Insiders Roundup: Facebook, Avalara

Largest insider trades of the week

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Aug 23, 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 “August 2019” and All Insider Sales to “$200,000+.”

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

Tiger Global Management LLC, 10% owner, bought 640,000 shares of Sunrun Inc. (RUN, Financial) for an average price of $15.78 per share on Aug. 21.

The provider of solar services has a market cap of $1.82 billion and an enterprise value of $4.15 billion. It has insider ownership of 7.77% and institutional ownership of 97.21%.

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Over the past 12 months, the stock has risen 9.25% and, as of Friday, was trading 27.78% below its three-month high and 75.60% above its three-month low.

Timan J. Fertitta, director of Waitr Holdings Inc. (WTRH, Financial), bought 1 million shares for an average price of $1.43 per share on Aug. 20.

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The company, which operates in the restaurants industry, has a market cap of $138.37 million and enterprise value of $189.94 million. It has an institutional ownership of 51.18%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has fallen 80.33% and, as of Friday, was trading 86.39% below its three-month high and 56.49 % above its three-month low.

Abdiel Qualified Master Fund, 10% owner of Fastly Inc. (FSLY, Financial), bought 849,413 shares for an average price of $17.40 per share on Aug. 20.

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The application software company has a market cap of $2.29 billion and an enterprise value of $2.26 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 2.15%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has risen 2.25% and, as of Friday, was trading 4.89% below its three-month high and 72.10% above its three-month low.

Most important insider sales

Facebook Inc. (FB, Financial) founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg sold a combined 243,002 shares for an average price of $184 per share on Aug. 20 and 21.

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The social media company has a market cap of $519.35 billion and an enterprise value of $487.57 billion. It has insider ownership of 0.17% and institutional ownership of 91.07%.

Over the last 12 months, the share price has risen 4.23% and, as of Friday, was trading 13.26% below its 52-week high and 47.13% above its 52-week low.

Edward A. Gilhuly, director of Avalara Inc. (AVLR, Financial), sold 250,000 shares for an average price of $85.81 per share on Aug. 21.

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The software company has a market cap of $6.56 billion and an enterprise value of $6.41 billion. It has insider ownership of 6.33% and institutional ownership of 96.6%.

Over the last 12 months, the shares have climbed 119.91%. As of Friday, the stock was trading 7.85% below its 52-week high and 209.40% above its 52-week low.

BW Group Ltd. sold 300,100 shares of Dorian LPG Ltd. (LPG, Financial) for an average price of $10 per share on Aug. 21.

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The liquefied petroleum gas shipping company has a market cap of $551.74 million and an enterprise value of $1.21 billion. It has insider ownership of 4.67% and institutional ownership of 71.18%.

Over the last 12 months, the stock has gained 28% and, as of Friday, shares were trading 2.43% below the 52-week high and 90.49% above the 52-week low.

Disclosure: I do not own any stocks mentioned.

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