Posted on Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 by MarketBeat StaffAn insider trade occurs when a corporate executive (such as a CEO, CFO or COO) that has non-public information about a company buys or sells shares of that company's stock. Company insiders are required by law to regularly report their stock purchases and sales to the SEC.
Tracking a company's insider trades is a metric that can be used to identify the direction that the company's executives believes that the company is headed. If a number of insiders sell shares of their company, they may believe that the company will have weak future earnings and that the share price will decline in the near future.
For example, if Microsoft's CEO, CFO and COO all recently sold shares of Microsoft stock, that would be an indication that there could be unreported news that may negatively effect Microsoft's stock price in the near future.
This slideshow lists the 12 companies that have had the highest levels of insider buying within the last 180 days.
#1 - DexCom (NASDAQ:DXCM)
Dollar Amount of Shares Sold: $36,499,096.03
Number of Insider Stock Sales in the Last 180 Days: 31
Volume of Shares Sold: 348,116
Who Sold Shares: Andrew K Balo (EVP), Donald Abbey (EVP), Eric Topol (Director), Heather S Ace (SVP), Jacob Steven Leach (SVP), Jay S Skyler (Director), Jeffrey Moy (SVP), Kevin R Sayer (CEO), Mark G Foletta (Director), Nicholas Augustinos (Director), Patrick Michael Murphy (VP), Quentin S Blackford (CFO), Richard Doubleday (EVP), Steven Robert Pacelli (EVP) and Terrance H Gregg (Insider)
DexCom, Inc., a medical device company, focuses on the design, development, and commercialization of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems in the United States and internationally. The company offers its systems for ambulatory use by people with diabetes; and for use by healthcare providers. Its products include DexCom G5 mobile continuous glucose monitoring system to communicate directly to patient's mobile device; DexCom G4 PLATINUM system for continuous use by adults with diabetes; and DexCom Share, a remote monitoring system. DexCom, Inc. has a collaboration and license agreement with Verily Life Sciences LLC to develop a series of next-generation CGM products. The company markets its products directly to endocrinologists, physicians, and diabetes educators. DexCom, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
#2 - Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL)
Dollar Amount of Shares Sold: $17,465,392.53
Number of Insider Stock Sales in the Last 180 Days: 20
Volume of Shares Sold: 477,405
Who Sold Shares: Dakota A Pippins (Director), Deanna T Brady (Insider), Elsa A Murano (Director), Gary Jamison (VP), Glenn R Leitch (Insider), Glenn S Forbes (Director), James M Splinter (VP), James P Snee (Chairman), Larry L Vorpahl (Insider), Lori J Marco (VP), Mark A Coffey (SVP), Robert Nakasone (Director), Steven G Binder (EVP), Steven J Lykken (Insider), Terrell K Crews (Director), Thomas R Day (Insider) and Thomas R Day (VP)
Hormel Foods Corporation produces and markets various meat and food products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Grocery Products, Refrigerated Foods, Jennie-O Turkey Store, Specialty Foods, and International & Other. It offers various perishable meat products, including fresh meats, frozen items, refrigerated meal solutions, sausages, hams, guacamole, and bacon; and shelf-stable products, such as canned luncheon meats, peanut butter, chilies, shelf-stable microwaveable meals, hash, stews, meat spreads, flour and corn tortillas, salsas, tortilla chips, and other products. The company also provides turkey products; nutritional food products and supplements; dessert and drink mixes; and industrial gelatin products. It sells its products through sales personnel, as well as through independent brokers and distributors. The company was formerly known as Geo. A. Hormel & Company and changed its name to Hormel Foods Corporation in January 1995. Hormel Foods Corporation was founded in 1891 and is based in Austin, Minnesota.
#3 - BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI)
Dollar Amount of Shares Sold: $62,413,479.65
Number of Insider Stock Sales in the Last 180 Days: 35
Volume of Shares Sold: 1,034,645
Who Sold Shares: Alex Puchner (Insider), Brian S Krakower (Insider), Gerald W Deitchle (Director), Greg Trojan (CEO), Gregory Levin (CFO), Gregory Levin (Insider), Kendra D Miller (VP), Kevin E Mayer (CMO), Kevin E Mayer (VP), Larry D Bouts (Director), Lea Anne Ottinger (Director), Lon Ledwith (VP), Noah A Elbogen (Director) and Patrick Walsh (Director)
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates casual dining restaurants in the United States. Its restaurants offer pizzas, craft and other beers, appetizers, entrées, pastas, sandwiches, specialty salads, and desserts. As of September 4, 2018, the company owned and operated 201 casual dining restaurants located in the 27 states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. The company operates its restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's Pizza & Grill, and BJ's Grill brand names. BJ's Restaurants, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Huntington Beach, California.
