Stocks with biggest recent sales by executives include UAL, SCHW

Company insiders at United Airlines, NXP Semiconductors and Charles Schwab made some notable stock sales last week.

Investors may follow moves by company executives and officers to gauge what may be happening within the businesses. However, the motivations behind executive stock sales can vary.

The data comes from VerityData and is confirmed against the original U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These are focused on discretionary activity and exclude those in which the filing explicitly says the sale was conducted pursuant to preplanned transactions under Rule 10b5-1.

Here are some of the biggest sales from the last week:

Celsius Holdings

Investor Dean DeSantis, a 10% owner of Celsius, sold 200,000 shares at an average price of $47.50 for a total of $9.5 million.

Shares of Celsius are up more than 71% this year and have rallied about 31% over the past three months. Its rally this year comes after the stock’s disappointing performance in 2024, when it lost more than 50%.

Charles Schwab

Walter Bettinger, the former CEO and current co-chairman at Charles Schwab since 2022, sold 173,900 shares at an average price of $98.84 apiece. That makes for a total of $17.19 million.

Shares of the financial services company have rallied more than 16% over the past three months. The stock is up about 31% this year.

NXP Semiconductors

William Betz, chief financial officer of NXP Semiconductors, generated $1.54 million after selling 6,800 shares for an average price of $227.34 per share. The sale reduced Betz’s holdings by 82%.

The semiconductor company’s shares have gained about 12.7% over the past three months. Still, the stock is down more than 9.5% year to date.

SkyWest

Robert J. Simmons, chief financial officer of airline company SkyWest, sold 17,200 shares at an average price of $117.46 per share, for a total of $2.02 million.

The sale reduced Simmons’ holdings by 13%. According to Verity, Simmons is one of several SkyWest executives who have sold $6 million in shares over the past 30 days.

Shares of SkyWest are up about 16.5% over the past three months and more than 9% this year.

United Airlines

United Airlines’ chief financial officer Michael D. Leskinen unloaded 23,000 shares at an average price of $91.43 per share. The sale totaled to $2.1 million, and reduced Leskinen’s holdings by 55%.

Leskinen is one of several United Airlines insiders selling $6.2 million in shares over the past 30 days, according to Verity. Shares of the airline operator have gained more than 16% over the past three months. The stock has had a lackluster year, however, losing more than 11% year to date.

Wingstop

Michael Skipworth, chief executive officer of Wingstop, sold 4,500 shares at an average price of $370.34 each, for a total of $1.67 million. The sale reduced Skipworth’s holdings by 10%.

Shares of the fast-food chain have jumped about 31% over the past three months, bringing its year-to-date gains to nearly 25%.