Weekly CFO Sells Highlight: Coco-Cola Co, Gilead Sciences Inc, AutoZone Inc.

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Dec 15, 2014

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the recent CFO sales were: Coco-Cola Co, Gilead Sciences Inc, and AutoZone Inc.

Coca-Cola Co (KO, Financial): Executive VP, CFO Kathy N Waller sold 9,399 shares

Executive VP, CFO Kathy N Waller sold 9,399 shares at an average price of $42. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.6% since. Coca-Cola Co has a market cap of $179.19 billion and its shares were traded at around $40.91. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.70 and P/S ratio of 3.96 with a dividend yield of 2.98%. Over the past 10 years, Coca-Cola Co had an annual average earnings growth of 10.00%. GuruFocus rated Coca-Cola Co the business predictability rank of 5-star.

Coco-Cola Co announced their 2014 third quarter results with revenues of $11.98 billion and gross profit of $7.35 billion; the net income was $2.1 billion. The 2013 total revenue was $46.85 billion, a 2% decrease from the 2012 total revenue. The 2013 gross profit was $28.43 billion, a 2% decrease from the 2012 gross profit. The 2013 net income was $8.6 billion.

On 12/09/2014, Executive Vice President Joseph V Tripodi sold 381,500 shares at an average price of $43.12. The price of the stock has decreased by 5.13% since. On 12/03/2014, Group President Atul Singh sold 124,946 shares at an average price of $44.38. The price of the stock has decreased by 7.82% since. On 11/12/2014, Group President James Quincey sold 151,600 shares at an average price of $42.71. The price of the stock has decreased by 4.21% since.

Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD): EVP, CFO Robin L Washington sold 33,192 shares

On 11/03/2014, EVP, CFO Robin L Washington sold 33,192 shares at an average price of $110.26. The price of the stock has decreased by 5.56% since. Gilead Sciences Inc. has a market cap of $153.1 billion and its shares were traded at around $104.13. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.40 and P/S ratio of 8.38. Over the past 5 years, Sciences Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 8.20%.

Gilead Sciences Inc. announced their 2014 third quarter results with revenues of $6.04 billion and gross profit of $5.05 billion; the net income was $2.73 billion. The 2013 total revenue was $11.2 billion, a 15% increase from the 2012 total revenue. The 2013 gross profit was $8.34 billion, a 15% increase from the 2012 gross profit. The 2013 net income was $3.07 billion.

On 12/01/2014, Chairman and CEO John C Martin sold 140,633 shares at an average price of $100.72. The price of the stock has increased by 3.39% since. On 12/08/2014, President and COO John F Milligan sold 146,823 shares at an average price of $106.26. The price of the stock has decreased by 2% since. On 12/01/2014, EVP, Corp and Med Affairs Gregg H Alton sold 33,000 shares at an average price of $100.79. The price of the stock has increased by 3.31% since.

AutoZone Inc. (AZO, Financial): Executive V.P. & CFO William T Giles sold 23,000 Shares

On 12/11/2014, Executive VP and CFO William T Giles sold 23,000 shares at an average price of $604.11. The price of the stock has increased by 0.1% since. Autozone Inc. has a market cap of $19.38 billion and its shares were traded at around $604.73. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.50 and P/S ratio of 2.10. Over the past 10 years, Autozone Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 18.60%. GuruFocus rated Autozone Inc. the business predictability rank of 5-star.

AutoZone Inc. announced their 2014 third quarter results with revenues of $3.05 billion and gross profit of $1.6 billion; the net income was $373.7 million. The 2014 total revenue was $9.48 billion, a 4% increase from the 2013 total revenue. The 2014 gross profit was $4.9 billion, a 4% increase from the 2013 gross profit. The 2014 net income was $1.07 billion.

On 12/11/2014, Chairman, President and CEO William C Rhodes Iii sold 43,500 shares at an average price of $603.46. The price of the stock has increased by 0.21% since. On 11/07/2014, Director William Andrew McKenna sold 3,000 shares at an average price of $561.29. The price of the stock has increased by 7.74% since. On 10/21/2014, Sr VP and Controller Charles Pleas Iii sold 5,000 shares at an average price of $529.52. The price of the stock has increased by 14.2% since.