Insiders Trading CRI, SNIC, HAIN, MCF
Jonathan Moreland
01/07/11 - 09:43 AM EST
By Jonathan Moreland, founder of InsiderInsights.com and author of Profit From Legal Insider Trading.
NEW YORK (
TheStreet) -- Which insiders are selling and buying chunks of stocks?
Below are lists of the top 10 open-market insider purchases and sales filed at the
Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday, January 06, 2011 as ranked by dollar value. Company executives and directors are in the best position to assess the attractiveness of their firms' shares, and here is how many of them are voting their wallets! Please note, however, that these are factual lists, not buy and sell recommendations. Dollar value is only one metric to assess the importance of an insider transaction.
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| Carters (CRI) |
Berkshire Partners |
BO |
177,700 |
$5,095,032 |
| Hain Celestial (HAIN) |
Icahn Carl C |
BO |
54,500 |
$1,460,245 |
| Arbinet (ARBX) |
Canton Holdings |
BO |
24,253 |
$196,905 |
| General American Investors (GAM) |
Neidich Daniel |
DIR |
5,000 |
$135,204 |
| Universal Insurance (UVE) |
Pietrangelo Michael |
DIR |
25,000 |
$124,250 |
| Stone Harbor Emerging Mkt Inc Fund (EDF) |
Flanagan Thomas K |
VP |
4,000 |
$100,000 |
| Universal American (UAM) |
Lamel Linda H |
DIR |
4,000 |
$80,680 |
| Wilhelmina Intl (WHLM) |
Esch Dieter |
DIR,BO |
380,000 |
$54,261 |
| Bitstream (BITS) |
Columbia Pacific Opp Fund LP |
BO |
6,544 |
$47,147 |
| Winmark (WINA) |
Murphy Steven |
PR |
600 |
$20,100 |
| Source: www.InsiderInsights.com |
|
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| MetroPCS Communications (PCS) |
Ta Associates |
DIR |
269,100 |
$3,694,022 |
| Sonic Solutions (SNIC) |
Doris Robert J |
DIR |
139,000 |
$2,085,000 |
| Sonic Solutions (SNIC) |
Sauer Mary C |
DIR |
121,358 |
$1,820,370 |
| Contango Oil & Gas (MCF) |
Peak Kenneth R |
CB,CEO
DIR,BO
|
26,216 |
$1,517,521 |
| Solera Holdings (SLH) |
Aquila Tony |
PR,CEO
DIR |
27,628 |
$1,427,782 |
| Cimarex Energy (XEC) |
Abbott Gary R |
VP |
13,451 |
$1,237,492 |
| LSB Industries (LXU) |
Brown Robert C Md |
DIR |
48,442 |
$1,211,050 |
| Exide Technologies (XIDE) |
Gendell Jeffrey L |
BO |
115,000 |
$1,147,775 |
| Arvinmeritor (ARM) |
McClure Charles G |
CB,CEO
PR,DIR
|
49,657 |
$1,065,763 |
| IXIA (XXIA) |
Addington Hills |
BO |
55,000 |
$942,887 |
| Source: www.InsiderInsights.com |
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Key to Titles:
A=Assistant, AI=Affiliated Investor, AO=Accounting Officer, BD=Business Development, BO=Beneficial Owner, CAO=Chief Accounting Officer, CB=Chairman, CCO=Chief Compliance Officer, CEO=Chief Executive Officer, CFO=Chief Financial Officer, CIO=Chief Information Officer, CO=Compliance Officer, COO=Chief Operating Officer, CT=Controller, CTO=Chief Technology Officer, DIR=Director, EVP=Executive Vice President, F=Founder, FO=Financial Officer, GC=General Counsel, HR=Human Resources, IO=Information Officer, IR=Investor Relations, LO=Legal Officer, MD=Managing Director, O=Officer, OO=Operating Officer, PR=President, PT=Partner, REL=Relative of an insider, SEC=Secretary, SH=Shareholder, SO=Sales Officer, TO=Technology Officer, TR=Treasurer, TT=Trustee, VCB=Vice Chairman, VP=Vice President, X=Ex Officer or other title displayed.
