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Execs Cash Out at AGX and AMAT

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Insiders at AGX and AMAT filed a wave of large sell trades this week, with filings landing as recently as June 17.

Argan leads the pack. AGX Chairman William Griffin filed a $32.2M sale on June 16. The stock was priced around $643. CEO David Watson added another $6.5M in sales the same day. Two independent directors also filed sales totalling over $3.1M. Four insiders sold more than $41.8M in AGX shares combined.

Applied Materials CEO unloads. AMAT CEO Gary Dickerson filed four separate sell transactions worth a combined $30M+, all disclosed June 17. The trades were executed at prices between $590 and $597. Division President Prabu Raja added further sales of $20.4M filed earlier in June. Seven insiders total sold over $107M in AMAT shares.

AAOI CEO also selling. AAOI founder and CEO Chih-Hsiang Lin filed a $9.8M sale on June 16. Five insiders at the optical networking firm sold over $25M combined. The stock had been trading near all-time highs above $200 in early June.

Dell selling continues. DELL saw five insiders file sales totalling $869M this month — the largest cluster in this dataset.

This is not financial advice.

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