Welcome to edition 539 of Insider Weekends. Insider buying increased last week with insiders purchasing $53.28 million of stock compared to $51.69 million in the week prior. Selling on the other hand decreased significantly with insiders selling $884.13 million of stock last week compared to $2.14 billion in the week prior.
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 dropped to 16.59. In other words, insiders sold almost 17 times as much stock as they purchased. The Sell/Buy ratio this week compares favorably with the prior week, when the ratio stood at 41.34.
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. Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (SELB): $2.83
Director Timothy A. Springer acquired 5,532,388 shares of this biotech company, paying $2.51 per share for a total amount of $13.89 million. These shares were purchased indirectly by TAS Partners LLC.