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Welcome to edition 456 of Insider Weekends. Insider buying decreased significantly again last week with insiders purchasing $80.53 million of stock compared to $158.33 million in the week prior. Selling also decreased with insiders selling $2.37 billion of stock last week compared to $3.8 billion in the week prior. As we approach the end of the quarter we are likely to see less insider activity as companies enter their “quiet period” before earnings.
Sell/Buy Ratio: The insider Sell/Buy ratio is calculated by dividing the total insider sales in a given week by total insider purchases that week. The adjusted ratio for last week went up to 29.38. In other words, insiders sold more than 29 times as much stock as they purchased. The Sell/Buy ratio this week compares unfavorably with the prior week, when the ratio stood at 24.02.
Note: As mentioned in the first post in this series, certain industries have their preferred metrics such as same store sales for retailers, funds from operations (FFO) for REITs and revenue per available room (RevPAR) for hotels that provide a better basis for comparison than simple valuation metrics. However metrics like Price/Earnings, Price/Sales and Enterprise Value/EBITDA included below should provide a good starting point for analyzing the majority of stocks.
Notable Insider Buys:
1. Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI): $19.87
Shares of this oil & gas pipelines company were acquired by 2 insiders: