Yahoo Finance Insider Sale: CEO Ashutosh Kulkarni Sells Shares of Elastic NV (ESTC)
Ashutosh Kulkarni, Chief Executive Officer of Elastic NV (NYSE:ESTC), executed a sale of 9,664 shares of the company on June 24, 2024, according to the SEC Filing. Following this transaction, the insider now owns 452,297 shares of Elastic NV.
Elastic NV operates as a search company that builds self-managed and SaaS offerings for search, logging, security, and analytics use cases. The company's products are designed to help users find actionable insights from their data in real time.
Over the past year, Ashutosh Kulkarni has sold a total of 69,345 shares and has not made any purchases of the company's stock. This recent transaction is part of a broader trend observed within the company, where there have been 36 insider sells and no insider buys over the last year.
On the date of the sale, shares of Elastic NV were priced at $109.88, giving the company a market cap of approximately $11.19 billion. The price-earnings ratio stood at 207.62, significantly above the industry median of 26.63.
According to the GF Value, which is an intrinsic value estimate used by GuruFocus, Elastic NV is considered Fairly Valued with a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 1.03. The GF Value of $106.44 is slightly below the trading price on the day of the insider's sale, suggesting a fair valuation of the stock.
The valuation metrics such as the price-sales ratio, price-book ratio, and price-to-free cash flow are calculated based on historical trading multiples, adjustments for past performance, and future business expectations provided by analysts.
This insider sale might be of interest to current and potential investors, as it provides insight into the actions of high-level executives within Elastic NV, especially in the context of the company's current stock valuation and market performance.
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