According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the recent Chief Financial Officer (CFO) sells were for Zoom Video Communications Inc. (ZM), Twilio Inc. (TWLO) and Datadog Inc. (DDOG).

Zoom Video Communications Inc. CFO Kelly Steckelberg sold 11,067 shares

CFO Kelly Steckelberg sold 11,067 shares for $169.97 per share on May 19. Since then, the stock price has increased by 23.45%. Zoom Video Communications Inc. has a market cap of $59.16 billion and its shares were traded around $209.83. The company has a price-earnings ratio of 1234.28 and price-sales ratio of 74.33.

Zoom Video Communications announced its second-quarter results with revenue of $328.17

Facebook Inc. (FB), the largest player in the global social media industry, is one of the few companies that have weathered the recent storm in global capital markets. According to data from GuruFocus, shares are up 5% this year, which is not a bad outcome considering the turmoil in U.S. equity markets that saw shares of some companies shedding more than 50% of their market value.

This performance was fueled by the strong financial performance in the first quarter, but Wall Street analysts are expecting the second quarter to be one of the worst periods in recent memory for Facebook.

Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio), founder of Renaissance Technologies LLC, has released his firm's portfolio for the first quarter. The top buys were Zoom Video Communications Inc. (ZM), Baidu Inc. (BIDU), Allergan PLC (AGN), Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) and NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE).

Renaissance Technologies LLC is a quantitative investment management company that trades in global financial markets. The company is dedicated to adhering to mathematical and statistical methods. Investments are made using a computer algorithm and trades are conducted for Simons by his firm.

The guru’s portfolio, valued at $102.96 billion, gained 578 new holdings during

The Covid-19 viral pandemic that hit our shores in early 2020 shut down the economy to a virtual halt, and unemployment has skyrocketed to an estimated 19%, as 30 million people have now filed for unemployment benefits over the last six weeks (see chart below). Shockingly, we have not seen joblessness levels this high since the Great Depression. All this destruction has investors asking themselves, “What the heck, and what now?

Forecasts for 2nd quarter economic activity (Gross Domestic Product) are estimating an unprecedented decline of -12% (see chart below) with some projections plummeting as low as

Media and telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. (T) reported disappointing first-quarter results before the opening bell on Wednesday, sending shares lower.

The Dallas-based company, which provides wireless, satellite TV and fixed-line services, posted adjusted earnings of 84 cents per share, which were down slightly from 86 cents in the prior-year quarter and were just shy of Refinitiv’s estimates of 85 cents. Further, AT&T noted that the impact of the coronavirus reduced earnings by 5 cents per share and had a $435 million impact on its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Revenue came in at $42.8 billion, which was down

The stocks of companies that have obtained some sort of perceived benefit from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) have soared over the past couple of months as the rest of the market has tanked. While the S&P 500 is down approximately 17% year to date as of April 6, these so-called “virus stocks” have posted gains that range from reasonable to staggering.

Some of the countries that were hit earliest by the virus, such as South Korea, Singapore and China, appear to show signs of reduced infections and economic recovery. Some attribute this to either under-reporting or strict

Price is what you pay, and value is what you get. Throughout market turmoil, we often observe that the value/price ratio improves considerably for long-term investors with patience. Meanwhile, investors have to separate the facts from the noise.

Be greedy (or at least, less fearful) when others are fearful - this easy-to-understand doctrine may be hard to implement for many. We at Urbem believe that a couple of metrics are particularly helpful in offering affirmative clues to identify wonderful businesses that can not only survive the crisis but can also thrive and deliver shareholder value. We like to call them

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the recent CFO sells were for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (REGN), Zoetis Inc. (ZTS) and Zoom Video Communications Inc. (ZM).

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. Executive Vice President Finance CFO Robert E. Landry sold 414 shares

Executive Vice President Finance CFO Robert E. Landry sold 414 shares for $452.49 per share on Feb. 26. Since then, the stock price has increased by 2.89%.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. has a market cap of $51.22 billion and its shares were traded around $465.55. The company has a price-earnings ratio of 25.22 and price-sales ratio of 6.77. Over the past five years,

Shares of DocuSign Inc. (DOCU) gained more than 20% on Friday after the company posted second-quarter results on Thursday. Revenue grew 41% from the prior-year quarter to $235.6 million, beating expectations by $14.79 million. The company posted earnings of 1 cent per share, falling 3 cents short of estimates.

"With revenue growth exceeding 40% and billings growth at 47%, our second-quarter performance reflects our clear leadership position in e-signature and increasing adoption of our broader Agreement Cloud offering," CEO Dan Springer said.

The GAAP gross margin was 74%, down from 78% in the prior-year quarter. The Non-GAAP gross margin was

Chase Coleman (Trades, Portfolio), founder of Tiger Global Management, bought shares of the following stocks in the second quarter.

The guru established a position in Uber Technologies Inc. (UBER), buying 6.66 million shares. The portfolio was impacted by 1.67%.

The ride-hailing company has a market cap of $56.83 billion and an enterprise value of $54.96 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 2 out of 10. While the return on equity of 218.24% is outperforming the sector, the return on

A company that is probably as far away from value investing as you can get right now is recently listed Zoom Video Communications Inc. (ZM). This business, which provides, almost exclusively, video communication tools, went public at the beginning of April and has since seen its share price appreciate by 170%.

After this gain, the company has an enterprise value of $26 billion, a colossal sum and completely nonsensical. Last year, the company made just $9.7 million in free cash flow and the current enterprise value is equivalent to 62 times its forward revenue.

Investors seem to be willing to

Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio), portfolio manager of Point72 Asset Management, disclosed on Tuesday he once again increased his position in 8x8 Inc. (EGHT), having more than doubled his holding during the March quarter.

The billionaire hedge fund manager founded the Stamford, Connecticut-based firm, which invests in discretionary long, short, macro and systematic strategies. As of first quarter-end, the $22.03 billion equity portfolio contains 989 stocks, of which 375 represent new holdings. The firm’s top sectors in terms of portfolio weight are consumer cyclical, technology and health care.

Transaction details

Cohen disclosed

Slack Inc. (WORK) will be making its public market debut on June 20. Slack’s core business is its cloud-based messaging and team management platform. User growth has been very healthy, as has revenue growth. Its user-friendly interface has won it many big converts, especially in tech-savvy Silicon Valley.

While some high-flying tech unicorns have faltered out of the gate, Slack looks poised to receive a warm response from the market.

Cloud companies soaring

Now seems to be a propitious time for Slack to go public, in light of the market’s current love for anything cloud related. Since

Many are wondering why the market for initial public offerings has performed so poorly, even though the flood of hot new ones came to market recently. It took three years to choke demand for money-losing dot-com IPO companies back in 1997, even though Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan called the mania for tech stocks in late 1996 an “irrational exuberance.” What has killed the goose which traditionally laid the golden eggs on Wall Street?

First, let’s give everyone a little background. My story started in 1980 at Drexel Burnham. Thanks to Michael Milken’s invention called the junk (also known as

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” and All Insider Sales to “$200,000+.”

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

Abrams Capital Management.L.P, 10% owner of Camping World Holdings Inc. (CWH), bought 13,446 shares for an average price of $13.44 per share on April 23.

The retail company, which sells recreational vehicles, has a market cap of $1.19 billion and an