Tenet Healthcare EVP Acquires 38,556 Shares After Exercising Company Stock Options

Paola M Arbour, EVP at Tenet Healthcare THC, reported a large exercise of company stock options on June 6, according to a new SEC filing.

What Happened: A Form 4 filing from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday showed that Arbour, EVP at Tenet Healthcare, a company in the Health Care sector, just exercised stock options worth 38,556 shares of THC stock with an exercise price of $31.46.

Tenet Healthcare shares are trading down 0.09% at $74.98 at the time of this writing on Wednesday morning. Since the current price is $74.98, this makes Arbour's 38,556 shares worth $2,890,928.

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Why Insider Transactions Are Important

Insider transactions shouldn't be used primarily to make an investing decision, however, they can be an important factor for an investor to consider.

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 Tenet Healthcare's Insider Trades.

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