#4 - Franks International (NYSE:FI)
Dollar Amount of Shares Sold: $58,772,324.39
Number of Insider Stock Sales in the Last 180 Days: 34
Volume of Shares Sold: 7,312,725
Who Sold Shares: Alejandro Cestero (SVP), Burney J Jr Latiolais (Insider), By-Pass Corporate Stock Trust (Major Shareholder), D Keith Mosing (Director), Darren C Miles (VP), Erich Mosing (Major Shareholder), Gregory Stanton Mosing (Major Shareholder), Kendall Garrett Mosing (Major Shareholder), Melanie Christine Mosing (Major Shareholder), Michael Frank Mosing (Major Shareholder), Mosing Family Delaware Tr 2016 (Major Shareholder), Stephanie Mosing Godwin (Major Shareholder), Steven B Mosing (Director), Wbm Partnership, Lp (Major Shareholder) and William Bradford Mosing (Major Shareholder)
Frank's International N.V. provides various engineered tubular services for the oil and gas exploration and production, and oilfield services companies in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: International Services, U.S. Services, Tubular Sales, and Blackhawk. Its tubular services include the handling and installation of multiple joints of pipe to establish a cased wellbore; and the installation of smaller diameter pipe inside a cased wellbore to provide a conduit for produced oil and gas to reach the surface. The company also designs, manufactures, and sells outside diameter (OD) pipes, connectors, and casing attachments; and provides specialized fabrication and welding services in support of deep water projects, including drilling and production risers, flowlines and pipeline end terminations, and long length tubulars for use as caissons or pilings. In addition, it offers specialty well construction and well intervention services and products; and distributes OD pipes manufactured by third parties. Frank's International N.V. was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Den Helder, the Netherlands.
#5 - O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY)
Dollar Amount of Shares Sold: $104,812,251.32
Number of Insider Stock Sales in the Last 180 Days: 29
Volume of Shares Sold: 360,051
Who Sold Shares: Brad W Beckham (EVP), David E Oreilly (Chairman), Gregory L Henslee (CEO), Jason Lee Tarrant (SVP), Jeremy Adam Fletcher (SVP), John Raymond Murphy (Director), Lawrence P Oreilly (Director), Richard Darin Venosdel (SVP), Ronald Rashkow (Director), Rosalie Oreilly Wooten (Director), Scott E Kraus (SVP), Thomas Hendrickson (Director) and Thomas Mcfall (CFO)
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retail of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories in the United States. The company provides new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, such as alternators, starters, fuel pumps, water pumps, brake system components, batteries, belts, hoses, temperature controls, chassis parts, driveline parts, and engine parts; maintenance items comprising oil, antifreeze products, fluids, filters, wiper blades, lighting products, engine additives, and appearance products; and accessories, such as floor mats, seat covers, and truck accessories. Its stores offer auto body paint and related materials, automotive tools, and professional service provider service equipment. The company's stores also offer enhanced services and programs comprising used oil, oil filter, and battery recycling; battery, wiper, and bulb replacement; battery diagnostic testing; electrical and module testing; check engine light code extraction; loaner tool program; drum and rotor resurfacing; custom hydraulic hoses; professional paint shop mixing and related materials; and machine shops. Its stores provide do-it-yourself and professional service provider customers a selection of brand name, house brands, and private label products for domestic and imported automobiles, vans, and trucks. As of December 31, 2017, the company operated 5,019 stores in 47 states. O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Springfield, Missouri.
