Capella Director Sells $48.6M Worth

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 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.

DirecTV (DTV) White Michael D CEO,PR, DIR 59,400 $1,999,457 Wonder Auto Tech (WATG) Zhao Qingjie CEO,PR, DIR,BO 126,787 $1,132,326 Opti (OPTI) S Muoio Co LLC BO 133,000 $539,980 Kimberly Clark (KMB) Decherd Robert W DIR 5,000 $298,666 Boulder Growth Inc Fund (BIF) Ernest Horejsi Trust No 1b BO 34,541 $208,971 AllianceBernstein LP (AB) Condron Christopher M DIR 5,000 $131,950 Endurance Specialty (ENH) Cash David S O 2,630 $99,940 Trycera Financial (TRYF) Smith Ray A PR,DIR, BO 175,000,000 $87,500 Hill Rom Holdings (HRC) Giertz James R DIR 2,000 $52,200 Internet Brands (INET) Gilman Kenneth B DIR 5,000 $42,450 Source: www.InsiderInsights.com

Capella Education (CPLA) Shank Stephen G DIR 600,000 $48,606,000 Huntsman (HUN) Huntsman Family Holdings BO 1,039,394 $14,412,870 Sybase (SY) Chen John S CB,CEO, PR 104,121 $4,551,091 Stryker (SYK) Stryker Ronda E DIR 80,000 $4,219,608 Apple (AAPL) Drexler Millard S DIR 20,000 $3,968,514 Rackspace Hosting (RAX) Weston Graham M CB,DIR, BO 200,000 $3,952,120 Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Scott H Lee Jr CB,DIR 70,238 $3,777,681 Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) Bill Melinda Gates Foundation BO 40,000 $3,185,544 Pilgrims Pride (PPC) Jackson Don CEO,DIR 274,637 $2,492,128 Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO) Gross Robert G CEO,DIR 65,170 $2,322,158 Source: www.InsiderInsights.com

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.

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