Insiders Sell the Surge at Chipotle

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 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!

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Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Bought Dollar Value Fair Isaac (FIC) Bradley Thomas A CFO,VP 9,500 $160,053 Zoll Medical (ZOLL) Packer Richard A CB,CEO, DIR 5,000 $72,830 Cobiz Financial (COBZ) Bangert Steven CB,CEO, DIR 13,000 $69,810 Gannett (GCI) Mcfarland Duncan M DIR 20,000 $69,342 Parkway Properties (PKY) Collins J Mitchell VP 4,000 $53,704 Tidelands Bancshares (TDBK) Coffee Robert E Jr CEO,PR, DIR 5,000 $19,350 VCG Holding (VCGH) Grusin Martin A DIR 10,000 $16,572 First Horizon National (FHN) Emkes Mark A DIR 1,000 $11,499 Oriental Financial Group (OFG) Ortiz Cesar A VP 1,400 $10,892 First National Corp (FXNC) Davis Dr James A DIR 500 $7,500

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Zhongpin (HOGS) Kitt Barry M BO 360,000 $3,042,000 Nobel Learning Communities (NLCI) Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value LP BO 315,000 $3,575,250 Virgin Media (VMED) Huff William R DIR 247,904 $1,807,029 Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Baldocchi Albert S DIR 15,000 $1,241,540 Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Hartung Jack CFO 9,288 $761,152 C H Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) Walker Mark A VP 10,600 $567,891 Best Buy (BBY) Kaplan Elliot S DIR,SEC 11,250 $436,500 Associated Banc-corp (ASBC) Beideman Paul S CB,CEO, DIR 25,000 $365,435 Cypress Semiconductor Corp De (CY) Buss Brad W CFO 45,000 $337,750 Synnex (SNX) Miau Matthew DIR 16,800 $336,090

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, 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.

Source: InsiderInsights.com

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