Largest Insider Trades of the Week

Insiders buy shares of solar energy company Sunrun

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Oct 12, 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 “October 2018” and All Insider Sales to “$5,000,000+.”

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

Tiger Global Management LLC, 10% owner of Sunrun Inc. (RUN, Financial), bought 231,357 shares for an average price of $11.47 per share on Oct.11.

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The solar energy provider has a market cap of $1.26 billion and an enterprise value of $2.84 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 74.19% and insider ownership of 7.29%. Over the last 12 months, the stock has climbed 111% and, as of Friday, was trading 30.80% below its 52-week high and 124.02% above its 52-week low.

The Abdiel Qualified Master Fund, 10% owner of Appian Corp. (APPN, Financial), bought 166,910 shares for an average price of $25.67 per share on Oct. 10.

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The company, which supplies platforms for the development of low-code software, has a market cap of $1.44 billion and an enterprise value of $1.39 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 22.40% and insider ownership of 0.44%. As of Friday, the stock was trading 46.39% below its 52-week high and 19.16% above its 52-week low.

Baker Bros. Advisors LP, director and 10% owner of Kodiak Sciences Inc. (KOD, Financial), bought 2,500,000 shares for an average price of $10 per share on Oct. 9.

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The company has a market cap of $362.08 million, an enterprise value of $344.56 million and insider ownership of 11.64%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has declined 3%.

Dalbergia Investments LLC, 10% owner of GCP Applied Technologies Inc. (GCP, Financial), bought 477,374 shares for an average price of $25.79 per share on Oct. 9.

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The company, which sells building materials, has a market cap of $1.8 billion and an enterprise value of $1.87 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 96.76% and insider ownership of 0.54%. Over the last 12 months, the stock has fallen 18% and, as of Friday, was trading 28.43% below its 52-week high and 4.40% above its 52-week low.

Most important insider sales

Mark V. Anquillare, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Verisk Analytics Inc. (VRSK, Financial), sold 53,125 shares for an average price of $115.18 per share on Oct. 11.

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The data analytics company has a $18.67 billion market cap and an enterprise value of $21.31 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 96.57% and insider ownership of 1.46%.

Over the last three months, the stock has risen 35% and, as of Friday, was trading 7.71% below its three-month high and 36.20% above its three-month low.

Anastasios Parafestas, director and 10% owner of CarGurus Inc. (CARG, Financial), sold 120,000 shares for an average price of $44.81 per share on Oct. 10.

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The company, which operates an online automotive marketplace, has a market cap of $4.6 billion and an enterprise value of $4.45 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 69.66% and insider ownership of 11.91%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has gained 47% and, as of Friday, was trading 26.66% below its 52-week high and 62.44% above its 52-week low.

Cristiano R. Amon, president of Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM, Financial), sold 88,625 shares for an average price of $68.81 per share on Oct. 10.

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The company, which designs chips for mobile phones, has a market cap of $98.03 billion and an enterprise value of $84.61 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 78.75% and insider ownership of 0.10%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has climbed 22% and, as of Friday, was trading 15.96% below its 52-week high and 32.39% above its 52-week low.

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

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