Daily Insider Ratings Round-Up 2/5/19
Summary
- Tables of the top insider purchases and sales filed with the SEC on 2/5/19, based on dollar value.
- Dollar values often do not equate with significance when it comes to insider trades.
- Proprietary Insider Company Ratings are relayed to clarify significance.
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InsiderInsights' Daily Round-Up articles rate the "significance" of the top 10 dollar value insider purchases and sales filed with the SEC on the Title date. Dollar value is only the most basic metric to assess the significance of an insider transaction, however, and there are many more "Significant" insider trades with lower dollar values every day in our comprehensive Daily Insider Ratings Reports, which also reach clients before the market opens each morning. In contrast, these free Round-Up articles are delayed.
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The intention of our Round-Up articles is to both separate real insider investment intelligence from time-wasting noise, and to educate investors that - though insider transactions are indeed an excellent source of investment intelligence - it takes much more analysis than screening by dollar values to make money from insider data.
Seasonal Note: Insider trading volumes are now on the rise, as companies open trading windows to insiders after releasing recent financial results. Insider activity will continue to increase in coming weeks and peak again in the first week of March.
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On Today's Tables:
Insider trades were rated Significant at :
- WisdomTree Inv (WETF).
Insider trades were rated Nearly Significant at:
Insider trades were considered Insignificant at:
- Leap Therapeutics (LPTX),
- Body and Mind (MMJ),
- Fortinet (FTNT),
- Zscaler (ZS),
- USANA Health (USNA),
- Smartsheet (SMAR),
- PayPal (PYPL),
- Medpace (MEDP),
- Ellie Mae (ELLI), and,
- CarGurus (CARG).
There is a Conflicted Insider Signal (both purchases and sales) at:
There is an IPO or Known Corporate Action at:
It's difficult to argue significance for most transactions made during IPOs, or when insiders make trades during a known corporate action.
Don't agree with our Rating? Click the Company Name links in the tables below to analyze a company's or insider's full insider history yourself and reach your own conclusions!
Insider Purchases
| #: | Filer Name | Insider Titles | Company Name | Ticker | TransType | Dollar Value |
1 | Kinder Richard D | CB,DIR,BO | KMI | B | $2,746,890 | |
2 | Hite Hedge Asset Mgt | BO | FLMN | B | $1,469,228 | |
3 | Healthcare Ventures IX | BO | LPTX | JB* | $999,999 | |
4 | Griffin C William | DIR | NFE | B | $883,179 | |
5 | Australis Capital | BO | BAMM | JB* | $778,160 | |
6 | Luxor Capital | BO | MEET | B | $535,717 | |
7 | Devir John Michael | O | NRGX | B | $403,000 | |
8 | Bossone Anthony | DIR | WETF | B | $295,965 | |
9 | Goldman Sachs | BO | ENLC | JB* | $269,210 | |
10 | Benham H K Iii | DIR | VABK | JB* | $192,000 |
Insider Sales
| #: | Filer Name | Insider Titles | Company Name | Ticker | TransType | Dollar Value |
1 | Pershing Square | O | ESI | JS* | $474,195,200 | |
2 | Frei Brent | DIR,BO | SMAR | AS | $9,425,366 | |
3 | Medpace Investors | BO | MEDP | AS | $6,770,392 | |
4 | Steinert Langley | CEO,CB,BO | CARG | AS | $4,992,602 | |
5 | Apte Manoj | O | ZS | AS | $4,599,382 | |
6 | Nelms David W | O | DFS | AS | $4,076,400 | |
7 | Anderman Sigmund | DIR | ELLI | AS | $3,695,473 | |
8 | Gull Global | BO | USNA | AS | $3,464,614 | |
9 | Ready William J | VP,COO | PYPL | AS | $2,651,842 | |
10 | Xie Michael | VP,CTO,DIR | FTNT | AS | $2,398,523 |
Source: InsiderInsights.com | Key to Insider Title and Trans Type Codes: B =Open-market Buy; AB=10b5-1 (automatic) Buy; JB*=Buy indicated as being open-market, but not confirmed by trading price range and volume for the session. S =Open-market Sale; AS=10b5-1 (automatic) Sale; JS*=Sale indicated as being open-market, but not confirmed by trading price range and volume for the session.
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