Largest Insider Trades of the Week

Insiders dump shares of Facebook, Snap

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Sep 06, 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 “September 2019” and All Insider Sales to “$200,000+.”

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

Directors and 10% owners Glenn H. Nussdorf and Avista Capital Managing Member bought a combined 682,700 shares of Organogenesis Holdings Inc. (ORGO, Financial) for an average price of $4.70 per share on Sept. 5.

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The blank check compay has a market cap of $438.84 million and an enterprise value of $509.05 million. It has insider ownership of 0.34% and institutional ownership of 2.73%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock has fallen 54% and, as of Friday, was trading 98.51% below its 52-week high and 30.34% above its 52-week low.

Ronald O. Perelman, 10% owner of vTv Therapeutics Inc. (VTVT, Financial), bought 606,061 shares for an average price of $1.65 per share on Sept. 4.

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The company, which operates in the health care sector, has a market cap of $76.39 million and enterprise value of $85.94 million. It has an institutional ownership of 10.07% and an insider ownership of 0.24%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock has climbed 48.39% and, as of Friday, was trading 77.34% below its 52-week high and 102.94% above its 52-week low.

Peter Harf, director of Coty Inc. (COTY, Financial), bought 1.05 million shares for an average price of $9.49 per share on Sept. 3.

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The cosmetics company has a market cap of $7.47 billion and an enterprise value of $14.08 billion. It has an institutional ownership of 70.16% and an insider ownership of 1.23%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock has fallen 20% and, as of Friday, was trading 29.89% below its three-month high and 67.68% above its three-month low.

AI Investments Holdings LLC, 10% owner of LyondellBasell Industries NV (LYB, Financial), bought 764,501 shares for an average price of $74.68 per share on Sept. 3.

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The petrochemical producer has a market cap of $26.02 billion and an enterprise value of $36.41 billion. It has institutional ownership of 99.39% and insider ownership of 0.8%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock has fallen 28.56% and, as of Friday, was trading 31.47% below its 52-week high and 13.10% above its 52-week low.

Most important insider sales

Facebook Inc. (FB, Financial) founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg sold 125,600 shares for an average price of $186.29 per share on Sept. 4.

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The social media company has a market cap of $544.63 billion and an enterprise value of $503.84 billion. It has insider ownership of 0.17% and institutional ownership of 91.07%.

Over the past 12 months, the share price has risen 17.09% and, as of Friday, was trading 8.51% below its 52-week high and 55.18% above its 52-week low.

LAL Family Partners LP, 10% owner of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL, Financial), sold 2 million shares for an average price of $196 per share on Sept. 4.

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The company, which manufactures skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products, has a market cap of $73.95 billion and an enterprise value of $74.40 billion. It has insider ownership of 0.19% and institutional ownership of 76.9%.

Over the past 12 months, shares have risen 47.71%. As of Friday, the stock was trading 0.88% below its 52-week high and 68.75% above its 52-week low.

CEO Evan Spiegel sold 2.10 million shares of Snap Inc. (SNAP, Financial) for an average price of $15.86 per share on Sept. 4.

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The company, which operates the popular app Snapchat, has a market cap of $21.89 billion and an enterprise value of $21.06 billion. It has insider ownership of 13.5% and institutional ownership of 33.9%.

Over the past 12 months, the stock has gained 59.82% and, as of Friday, shares were trading 13.56% below the 52-week high and 229.25% above the 52-week low.

Dell Technologies Inc. (DELL, Financial) Chief Operating Officer Jack E. Corrigan sold 2.66 million shares for an average price of $51.40 per share on Sept. 3.

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The company, which operates in the computer hardware industry, has a market cap of $38.03 billion and an enterprise value of $86.30 billion. It has insider ownership of 0.24% and institutional ownership of 24.24%.

Over the past 12 months, the share price has risen 25.94% and, as of Friday, was trading 10.56% below its 52-week high and 19.32% above its 52-week low.

Disclosure: I do not own any stocks mentioned.

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