Largest Insider Trades of the Week

Insiders buy Molina Healthcare, sell Alphabet

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Sep 21, 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 “September 2018” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

According to the above filters, the following are trades from company insiders this week.

Morningside Venture Investment, 10% owner of Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (APLS, Financial), bought 140,000 shares for an average price of $18.34 per share on Sept. 19.

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The company, which develops novel therapeutic compounds, has a market cap of $1.11 billion and an enterprise value of $888.36 million. It has an institutional ownership of 44.09% and insider ownership of 5.93%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has climbed 41%. As of Friday, it was 37.63% below its 52-week high and 60.32% above its 52-week low.

Dalbergia Investments LLC, 10% owner of GCP Applied Technologies Inc. (GCP, Financial), bought 299,687 shares for an average price of $25.96 per share on Sept. 19.

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The producer of specialty chemicals has a market cap of $1.89 billion and an enterprise value of $1.97 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 77.71% and insider ownership of 0.46%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has fallen 16% and is currently 24.55% below its 52-week high and 10.06% above its 52-week low.

James Woys, executive vice president of Molina Healthcare Inc. (MOH, Financial), bought 25,000 shares for an average price of $148.79 per share on Sept. 19.

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The managed care company has a market cap of $9.16 billion and an enterprise value of $5.21 billion. The company has an institutional ownership of 98.57% and insider ownership of 2.94%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has gained 127% and is currently 3.18% below its 52-week high and 152.88% above its 52-week low.

Most important insider sales

Dennis K. Eck, director of Ulta Beauty Inc. (ULTA, Financial), sold 36,794 shares for $285.76 per share on Sept. 19.

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The beauty products retailer has a $17 billion market cap and an enterprise value of $16.61 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 87.83% and insider ownership of 5.15%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has risen 29% and is currently 1.91% below its 52-week high and 51.50% above its 52-week low.

On Sept. 19, Google CEO Sundar Pichai sold 10,000 Class C shares of Alphabet Inc. (GOOG, Financial) for an average price of $1,160.42 per share.

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The internet search engine has a market cap of $827.3 billion and an enterprise value of $729.03 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 32.93% and insider ownership of 5.74%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has gained 28% and is currently 6.83% below its 52-week high and 30.47% above its 52-week low.

Anthony J. Wood, CEO, chairman and 10% owner of Roku Inc. (ROKU, Financial), sold 421,549 Class A shares for $70.89 per share on Sept. 19.

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The company, which provides streaming technology devices, has a market cap of $7.73 billion and an enterprise value of $7.56 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 30.41% and insider ownership of 0.42%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has climbed 210% and is currently 1.86% below its 52-week high and 362.67% above its 52-week low.

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