Why didn’t we negatively rank Pfizer $PFE US on the recent CEO Share sale?

Albert Bourla’s sale of $5.5m of stock on the announcement of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine success generated significant headlines as it represented 62% of his equity holding. When ranking stocks a key point we look at is the sale relative to their total holding. In the US executives typically have options that are exercisable to become […]

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$HOG US Encouraging Q3 results after CEO buying

Harley-Davidson reported encouraging Q3 results earlier this week. The shares are now up over 20% since we positively ranked them on CEO buying on the 14th of August. This is what we said at the time: Jochen Zeitz (Chair and CEO since May 2020, Non-Exec since 2007) purchased $2 million of stock at $27.86 on […]

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Liquidity Services

William Angrick (Chairman, CEO, Co-founder) purchased 94,567 shares on October 5th at $7.67, under a 10b5-1 plan initiated on September 11th. This is Angrick’s 22nd purchase in 2020 and over those purchases he has increased his holdings from 5.3m shares to 7 million shares (20% of the company). Angrick had previously been a seller of […]

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$PNDORA DC Pandora raises profit guidance after management buying

Pandora upgraded expectations again last week. We originally positively rated the stock on the 17th March on director buying and then rated it positively again on further buying on 26th August. The shares are now up 140% from our first positive ranking and 20% from our latest upgrade.  This is what we said: Alexander Lacik […]

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$MLHR US strong move after quarterly results

Herman Miller reported excellent first quarter results last week, resulting in a very strong share price move. The shares are now up over 60% since we positively rated them on director buying on the 9th of July. This is what we said: Michael Volkema (Chairman since 2000, formerly CEO 1995-2004) purchased $536,000 of stock on […]

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$AVV LN Aveva strong on OSIsoft purchase

Aveva’s announcement of the purchase of OSIsoft is the latest boost to the company’s share price. The shares are now up 40% since we positively rated them on director buying on the 31st of March. This is what we said: Jennifer Allerton (Director since 2013) purchased 5,000 shares on March 31 at £34.52, spending £172,000 […]

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Insider selling highest since Nov 2015

FT article was released recently highlighting record insider activity in August 2020, based on data provided by Smart Insider: https://www.ft.com/content/78ed6f29-a8ea-4c46-aba0-556eae378b79

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$AO/ LN: positive trading update

AO World reported a positive trading update yesterday triggering further share price gains. The shares are now up 25% since we positively rated them on CEO buying on 30th of July. This is what we said: John Roberts (Founder and CEO since 2019) purchased £1,490,000 of stock at £1.69 (the trade was in his wife’s […]

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$PLUS LN positive results after management buying

Plus500 announced very positive half year results this week. The shares are now up over 50% since we positively rated them on management buying on the 3rd March. This is what we said: The CEO, COO and CFO purchased a total of 47,000 shares in the past 2 weeks at prices ranging from £8.28-9.55, spending […]

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$PETS LN “up 40% since positive rank”

Pets at Home released an encouraging Q1 Trading statement last week. The shares are now up 40% since we positively rated them on management buying on the 22nd of May. This is what we said: Peter Pritchard (CEO since 2018) purchased £247,000 of shares on the 20th of May at £2.04, increasing his holding by […]

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