Insiders Trading DELL, DRQ, HAIN

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 Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 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.

Dell (DELL) Dell Michael S CB,CEO DIR,BO 7,370,000 $100,002,056 Pacific Sunwear (PSUN) Greek Investments BO 151,829 $850,062 Hain Celestial (HAIN) Icahn Carl C BO 27,000 $747,539 Tejon Ranch (TRC) Stine Robert A PR,CEO DIR 22,500 $608,083 General American Investors (GAM) Neidich Daniel DIR 15,000 $394,506 NN (NNBR) Zupan Thomas G VP 30,000 $314,253 Sonic Foundry (SOFO) Burish Mark D DIR 15,000 $205,950 Avatar Holdings (AVTR) Nash Joshua Lionel CB,DIR 10,000 $176,450 NTN Buzztime (NTN) Berg Jeffrey Alan DIR 510,000 $173,500 Bitstream (BITS) Columbia Pacific Opp Fund LP BO 21,371 $154,071 Source: www.InsiderInsights.com

Dril Quip (DRQ) Reimert Larry E CB,DIR 64,266 $5,009,662 Joy Global (JOYG) Sutherlin Michael W PR,CEO DIR 53,000 $4,523,238 Murphy Oil (MUR) Deming Claiborne P DIR 57,037 $4,112,938 MetroPCS Communications (PCS) TA Associates DIR 300,000 $3,688,430 Illinois Tool Works (ITW) McCormack Robert C DIR 62,100 $3,216,861 Kinetic Concepts (KCI) Leininger James R Md DIR,BO 54,924 $2,276,102 Sapient (SAPE) Moore J Stuart DIR,BO 148,672 $1,804,747 Fastenal (FAST) Slaggie Stephen M DIR 30,000 $1,767,918 Salesforce.Com (CRM) Benioff Marc CB,CEO DIR,BO 10,000 $1,342,165 Park Ohio Holdings (PKOH) Mixon Aaron Malachi III DIR 62,103 $1,319,293 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, 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.

Jonathan Moreland is the founder of InsiderInsights.com, which produces a weekly newsletter and offers professional screening and alerting tools to analyze a proprietary, real-time insider data feed. He is also the principal of Insider Asset Management, a registered investment advisor in New York. Mr. Moreland has been analyzing insider data professionally for two decades and has been a contributor to TheStreet.com since 2001. A fundamental analyst with an MBA in finance, Mr. Moreland long ago identified insider data as an excellent first screen to determine where to focus his research efforts. He is quoted frequently in the media for his insider analysis and stock recommendations stemming from it. He is also author of Profit From Legal Insider Trading.

Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. While he cannot provide investment advice or recommendations, Moreland appreciates your feedback; click here to send him an email.