#6 - Align Technology (NASDAQ:ALGN)
Dollar Amount of Shares Sold: $72,015,245.89
Number of Insider Stock Sales in the Last 180 Days: 19
Volume of Shares Sold: 244,082
Who Sold Shares: C Raymond Larkin Jr (Director), Emory Wright (SVP), Greg J Santora (Director), Jennifer Olson (SVP), John Morici (CFO), Joseph Lacob (Director), Joseph M Hogan (Insider), Julie Tay (SVP), Raphael Pascaud (CMO), Simon Beard (SVP), Stuart A Hockridge (SVP), Thomas M Prescott (Director) and Warren S Thaler (Director)
Align Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a system of clear aligner therapy, intraoral scanners, and computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) digital services. The company's Clear Aligner segment offers Invisalign Full, a treatment used for a range of malocclusion; Invisalign Teen treatment that addresses orthodontic needs of teenage patients, such as compliance indicators, compensation for tooth eruption, and six free single arch replacement aligners; and Invisalign Assist treatment for anterior alignment and aesthetically-oriented cases. It also provides Invisalign Express (10 and 5) and Invisalign Lite/i7 treatments for orthodontic cases, non-comprehensive treatment relapse cases, or straightening prior to restorative or cosmetic treatments; Invisalign Go, a solution for general practitioner dentists (GPs) to identify and treat patients with mild malocclusion; SmileDirectClub aligners for minor tooth movement; custom clear aligner retainers used to maintain tooth position and correct minor relapse; and SmartTrack, a custom-engineered material that delivers force for orthodontic tooth movements. The company's Scanners and Services segment offers iTero Scanner, a single hardware platform with software options for restorative or orthodontic procedures; and Restorative software for iTero, a software for GPs, prosthodontists, periodontists, and oral surgeons. It also provides Orthodontic software for iTero, a software for orthodontists for digital records storage, orthodontic diagnosis, Invisalign digital impression submission, and for the fabrication of printed models and retainers; CAD/CAM services, such as iTero Models and Dies, OrthoCAD iCast, and OrthoCAD iRecord; and Invisalign outcome simulator, a chair-side and cloud-based application for the iTero scanner, as well as third party scanners and digital scans for Invisalign treatment submission. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
#7 - Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG)
Dollar Amount of Shares Sold: $13,685,332.38
Number of Insider Stock Sales in the Last 180 Days: 18
Volume of Shares Sold: 168,124
Who Sold Shares: Carolyn M Tastad (Insider), Ciserani Giovanni (Insider), David S Taylor (Chairman), Deborah P Majoras (Insider), Gary A Coombe (Insider), Ioannis Skoufalos (Insider), Jon R Moeller (Vice Chairman), Juan Fernando Posada (Insider), Kathleen B Fish (Insider), Price Matthew (Insider), Steven D Bishop (Insider) and Valarie L Sheppard (SVP)
The Procter & Gamble Company provides branded consumer packaged goods to consumers in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Greater China, Latin America, India, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates in five segments: Beauty; Grooming; health Care; fabric & Home Care; and Baby, Feminine & Family Care. The Beauty segment offers conditioners, shampoos, styling aids, and treatments; and skin and personal care products, such as antiperspirants and deodorants, and personal cleansing and skin care products under the Head & Shoulders, Pantene, Rejoice, Olay, Old Spice, Safeguard, and SK-II brands. The Grooming segment provides female and male blades and razors, pre- and post-shave products, and other shave care products; and appliances that include electric shavers and epilators under the Braun, Fusion, Gillette, Mach3, Prestobarba, and Venus brands. The Health Care segment offers toothbrushes, toothpastes, and other oral care products; and gastrointestinal, rapid diagnostics, respiratory, vitamin/mineral/supplement, and other personal health care products under the Crest, Oral-B, Metamucil, Prilosec, and Vicks brands. The Fabric & Home Care segment provides fabric enhancers, laundry additives, and laundry detergents; and air care, dish care, P&G professional, and surface care products under the Ariel, Downy, Gain, Tide, Cascade, Dawn, Febreze, Mr. Clean, and Swiffer brands. The Baby, Feminine & Family Care segment offers baby wipes, diapers, and pants; adult incontinence and feminine care products; and paper towels, tissues, and toilet paper under the Luvs, Pampers, Always, Tampax, Bounty, Charmin, and Puffs brands. The company sells its products through mass merchandisers, e-commerce, grocery stores, membership club stores, drug stores, department stores, distributors, wholesalers, baby stores, specialty beauty stores, high-frequency stores, and pharmacies. The Procter & Gamble Company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
#8 - Shutterfly (NASDAQ:SFLY)
Dollar Amount of Shares Sold: $18,421,978.12
Number of Insider Stock Sales in the Last 180 Days: 21
Volume of Shares Sold: 206,662
