Apple insider trading: Tim Cook vs. Srouji Johny

The chart below comes from TipRanks ($), which divides trades by Apple insiders into two categories:

• Uninformative, like the restricted stock units Tim Cook was awarded last week as part of a pre-existing compensation plan
• Informative, trades timed deliberately to take advantage of a buying or selling opportunity

According to SEC filings, informative trades were made over the past three months by these Apple insiders:

• Srouji Johny. Head of hardware technologies, led design of the A4 chip
• Craig Federighi. Head of software engineering (iOS and MacOS)
• Arthur Levinson. Board member, former CEO of Genentech
• Bruce Sewell, Apple’s top lawyer
• Eddy Cue, Apple’s chief content dealmaker

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My take: Ignore the headlines about Tim Cook’s windfall. Keep your eye on Sruiji Johny.