Weekly Insider Sells Highlight: PCYC, DIS, AZO, SCI

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Mar 17, 2015

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were: Pharmacyclics Inc, Walt Disney Co, AutoZone Inc, and Service Corp International.

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

Pharmacyclics Inc (PCYC, Financial): COO Maky Zanganeh sold 60,000 shares

Pharmacyclics Inc (PCYC, Financial) COO Maky Zanganeh sold 60,000 shares during the past week at an average price of $256.70.

Pharmacyclics Inc has a market cap of $19.51 billion; its shares were traded at around $256.70 with a P/E ratio of 238.80 and P/S ratio of 27.30.

For its fourth quarter of 2014, Pharmacyclics reported total revenue of $290 million and non-GAAP net income of $75 million, compared to $124 million and $24 million respectively for the prior year quarter.

CFO Manmeet Singh Soni and Chief of Quality&Tech Operations Heow Tan both also sold shares of PCYC stock.

Walt Disney Co (DIS, Financial): Sr. Exec VP and CFO James A Rasulo sold 115,000 Shares

Sr. Exec VP and CFO James A Rasulo sold 115,000 shares of DIS stock on 03/13/2015 at the average price of $106.72. James A Rasulo owns at least 91,902 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.61% since.

Walt Disney Co (DIS, Financial) has a market cap of $182.48 billion; its shares were traded at around $107.37 with a P/E ratio of 24.00 and P/S ratio of 3.70. The dividend yield of Walt Disney Co stocks is 1.10%, and the company had an annual average earnings growth of 11.10% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Walt Disney Co the business predictability rank of 5-star.

Disney has released its first quarter 2015 results. Diluted EPS for the quarter were $1.27, 23% higher than the $1.03 reported for the same period of 2014. Revenues were $13.4 billion, 9% higher than last year, and free cash flow improved 55% to $857 million.

SVP, Planning and Control Brent Woodford and multiple other insiders also sold shares of DIS stock over the past week.

AutoZone Inc (AZO, Financial): Senior Vice President William W Graves sold 17,000 shares

Senior Vice President William W Graves sold 17,000 shares of AZO stock on 03/11/2015 at the average price of $647.26. William W Graves owns at least 6,035 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 2.8% since.

AutoZone Inc (AZO, Financial) is a retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the United States. The company has a market cap of $21.23 billion; its shares were traded at around $665.41 with a P/E ratio of 20.30 and P/S ratio of 2.30. Autozone Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 18.50% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

AutoZone Inc. recently released its second quarter 2015, during which the company improved net sales by 7.7% to $2.1 billion and same-store-sales by 3.6%. Net income for the quarter increased 9.8% to $211.7 million and diluted EPS increased by 15.6% to $6.51.

Director Earl G Jr Graves sold 1,000 shares of AZO stock on 03/06/2015 at the average price of $645.65. Director Luis P Nieto Jr sold 1,000 shares of AZO stock on 03/06/2015 at the average price of $645.48.

Service Corp International (SCI, Financial): Chairman of the Board R L Waltrip sold 405,000 shares

Service Corp International (SCI, Financial) Chairman of the Board R L Waltrip sold 405,000 shares on 03/10/2015 at an average price of $25.89.

Service Corp International has a market cap of $5.25 billion; its shares were traded at around $25.89 with a P/E ratio of 32.10 and P/S ratio of 1.80. The dividend yield of Service Corp International stocks is 1.40%. Service Corp International had an annual average earnings growth of 11.50% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Service Corp International the business predictability rank of 5-star.

The company reported fourth quarter 2014 diluted EPS from continuing operations of $0.37 compared to $0.27 for the prior year quarter.

Vice Pres. Info Technology John Del Mixon sold 1,001 shares of SCI stock on 03/12/2015 at the average price of $25.2. Director Stephen Malcolm Gillis sold 10,000 shares of SCI stock on 03/09/2015 at the average price of $25.2.

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