Who Sold Shares: Ann Mather (Director), Betsy Rafael (Director), Christopher North (CEO), Dwayne A Black (SVP), Ishantha Lokuge (SVP), Jason Sebring (VP), John Boris (SVP), Lisa Blackwood-Kapral (CAO), Lisa Blackwood-Kapral (Insider), Michael W Pope (CFO), Michele Anderson (SVP), Satish Menon (SVP), Scott Arnold (SVP), Thomas David Hughes (Director) and Tracy Layney (SVP)
Shutterfly, Inc. manufactures and retails personalized products and services primarily in the United States, Canada, and the European Community. The company operates through Consumer and Shutterfly Business Solutions segments. It offers a range of personalized photo-based products and services that enable consumers to upload, edit, enhance, organize, find, share, create, print, and preserve their memories. The company also provides photo-based products, such as stationery, photo books, personalized gifts, photo prints, and photo-based merchandise services. In addition, it provides cards, personalized holiday cards, announcements, invitations and stationery products, and home decor products and photo gifts, as well as online photo services under the Shutterfly brand. Further, the company offers BorrowLenses, an online marketplace for photographic and video equipment rentals; and Groovebook, a mobile photo book app subscription service that prints mobile phone photos. Additionally, it provides personalized calendars, mugs, ornaments, candles, pillows, and blankets; and personalized direct marketing and other end-consumer communications services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
#9 - At Home Group (NYSE:HOME)
Dollar Amount of Shares Sold: $708,545,413.66
Number of Insider Stock Sales in the Last 180 Days: 59
Volume of Shares Sold: 21,038,933
Who Sold Shares: Alissa M Ahlman (Insider), Becky Kay Haislip (CAO), Becky Kay Haislip (Insider), Geoffrey G Clark (Director), Investors Lp Aea (Major Shareholder), Judd T Nystrom (CFO), Lewis L Bird III (CEO), Mary Jane Broussard (Insider), Norman E Mcleod (Insider), Peter Sg Corsa (COO), Starr Investment Holdings, Llc (Major Shareholder) and Valerie Davisson (Insider)
At Home Group Inc. operates home decor superstores in the United States. The company's stores offer approximately 50,000 items, such as accent furniture, mirrors, patio cushions, rugs and wall arts, artificial flowers and trees, bedding and bath products, candles, garden and outdoor décor, holiday accessories, home organization, pillows, pottery, vases, and window treatments. As of August 22, 2018, it operated 167 stores. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.
#10 - Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA)
Dollar Amount of Shares Sold: $38,495,026.35
Number of Insider Stock Sales in the Last 180 Days: 34
Volume of Shares Sold: 300,392
Who Sold Shares: Andrew Wilson (CEO), Blake J Jorgensen (CFO), Chris Bruzzo (CMO), Chris Bruzzo (EVP), Chris Bruzzo (Insider), Jacob J Schatz (EVP), Jacob J Schatz (General Counsel), Joel Linzner (EVP), Kenneth A Barker (Insider), Kenneth A Moss (CTO), Lawrence F Probst III (Director), Luis A Ubinas (Director), Matthew Bilbey (EVP), Patrick Soderlund (Insider) and Vijayanthimala Singh (SVP)
Electronic Arts Inc. develops, markets, publishes, and distributes games, content, and services for game consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets worldwide. The company develops and publishes games and services across various genres, such as sports, first-person shooter, action, role-playing, and simulation primarily under the Battlefield, Mass Effect, Need for Speed, The Sims, and Plants v. Zombies brands; and license games from others, such as FIFA, Madden NFL, and Star Wars. It also provides advertisement services on its online Web pages and games; and licenses its game software to third parties. The company markets and sells its games and services through digital distribution channels, as well as through retail channels, such as mass market retailers, electronics specialty stores, and game software specialty stores. Electronic Arts Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
#11 - Q2 (NYSE:QTWO)
Dollar Amount of Shares Sold: $100,466,354.63
Number of Insider Stock Sales in the Last 180 Days: 29
Volume of Shares Sold: 1,744,292
Who Sold Shares: Adam D Blue (CTO), Adam D Blue (Insider), Barry G Benton (SVP), Carl James Schaper (Director), Charles T Doyle (Director), Christine Petersen (CRO), Jeffrey T Diehl (Director), Jennifer Noel Harris (CFO), John E Breeden (EVP), Matthew P Flake (CEO), Michael J Maples (Director), Odus Edward Wittenburg Jr (President), R H Seale (Director) and William M Furrer (Insider)
