Largest Insider Trades of the Week

Company insiders bought Penn Virginia, sold RealPage

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Jan 04, 2019
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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 2019” and All Insider Sales to “$2,000,000+.”

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

Mangrove Partners Master Fund, 10% owner of Penn Virginia Corp. (PVAC, Financial), bought 30,000 shares for an average price of $55.40 per share on Jan. 3.

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The company, which produces crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas, has a market cap of $823.03 million and an enterprise value of $1.29 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 162.07% and insider ownership of 7.09%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has climbed 24% and, as of Friday, is 43.20% below its 52-week high and 68.05% above its 52-week low.

Luxor Capital Group LP, 10% owner of The Meet Group Inc. (MEET, Financial), bought 404,786 shares for an average price of $4.66 per share on Jan. 3.

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The online marketing services provider has a market cap of $350.48 million and an enterprise value of $369.23 million. It has an institutional ownership of 81.21% and insider ownership of 9.56%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has soared 63% and, as of Friday, is 15.81% below its 52-week high and 157.61% above its 52-week low.

Gates Capital Management LP, 10% owner of Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc. (NES, Financial), bought 117,696 shares for an average price of $9.58 per share on Jan. 2.

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The provider of full-cycle environmental solutions has a market cap of $117.07 million and an enterprise value of $137.61 million. It has an institutional ownership of 47.73%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has fallen 53% and, as of Friday, is 63.89% below its 52-week high and 34.98% above its 52-week low.

Most important insider sales

Michael A. Mussallem, chairman and CEO of Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (EW, Financial), sold 32,800 shares for an average price of $143.90 per share on Jan. 3.

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The company, which operates in the health care sector, has a $30.03 billion market cap and an enterprise value of $29.63 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 121.43% and insider ownership of 0.53%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has climbed 24% and is currently 17.91% below its 52-week high and 26.33% above its 52-week low.

Seren Capital Ltd., 10% owner, and Stephen T. Winn, chairman, president, CEO and 10% owner of RealPage Inc. (RP, Financial), sold a combined 200,000 shares for an average price of $47.21 per share on Jan. 2.

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The software company has a market cap of $4.44 billion and an enterprise value of $4.76 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 120.62% and insider ownership of 3.51%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has risen 4% and is currently 28.65% below its 52-week high and 10.19% above its 52-week low.

John W. Pietrowicz, chief financial officer of CME Group Inc. (CME, Financial), sold 17,960 Class A shares for an average price of $186.92 per share on Jan. 2.

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The company, which operates an options and futures exchange, has a market cap of $66 billion and an enterprise value of $66.87 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 128.67% and insider ownership of 1.42%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has soared 21% and is currently 7.91% below its 52-week high and 22.95% above its 52-week low.

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

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