Last Week’s Notable Insider Buys: PennyMac Financial, Republic Services And More (Benzinga)
DigitalOcean Holdings Inc (DOCN) saw an insider, listed as an associate of a 10% owner, indirectly acquire just shy of $100 million worth of shares. That was more than 2.12 million shares of this cloud computing company at an initial public offering price of $47 apiece. The stock ended the week at $43.80 per share. Florida-based marketing company Digital Media Solutions Inc (DMS) also saw a recent big insider purchase. One of its directors picked up more than 5.62 million shares at a price of $9.49 apiece. That cost that director more than $53.37 million, and it lifted his stake to over 7.62 million shares, which makes him a beneficial owner.
Monday 4/5 Insider Buying Report: RCUS, PRPL (Nasdaq.com)
At Arcus Biosciences, a filing with the SEC revealed that on Wednesday, Director Kathryn E. Falberg purchased 20,000 shares of RCUS, at a cost of $28.35 each, for a total investment of $566,996. Falberg was up about 12.1% on the purchase at the high point of today’s trading session, with RCUS trading as high as $31.79 in trading on Monday. Arcus Biosciences is trading up about 10.3% on the day Monday. And also on Wednesday, Director Gary Alan Kiedaisch purchased $149,800 worth of Purple Innovation, purchasing 5,000 shares at a cost of $29.96 a piece. This purchase marks the first one filed by Kiedaisch in the past twelve months. Purple Innovation is trading up about 4.2% on the day Monday. Kiedaisch was up about 9.9% on the buy at the high point of today’s trading session, with PRPL trading as high as $32.94 in trading on Monday.
Starbucks Corp (SBUX) president and ceo Kevin R Johnson Sold $16.7 million of Shares (Guru Focus)
President and ceo of Starbucks Corp, Kevin R Johnson, sold 153,290 shares of SBUX on 04/01/2021 at an average price of $109.12 a share. The total sale was $16.7 million. Starbucks Corp is the roaster, marketer and retailer of specialty coffee in the world, operating globally. It sells a variety of coffee and tea products. It sells goods and services under brands including Teavana, Tazo, and Seattle’s Best Coffee. Starbucks Corp has a market cap of $128.77 billion; its shares were traded at around $109.380000 with a P/E ratio of 195.32 and P/S ratio of 5.56.
Insider Trading: April 5, 2021 (BIV.com)
Insider Randy Smallwood, officer. Company: Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (TSX:WPM). Shares owned: 303,750. Trade date: March 19. Trade total: $1,981,458. Trade: Sale of 40,200 shares at a price of $49.29 per share. Insider Pierre Lassonde, 10% owner. Company: Prime Mining Corp. (TSX-V:PRYM). Shares owned: 6,600,000. Trade date: March 19. Trade total: $1,515,000. Trade: Acquisition of 500,000 shares at a price of $3.03 per share.
The Executive VP of Operations of UniFirst (NYSE: UNF) is Buying Shares (Analyst Ratings)
Today, the Executive VP of Operations of UniFirst (UNF), David Difillippo, bought shares of UNF for $285.3K. Following this transaction David Difillippo’s holding in the company was increased by 23.09% to a total of $2.6 million. In addition to David Difillippo, 2 other UNF executives reported Buy trades in the last month. The company has a one-year high of $258.86 and a one-year low of $132.61. UNF’s market cap is $4.24 billion and the company has a P/E ratio of 26.30.
