Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Steve Cohen, George Soros, Nelson Peltz, Edgewell Personal Care Co (EPC), Applied Therapeutics Inc (APLT), and More

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Edgewell Personal Care Co (EPC) CEO Rod R Little Bought $297,600 of Shares (Guru Focus)
CEO of Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE:EPC) Rod R Little bought 9,300 shares of EPC on 05/21/2019 at an average price of $32 a share. The total cost of this purchase was $297,600. Edgewell Personal Care Co is a manufacturer and marketer of personal care products in the wet shave, sun and skin care, feminine care and infant care categories. It has a portfolio of over 25 brands and a broad global footprint in more than 50 countries. Edgewell Personal Care Co has a market cap of $1.75 billion; its shares were traded at around $32.25 with a P/E ratio of 22.09 and P/S ratio of 0.81.

UBS Insider Case Indictee Says Biggest Trade Was $18 Million (Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg) — An investor charged with trading on tips allegedly leaked by a former UBS Group AG compliance officer said the trades he was indicted over were far smaller than others he carried out in the same period. In his first day of giving evidence in his trial, Walid Choucair said he usually kept $10 million in his trading account and aimed to make returns of about 20% on his transactions. The 1,000 trades he made on 99 companies over a period of 18 to 20 months in 2013 and 2014 included a $2.6 million profit on Pharmacyclics Inc. and a $2.4 million loss on Rackspace Hosting Inc., the 40-year-old said Tuesday in a London court.

Tuesday 5/21 Insider Buying Report: APLT, RESI (Nasdaq.com)
On Thursday, Applied Therapeutics (APLT)’s Director, Joel S. Marcus, made a $1.5M buy of APLT, purchasing 150,000 shares at a cost of $10.00 a piece. Applied Therapeutics is trading up about 0.2% on the day Tuesday. This buy marks the first one filed by Marcus in the past year. And at Front Yard Residential Corp (RESI), there was insider buying on Friday, by Director Rochelle R. Dobbs who bought 25,000 shares for a cost of $10.87 each, for a trade totaling $271,700. Front Yard Residential Corp is trading up about 6.9% on the day Tuesday. So far Dobbs is in the green, up about 8.8% on their purchase based on today’s trading high of $11.82.

The EVP, General Counsel and CRO of Torchmark (NYSE: TMK) is Selling Shares (AnalystRatings)
Today, the EVP, General Counsel and CRO of Torchmark (TMK), Robert Brian Mitchell, sold shares of TMK for $659.2K. In addition to Robert Brian Mitchell, 17 other TMK executives reported Sell trades in the last month. Following Robert Brian Mitchell’s last TMK Sell transaction on March 12, 2019, the stock climbed by 6.1%.

American Express Co (AXP) Chairman and CEO Stephen J Squeri Sold $12.2 million of Shares (GuruFocus)
Chairman and CEO of American Express Co (NYSE:AXP) Stephen J Squeri sold 101,964 shares of AXP on 05/20/2019 at an average price of $119.95 a share. The total sale was $12.2 million. American Express Co is a payments, network and travel company. It provides charge and credit card products, travel services, network services, stored value products, loans, and other products and services to businesses and individuals. American Express Co has a market cap of $100.49 billion; its shares were traded at around $120.33 with a P/E ratio of 15.35 and P/S ratio of 3.51. The dividend yield of American Express Co stocks is 1.27%.






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