Weekly Insider Sells Highlight: HDS, FIS, TMK, AMAT

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Jun 29, 2015

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were: HD Supply Holdings Inc, Fidelity National Information Services Inc, Torchmark Corp, and Applied Materials Inc.

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

HD Supply Holdings Inc (HDS, Financial): Pres John Stegeman sold 260,000 Shares

Pres John Stegeman sold 260,000 shares of HDS stock on 06/22/2015 at the average price of $35.01. John Stegeman owns at least 34,657 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1% since.

HD Supply Holdings Inc provides an array of products and value-add services to the infrastructure and power, MRO, and specialty construction sectors in the US. HD Supply Holdings Inc has a market cap of $7.01 billion; its shares were traded at around $35.36 with a P/E ratio of 27.80 and P/S ratio of 0.79.

The company has recently released its first quarter 2015 results. For this quarter, it reported net sales of $2.22 billion, an increase of 6% over the same quarter last year. Operating income increased 44% to $167 million and adjusted net income per diluted share increased 94% to $0.33.

Chairman, President and CEO Joseph J Deangelo sold 234,100 shares of HDS stock on 06/09/2015 at the average price of $34.

Fidelity National Information Services Inc (FIS, Financial): Corporate EVP Paul Luc Robert Heyvaert sold 127,222 Shares

Corporate EVP Paul Luc Robert Heyvaert sold 127,222 shares of FIS stock on 06/24/2015 at the average price of $64.17. Paul Luc Robert Heyvaert owns at least 111,667 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.25% since.

Fidelity National Information Services Inc has a market cap of $17.96 billion; its shares were traded at around $63.37 with a P/E ratio of 28.70 and P/S ratio of 2.83. The dividend yield of Fidelity National Information Services Inc stocks is 1.58%. Fidelity National Information Services Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 3.10% over the past 10 years.

For its first quarter 2015, the company reported revenue of $1.6 billion, up 2% year-over-year. GAAP net income from continuing operations was $0.40 per diluted share, compared to $0.54 per share in the prior year quarter. The company repurchased $150 million of shares during the quarter and generated net cash from operations of $231 million.

Director Keith W Hughes, Chairman of the Board and CEO Lloyd C Blankfein, and multiple other insiders all also recently sold GS stock.

Torchmark Corp (TMK, Financial): EVP & Chief Inv. Officer W Michael Pressley sold 67,500 Shares

EVP & Chief Inv. Officer of Torchmark Corp (TMK) W Michael Pressley sold 67,500 shares on 06/23/2015 at an average price of $59.15.

Torchmark Corp is an insurance holding company incorporated in Delaware on November 29, 1979. Torchmark Corp has a market cap of $7.46 billion; its shares were traded at around $59.15 with a P/E ratio of 14.60 and P/S ratio of 1.95. The dividend yield of Torchmark Corp stocks is 0.87%. Torchmark Corp had an annual average earnings growth of 5.80% over the past 10 years.

For its first quarter of 2015, Torchmark Corp reported net income per share of $0.95, compared with $0.98 per share for the first quarter of 2014. Net operating income per share was $1.04, compared with $1.01 in the year-ago period. ROE was 14.7% for the first quarter of 2015.

VP & Dir. of Human Resources Arvelia Bowie sold 5,000 shares of TMK stock on 06/23/2015 at the average price of $59.1.Director Paul J Zucconi sold 3,408 shares of TMK stock on 06/16/2015 at the average price of $58.37.

Applied Materials Inc (AMAT, Financial): EVP & GM, Silicon Systems Randhir Thakur sold 164,000 Shares

EVP & GM, Silicon Systems Randhir Thakur sold 164,000 shares of AMAT stock on 06/24/2015 at the average price of $20.14. Randhir Thakur owns at least 672,078 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.79% since.

Applied Materials Inc has a market cap of $24.36 billion; its shares were traded at around $19.78 with a P/E ratio of 19.40 and P/S ratio of 2.62. The dividend yield of Applied Materials Inc stocks is 2.02%.

Applied Materials Inc. has released its fiscal second quarter 2015 results ended April 26, 2015. Net sales for the quarter were $2.44 billion, up 4% over the prior-year quarter. GAAP EPS was $0.29, an improvement of 38% year-over-year.

Senior Vice President & CFO Robert J Halliday sold 25,000 shares of AMAT stock on 06/23/2015 at the average price of $19.99. Director Susan M. James sold 14,460 shares of AMAT stock on 06/18/2015 at the average price of $19.62.

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