Executives Sell Big, H&M Insider Buys

The biggest insider story this week is AMAT's CEO Gary Dickerson. He filed three separate sales totalling over $55M worth of Applied Materials stock. All trades occurred between June 29–30 and were reported on July 1. The scale and clustering of these sales stands out.

BABA President J. Michael Evans disclosed a $65.8M sale on July 1. He sold nearly 693,000 shares at $94.92 on June 29. That is one of the largest single executive disposals filed this week.

On the buy side, Stefan Persson — close relative of H&M's founding family — filed a $46.6M purchase in HM B on June 30. He bought 2.75 million shares. That signals confidence at the top of the fashion retailer's ownership structure.

Thales CEO Patrice Caine also bought, filing a $3.3M purchase in HO on June 26. C-suite buying is relatively rare and tends to attract close attention from markets.

PRM saw hedge fund Windacre Partnership file $142M in combined sales across two tranches, making it one of the largest disclosed block disposals of the week.

This is not financial advice.