Henry "Big Boy" Sy Jr. shuffling SM Investment (SM) shares, CHP surging

On August 12, 2020 Henry “Big Boy” Sy. Jr. moved 15,000,000 common shares of SM Investments Corporation (SM) from his brokerage account to a corporation which is also a controlling stockholder of SM. The transaction was crossed at 863.50 per share for a total of around 13 Billion Pesos. This transaction was disclosed by SM on August 20, 2020. You can notice this transaction on the chart below – the towering green volume.

Again on August 27, 2020, a transaction of similar size -15,000,000 common shares – crossed at the stock exchange at 880 a share for a total of 13.2 Billion Pesos. The transaction was facilitated by the brokerage BDO Securities Corp. BDO Securities Corp. is different from BDO Nomura Securities Inc. which is the retail brokerage of BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO). You can notice this transaction above by the towering red volume.

The transactions are intriguing.

Meanwhile, Cemex Holdings Philippines, Inc. (CHP) is selling hot. In a one-month period it has risen 67.78% to close at 1.51 a share on August 27, 2020.

Is there a relation between the two events? We will follow this as the events unfold.

Disclaimer: This is an independent analysis for discussion purposes with the aim of giving stock traders and investors an independent perspective. Accuretti Systems Inc. does not hold any shares of Cemex Holdings Philippines and BDO Universal Bank. It holds SM Investments shares.

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