Top Buys by Top Brass: CEO McDonald's $226.2K Bet on UPLDBy Market News Video Staff, Thursday, August 18, 12:24 PM ETA company's own top management tend to have the best inside view into the business, so when company officers make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. So in this series we look at the largest insider buys by the ''top brass'' over the trailing six month period, one of which was a total of $226.2K by John T. McDonald, CEO at Upland Software Inc (NASDAQ:UPLD). McDonald bets big on UPLD:
McDonald's average cost works out to $11.31/share. In trading on Thursday, bargain hunters could buy shares of Upland Software Inc (NASDAQ:UPLD) and achieve a cost basis lower than McDonald, with shares changing hands as low as $10.82 per share. Shares of Upland Software Inc were changing hands at $11.13 at last check, trading up about 1% on Thursday. The chart below shows the one year performance of UPLD shares, versus its 200 day moving average:
Looking at the chart above, UPLD's low point in its 52 week range is $10.82 per share, with $39.896 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $11.13. Free Report: Top 7%+ Dividends (paid monthly)
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