The 10 Most Notable Insider Transactions Last Week

Last week was an active week for insider trading in the market. According to Insider Weekends, insiders doubled their buying last week to $540.4 million compared to only $252.1 million insider purchases the week before last.

But insiders weren’t all scooping up shares last week. Insider selling also climbed from $693.9 million to $938.0 million last week as well.

Here’s a rundown of the most notable insider buys and sells last week:

Buys

1. Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY) director Julian Baker purchased $205.0 million of stock.

2. Seattle Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGEN) director Felix Baker purchased $38.6 million of stock.

3. Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) CEO John Barry purchased $27.0 million of stock.

4. New Mountain Finance Corp. (NYSE: NMFC) director Steven Klinsky purchased $7.4 million of stock.

5. Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: ENH) CEO John Charman purchased $5.1 million of stock.

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Sells

1. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA) director Barry Rosenstein sold $132.4 million of stock.

2. Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) CEO David Cote sold $36.1 million of stock.

3. Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) director Alan Hassenfeld sold $32.3 million of stock.

4. Hawaiian Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: HA) director Zac Hirzel sold $14.7 million of stock.

5. The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTI) CEO Scott Scherr sold $7.2 million of stock.

Disclosure: the author holds no position in the stocks mentioned.