Eagle Pharmaceuticals Board Member Awarded $419K Worth of Stock Options

STEVEN RATOFF, Board Member at Eagle Pharmaceuticals EGRX, reported a large acquisition of company stock options on March 9, according to a new SEC filing.

What Happened: A Form 4 filing from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday showed that RATOFF, Board Member at Eagle Pharmaceuticals, a company in the Health Care sector, was just awarded stock options worth 16,253 shares of EGRX. The options give RATOFF the right to buy the company's stock at $26.0 per share.

Eagle Pharmaceuticals shares are trading up 1.37% at $25.83 at the time of this writing on Friday morning. Since the current price is $25.83, this makes RATOFF's 16,253 shares worth $419,814.

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Why Insider Transactions Are Important

Insider transactions shouldn't be used primarily to make an investing decision, however an insider transaction can be an important factor in the investing decision.

In legal terms, an "insider" refers to any shareholder who owns at least 10% of a company. This can include executives in the c-suite and large hedge funds. These insiders are required to let the public know of their transactions via a Form 4 filing, which must be filed within two business days of the transaction.

When a company insider makes a new purchase, that is an indication that they expect the stock to rise.

Insider sells, on the other hand, can be made for a variety of reasons, and may not necessarily mean that the seller thinks the stock will go down.

Important Transaction Codes

Investors prefer focusing on transactions that take place in the open market, indicated in Table I of the Form 4 filing. A P in Box 3 indicates a purchase, while S indicates a sale. Transaction code C indicates the conversion of an option, and transaction code A indicates the insider may have been forced to sell shares in order to receive compensation that had been promised upon being hired by the company.

Check Out The Full List Of Eagle Pharmaceuticals's Insider Trades.

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