Friday 8/2 Insider Buying Report: BMY, MA (Nasdaq.com)
At Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY), a filing with the SEC revealed that on Wednesday, Director Robert J. Bertolini purchased 11,000 shares of BMY, for a cost of $44.72 each, for a total investment of $491,920. Bertolini was up about 1.5% on the buy at the high point of today’s trading session, with BMY trading as high as $45.41 at last check today. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is trading up about 0.4% on the day Friday. This purchase marks the first one filed by Bertolini in the past year. And at Mastercard (MA), there was insider buying on Thursday, by Director Lance Darrell Gordon Uggla who bought 1,500 shares at a cost of $275.71 each, for a total investment of $413,560. Mastercard is trading off about 2.1% on the day Friday. Bargain hunters can buy MA at a price even lower than Uggla did, with shares trading as low as $268.27 at last check today which is 2.7% below Uggla’s purchase price.
The Chief Comp Off, Gen Csl, Secty of Universal Forest (NASDAQ: UFPI) is Selling Shares (Analyst Ratings)
Today, the Chief Comp Off, Gen Csl, Secty of Universal Forest (UFPI), David Tutas, sold shares of UFPI for $30.34K. Following David Tutas’ last UFPI Sell transaction on March 08, 2016, the stock climbed by 14.3%. In addition to David Tutas, 3 other UFPI executives reported Sell trades in the last month. UFPI’s market cap is $2.42B and the company has a P/E ratio of 15.08. Currently, Universal Forest has an average volume of 113.3K.
Turning Point Brands Inc (TPB) SVP, CFO Robert M. Lavan Bought $92,575 of Shares (Guru Focus)
SVP, CFO of Turning Point Brands Inc, Robert M. Lavan, bought 2,500 shares of TPB on 08/02/2019 at an average price of $37.03 a share. The total cost of this purchase was $92,575. Turning Point Brands Inc is engaged in providing tobacco products in the U.S. It sells products including moist snuff, loose leaf chewing tobacco, cigarette papers, make- your-own cigar wraps & cigar smoking tobacco, cigars & tobacco vaporizer products. Turning Point Brands Inc has a market cap of $751.140 million; its shares were traded at around $38.21 with a P/E ratio of 26.35 and P/S ratio of 2.18. The dividend yield of Turning Point Brands Inc stocks is 0.46%.
The CRM President of Progressive (NYSE: PGR) is Selling Shares (Analyst Ratings)
Today, the CRM President of Progressive (PGR), John Jo Murphy, sold shares of PGR for $973.3K. Following John Jo Murphy’s last PGR Sell transaction on April 18, 2019, the stock climbed by 5.1%. Based on Progressive’s latest earnings report for the quarter ending June 30, the company posted quarterly revenue of $9.18 billion and quarterly net profit of $1.08 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $8.02 billion and had a net profit of $704 million. PGR’s market cap is $46.8B and the company has a P/E ratio of 14.57. Currently, Progressive has an average volume of 899.9K.
Insiders Roundup: Bezos Sells Amazon (Guru Focus)
According to these filters, the following are trades from company insiders last week. President, CEO and 10% Owner Maurice Zauderer and director and 10% owner Albert Friedberg bought a combined 2,022,059 shares of Vaccinex Inc. (VCNX) for an average price of $4.08 per share on July 30. The biotechnology company has a market cap of $65.39 million and an enterprise value of $63.17 million. It has insider ownership of 1.79% and institutional ownership of 2.23%. Over the last 12 months, the stock has fallen 61% and as of Friday, was trading 48.17% below its three-month high and 11.68% above its three-month low. Castle Biosciences Inc. (CSTL) 10% owner MGC Venture Partners 2013 GP, together with director and 10% owner Joseph C. III Cook, bought a combined 647,254 shares for an average price of $16 per share on July 29.
