 million and an enterprise value of $619.04 million. It has an institutional ownership of 90.50% and insider ownership of 3.76%.

The stock price is currently 26.97% below its 52-week high and 90.39% above its 52-week low.

Tiger Global Management LLC, 10% owner of Apollo Global Management LLC Class A (APO), bought 50,000 shares for $28.10 per share on April 26.

The alternative-asset management company has a market cap of $11.67 billion and an enterprise value of $11.6 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 81.34% and insider ownership of 2.79%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has increased 6% and is currently 23.67% below its 52-week high and 11.32% above its 52-week low.

Abdiel Qualified Master Fund L, 10% owner of Appian Corp. Class A (APPN), bought 39,200 shares for $26.23 per share on April 24.

The company is provider of low-code software development platform as a service. It has a market cap of $1.61 million and an enterprise value of $1.54 million. It has an institutional ownership of 20.39% and insider ownership of 0.22%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen 77% and is currently 38.60% below its 52-week high and 81.92% above its 52-week low.

Most important insider sales

Director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE) Margaret C. Whitman sold 674,000 shares for $17.30 per share on April 26. Since then, the stock price has risen to $17.39.

The communication equipment company has a market cap of $27.01 billion and an enterprise value of $33.33 billion. The company has an institutional ownership of 86.29% and insider ownership of 0.18%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen 21% and is currently 10.71% below its 52-week high and 37.04% above its 52-week low.

10% owner of Eli Lilly and Co. (LLY) Lilly Endowment Inc., sold 180,000 shares for $80.85 per share on April 25.

The pharmaceutical company has the market cap of $90.2 billion and an enterprise value of $95.89 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 80.57% and insider ownership of 0.36%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has not changed and is still 7.34% below its 52-week high 12.02% above its 52-week low.

COB and CEO, 10% Owner of Facebook Inc. Class A (FB) Mark Zuckerberg sold 145,000 shares for $159.23 per share on April 25. Since then, the stock price has increased to $174.16.

The online social network has a market cap of $504.95 billion and an enterprise value of $463.24 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 59.84% and insider ownership of 0.18%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock price has risen by 16% and is currently 10.83% below its 52-week high 20.59% above its 52-week low.

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