Q2 Holdings, Inc. provides cloud-based digital banking solutions to regional and community financial institutions (RCFIs) in the United States. It offers Q2online, a browser-based digital banking solution that delivers RCFI-branded digital banking capabilities; Q2 Sentinel, a security analytics solution; Q2 Corporate to support RCFIs to attract and retain larger commercial accounts; and Q2 SMART, a targeting and messaging platform. The company also provides Q2 Account Opening solution; Q2 Active/Active that operates various data centers; and Q2 Patrol, an event-driven validation product. In addition, it offers Q2mobility App, a mobile and tablet digital banking solution; Q2mobile Remote Deposit Capture, a partnered solution that allows remote check deposit capture; Q2 Person-to-Person Payments, a partnered secure and integrated person-to-person payments solution; Detection Monitoring Service, a security threat tracking solution; and Q2 CardSwap that allows account holders receiving newly issued cards to automatically change their payment information with existing subscription and digital point-of-sale services. Further, the company provides Q2text, a mobile solution, which enables digital banking activities through the text messaging function of the device; Q2voice, a voice-based solution for telephones; and Q2themes, a personalization solution for customizing digital banking services. Additionally, it offers Q2clarity, an analytics solution for Q2online customers; Centrix Dispute Tracking System, an electronic transaction dispute management solution; Centrix Payments I.Q. System, an ACH file monitoring and risk reporting solution; and Centrix Exact/Transaction Management System, a fraud prevention tool. The company was formerly known as CBG Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Q2 Holdings, Inc. in March 2013. Q2 Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
#12 - Torchmark (NYSE:TMK)
Dollar Amount of Shares Sold: $41,609,296.82
Number of Insider Stock Sales in the Last 180 Days: 21
Volume of Shares Sold: 473,990
Who Sold Shares: Bill Leavell (Insider), Carol A Mccoy (VP), Frank M Svoboda (CFO), Gary L Coleman (CEO), Gary L Coleman (Chairman), James Matthew Darden (EVP), John Henry Rogers Jr (Insider), Larry M Hutchison (CEO), Paul J Zucconi (Director), Robert Brian Mitchell (EVP), Robert W Ingram (Director), Steven John Dichiaro (Insider) and Vern D Herbel (EVP)
Torchmark Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides various life and health insurance products, and annuities in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. It operates through four segments: Life Insurance, Supplemental Health Insurance, Annuities, and Investments. The Life Insurance segment offers traditional and interest-sensitive whole life and term life insurance, and other life insurance. The Supplemental Health Insurance segment provides health insurance products comprising Medicare Supplements, critical illness, accident, and limited-benefit supplemental hospital and surgical coverages. The Annuities segment provides single-premium and flexible-premium deferred annuities. The company sells its products through sales by direct response, exclusive agents, and independent agents, as well as through direct mail, electronic media, and insert media. Torchmark Corporation was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in McKinney, Texas.
#13 - salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM)
Dollar Amount of Shares Sold: $159,133,746.03
Number of Insider Stock Sales in the Last 180 Days: 163
Volume of Shares Sold: 1,154,990
Who Sold Shares: Alan G Hassenfeld (Director), Alexandre Dayon (Insider), Amy E Weaver (General Counsel), Amy E Weaver (Insider), Craig Conway (Director), Cynthia G Robbins (Insider), Joe Allanson (CAO), Joe Allanson (Insider), John Victor Roos (Director), Keith Block (CEO), Keith Block (COO), Keith Block (Vice Chairman), Marc Benioff (CEO), Marc Benioff (Chairman), Maria Martinez (Insider), Mark J Hawkins (CFO), Mark J Hawkins (Insider), Parker Harris (Insider) and Sanford Robertson (Director)
salesforce.com, inc. develops enterprise cloud computing solutions with a focus on customer relationship management. The company offers Sales Cloud to store data, monitor leads and progress, forecast opportunities, and gain insights through analytics and relationship intelligence, as well as deliver quotes, contracts, and invoices. It also provides Service Cloud, which enables companies to deliver personalized customer service and support, as well as a field service solution that enables companies to connect agents, dispatchers, and mobile employees through a centralized platform, on which they can schedule and dispatch work, and track and manage jobs in real-time. In addition, the company offers Marketing Cloud to plan, personalize, and optimize one-to-one customer marketing interactions; Commerce Cloud, which enables companies to enhance engagement, conversion, revenue, and loyalty from their customers; and Community Cloud that enables companies to create and manage branded digital destinations for customers, partners, and employees. Further, it provides Quip collaboration platform, which combines documents, spreadsheets, apps, and chat with live CRM data; Salesforce Platform for building enterprise apps, as well as artificial intelligence (AI), no-code, low-code, and code development and integration services, including Trailhead, Einstein AI, Lightning, Internet of Things, Heroku, Analytics, and AppExchange; and various solutions for financial services, healthcare, and government. Additionally, the company offers professional cloud services, such as consulting and implementation services; training services, including instructor-led and online courses; and support and adoption programs. It provides its services through direct sales; and through consulting firms, systems integrators, and other partners. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
