Weekly Insider Sells Highlight: TWTR, HCA, BBBY, KMX

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Apr 20, 2015

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were: Twitter Inc (TWTR, Financial), HCA Holdings Inc (HCA, Financial), Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (BBBY, Financial) and CarMax Inc Ă‚ (KMX, Financial).

The overall trend of insiders is illustrated in the chart below:

Twitter Inc (TWTR, Financial): Director Evan Clark Williams sold 468,000 shares

Director Evan Clark Williams sold 468,000 shares of Twitter stock on 04/14/2015 at the average price of $51.41. Evan Clark Williams owns at least 512,678 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.46% since.

Twitter Inc has a market cap of $32.82 billion; its shares were traded at around $50.66 with and P/S ratio of 21.85.

Twitter Inc. reported fourth quarter 2014 revenues up 97% to $479 million and GAAP net loss per share of $0.20. Non-GAAP EPS were $0.12.

Vice President of Product Kevin Weil sold 5,299 shares of TWTR stock on 04/15/2015 at the average price of $51.26.

HCA Holdings Inc (HCA, Financial): COO Samuel N Hazen sold 180,000 shares

COO of HCA Holdings Inc Samuel N Hazen sold 180,000 shares on 04/15/2015 at an average price of $78.04.

HCA Holdings Inc has a market cap of $32.82 billion; its shares were traded at around $78.04 with a P/E ratio of 18.80 and P/S ratio of 0.95. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 6.30% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated HCA Holdings Inc the business predictability rank of 3-star.

The company has recently released its preliminary first quarter results ended March 31, 2015. For this period, the company anticipates revenues of $9.67 billion compared to $8.83 billion for the prior year quarter. Net income per diluted share is expected to be $1.35 compared to $0.76 last year.

COO Samuel N Hazen sold 180,000 shares of HCA stock on 04/15/2015 at the average price of $80.

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (BBBY, Financial): Co-Chairman Leonard Feinstein sold 165,970 shares

Co-Chairman Leonard Feinstein sold 165,970 shares of BBBY stock on 04/13/2015 at the average price of $73.12. Leonard Feinstein owns at least 937,806 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.27% since.

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc operates a chain of retail stores under the names Bed Bath & Beyond, Christmas Tree Shops, Harmon and Harmon Face Values, buybuy BABY and World Market or Cost Plus World Market. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc has a market cap of $13.26 billion; its shares were traded at around $71.46 with a P/E ratio of 14.50 and P/S ratio of 1.19. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 13.50% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 4-star.

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. recently reported its fourth quarter 2014 results ended February 28, 2015. For this quarter, the company generated net income of $1.80 per diluted share, compared with $1.60 for the fourth quarter of 2013. Net sales improved 4.2% to $3.33 billion, with comparable store sales up 3.7%.

CarMax Inc (KMX, Financial): EVP, Stores William C Jr. Wood sold 153,241 shares

EVP, Stores of CarMax Inc William C Jr. Wood sold 153,241 shares on 04/13/2015 at an average price of $70.61.

CarMax Inc was incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1996. CarMax Inc has a market cap of $14.83 billion; its shares were traded at around $70.61 with a P/E ratio of 28.20 and P/S ratio of 1.13. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 16.60% over the past 10 years.

CarMax has reported its fourth quarter results. Net sales increased 14.2% to $3.51 billion in the fourth quarter, driving net earnings increase of 44.3% to $143.1 million. Net earnings per diluted share rose 52.3% to $0.67.

President & CEO Thomas J Folliard and EVP & CFO Thomas W Jr Reedy both also sold shares of KMX stock.

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