In this article, we will take a detailed look at 10 Large–Cap Stocks Insiders Are Selling Recently. We previously covered 10 Large-Cap Stocks Insiders Are Buying Recently.

Why should investors track insider moves? Is it a bad sign for the company when insiders sell their shares? Not necessarily; just like insider buying activity doesn’t always mean the stock is heading for growth. Both insider selling and buying can be driven by various motives, it’s important to consider these moves within the broader context of the company’s fundamentals, industry trends, and overall market conditions.

However, insiders or people in high positions within a company—such as executives and directors, often have precious insights into the company’s strategy, plans, next moves and initiatives. Sometimes, for example, when a CEO or CFO invests their own money to acquire company shares, it can signal strong confidence in the company’s potential.

Similarly, when insiders are selling their shares, it can sometimes mean that the management is losing confidence. On the other hand, it also happens that large shareholders just want to trim their holdings to more appropriate position sizes based on the risk/reward. Insiders can also decide to sell their shares due to personal financial reasons that have nothing to do with the company.

This means that both insider selling and buying can be driven by various motives, and therefore, any insider trading activity should be carefully analyzed only with other factors. That’s why due diligence before any investment is of the utmost importance. However, insider trading activity in combination with other relevant determinants can offer valuable insights into a company’s capabilities, helping investors make more informed investment decisions.

To identify the 10 large-cap stocks insiders are selling recently, we considered only stocks with a market capitalization of more than $10 billion. We first used Insider Monkey’s insider trading stock screener and looked for stocks with at least two insiders selling over the last two months.

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10. Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU)

Number of Insiders Selling: 8

Market Capitalization: $165.207B

Intuit is a California-based financial technology company. Its most popular products include TurboTax, the tax preparation application, Credit Karma, the credit monitoring and personal accounting service, and QuickBooks, an accounting program for small businesses among others. Intuit has offices in seven countries.

Over the last two months eight insiders, including CEO, President and Director, and CTO, sold around $186.43 million worth of Intuit shares at an average price of around $639.79 per share. The stock is currently trading at $585.88, having lost 6.78% since the beginning of the year.

According to data from StockAnalysis, 21 analysts have an average “Buy” rating on Intuit stock, and a 12-month price target of $726.45. Over the last 12 months, Intuit shares dropped 10.82%, while over the last five years they grew 92.54%.

For the full fiscal year 2024, the company disclosed revenue of $16.3 billion, up 13% year-over-year. Operating income amounted to $3.63 billion, up 16% from $3.14 billion in the fiscal 2023. Earnings per share were $10.43, which compares to $8.42 earnings per share in the prior year.

In December, Intuit entered into a multi-year partnership across Canada with the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL), naming Intuit QuickBooks as the league’s Official Accounting Software Partner.

More recently, the company announced the launch of its national Financial Literacy Forum series and Hour Finance Challenge in partnership with the NFL’s Inspire Change initiative and the New Orleans Saints. The goal of the forum is to provide basic financial skills to local students in an interesting way.

Why did Intuit shares decline over the last six months 6.62%? Some analysts attributed the recent decline of Intuit stock to the news of President Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) considering the launch of a free tax filing app. Furthermore, there are concerns about the AI stock market bubble, and market saturation. Despite this volatility in the tech and AI sectors, AI remains the future, and Intuit is also considered one of the 10 Unrivaled Stocks of the Next 5 Years.

9. Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN)

Number of Insiders Selling: 8

Market Capitalization: $242.273B

This global professional services company providing information technology (IT) services and management consulting is ninth on this list of 10 large-cap stocks insiders are selling recently. Accenture, a Fortune Global 500 company, offers a plethora of solutions across cloud, security, systems integration, software engineering services, data and AI, and automation. The Dublin, Ireland-headquartered company also provides industry-specific services such as banking, insurance and those required in health sectors. The company covers a multitude of industries and operates across the world.

Over the last two months, eight insiders, including the CEO, CFO, and COO, sold a total of $5.66 million worth of Accenture shares at an average price of $356.56 per share. The stock is currently trading at $390.01 per share, having gained 10.86% year-to-date.

For the first quarter of fiscal 2025, Accenture disclosed revenues of $17.7 billion, up by 9% from the same period of fiscal 2024. GAAP net income for the quarter was $2.32 billion, compared with $2.01 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2024. Operating cash flow for the quarter was $1.02 billion, which compares to $499 million in the comparable quarter of the prior year.

On January, 31 Morgan Stanley raised Accenture’s target price to $380 from $335 while keeping an “Equal Weight” stock rating. Furthermore, data from StockAnalyis reveals the consensus among 20 analysts is a “Buy” rating, with a 12-month price target of $388.85.

In February, the company confirmed that Repsol, a global energy company, is extending its co-innovation collaboration to expand its Digital Program and boost the use of generative AI (gen AI) across the company. Per the announcement, Repsol will lead its digitalization and AI push through the deployment of AI agent systems. The agentification will be supported partly by the Accenture AI Refinery platform and the NVIDIA AI platform, including NVIDIA accelerated computing and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software.

Also in February, Accenture announced it will collaborate with Google Cloud to accelerate the adoption of cloud solutions and generative AI capabilities within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in order to address local data, operational and software sovereignty needs.

Over the last 12 months, the company’s shares gained 6.15%.