Sunday, September 6, 2015

Insider Selling: Twitter Inc (TWTR), Ciena Corporation (CIEN), Tableau Software Inc (DATA)


Bidness Etc highlights recent insider selling at Twitter, Ciena, and Tableau Software








Bidness Etc sheds light on recent insider selling at Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN), and Tableau Software Inc (NYSE:DATA). The financial details of the trades are reported as follows.
Twitter

Senior VP of Engineering, Alexander Roetter, sold 12,361 shares (1.35% of his stake in Twitter) for $341,350 through one transaction dated September 1. After making this sale, Mr. Roetter owns the leftover 902,997 shares, valued at $25,554,815 as of Thursday.

Secretary and general counsel, Vijaya Gadde, sold 16,940 shares (2.44% of her stake in Twitter) for $462,291 via one transaction on September 1. Following this, Ms. Gadde now controls the remaining 678,095 shares, priced at $19,190,088 as of Thursday.

Twitter shares ticked up 1.73% and traded at $28.30 on Thursday’s close. According to a recent revelation made by cofounder Jack Dorsey, the social media network’s 140-character limit was unintentional, as it took on from the 160-character limit in short message service (sms).
Ciena Corporation

Chief technology officer and senior VP, Stephen B. Alexander, sold 3,750 shares (2.62% of his stake in Ciena) for $82,275 through one transaction dated September 1. Following this sale, Mr. Alexander has 139,182 shares, priced at $3,198,402 as of Thursday.

Ciena stock rose 2.18% and closed at $22.98 on Thursday, following its disclosure of third quarter fiscal '15 (3QFY15) earnings yesterday that topped the Street’s earnings estimates.
Tableau Software

CFO Thomas E. Walker sold 20,000 shares (25.38% of his stake in Tableau Software) for $1,861,600 through one transaction on September 1. After making this sale, Mr. Walker now has 58,785 shares, valued at $5,589,278 as of Thursday.

Tableau Software shares fell 0.44% and traded at $95.08 on Thursday’s close. The company’s stock was upgraded from a Buy to a Strong-Buy rating at equity firm Vetr on Tuesday.

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