Largest Insider Trades of the Week

Insiders invest in Coty, dump shares of Oracle

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May 03, 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 “April 2019”, “May 2019” and All Insider Sales to “$200,000+.”

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

Cottage Holdco B.V., 10% owner of Coty Inc. (COTY, Financial), bought 150,000,000 shares for an average price of $11.65 per share on April 30.

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The beauty and cosmetics company has a market cap of $8.14 billion and an enterprise value of $15.55 billion. It has insider ownership of 1.02% and institutional ownership of 133.31%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has fallen 32.53%. Shares are currently trading 36.61% below the 52-week high and 83.42% above the 52-week low.

Director Frank Kung bought 913,529 shares of Amyris Inc. (AMRS, Financial) for an average price of $4.76 per share on April 29.

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The biotechnology company has a market cap of $356.50 million and an enterprise value of $509.51 million. It has insider ownership of 34.15% and institutional ownership of 47.02%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has declined 34.01%. Shares are currently trading 52.18% below the 52-week high and 137.43% above the 52-week low.

Enagas U.S.A. LLC, Blackstone Holdings III L.P. and Blackstone Infrastructure, 10% owners of Tallgrass Energy LP (TGE, Financial), bought a combined 2,122,674 shares for an average price of $23.93 per share on April 28 and May 2.

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The midstream energy company has a market cap of $6.68 billion and an enterprise value of $10.36 billion. It has insider ownership of 0.71% and institutional ownership of 70.03%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock has climbed 19.34%. Shares are currently trading 9.60% below the 52-week high and 21.59% above the 52-week low

Most important insider sales

GoPro Inc. (GPRO, Financial) Chairman and CEO Nicholas Woodman sold 1,400,000 shares for an average price of $5.96 per share on May 1.

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The company, which designs sports cameras, mounts, drones and appliances, has a market cap of $901.20 million and an enterprise value of $842.69 million. It has insider ownership of 2.91% and institutional ownership of 55.13%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has gained 7.71%. Shares are currently trading 22.76% below the 52-week high and 46.75% above the 52-week low.

Director Randall J. Hogan and Train Fund Management L.P. sold a combined 802,472 shares of nVent Electric PLC (NVT, Financial) for an average price of $28 per share on May 1.

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The company has a market cap of $4.77 billion and enterprise value of $5.73 billion. It has insider ownership of 0.13% and institutional ownership of 132.34%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock price has risen 9.76% and is now trading 8.41% below its 52-week high and 38.66% above its 52-week low.

Oracle Corp.'s (ORCL, Financial) Chief Corporate Architect Edward Screven sold 600,000 shares for an average price of $54.96 per share on April 30.

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The company, which provides a wide range of enterprise IT solutions, has a market cap of $186.60 billion and an enterprise value of $203.26 billion. It has insider ownership of 28.59% and institutional ownership of 85.66%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has climbed 19.45%. Shares are currently trading 1.67% below the 52-week high and 28.77% above the 52-week low.

Disclosure: I do not own any stocks mentioned.

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