Insiders Trading FII, IVD, PCS, AWAY

By Jonathan Moreland, founder of Insider Insights 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 mainly open-market insider purchases and sales filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday, July 5, 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.

Ivax Diagnostics (IVD) Erba Diagnostics Mannheim Gmbh DIR,BO 20,000,000 $15,000,000 Homeaway (AWAY) Marshall Christopher P PT,BO DIR 177,556 $4,794,012 Kior (KIOR) Peterson Stuart L BO 115,828 $1,742,766 Futurefuel (FF) Lorenzini Paul G COO,DIR 49,047 $598,673 Evolution Petroleum (EPM) Mazzanti Daryl V VP,OO 11,631 $267,513 Donegal Group (DGICA) Shepard Gregory M BO 17,844 $266,101 Tearlab (TEAR) Davidson Tom Jr DIR 115,000 $209,300 Tearlab (TEAR) Vamvakas Elias CEO,DIR 104,604 $190,379 Rentrak (RENT) Rosenthal Brent David DIR 10,000 $179,901 Alphatec Holdings (ATEC) Cross Leslie H DIR 20,000 $65,400 Source: www.InsiderInsights.com

Federated Investors (FII) Donahue John F CB,DIR 208,797 $4,999,331 MetroPCS Communications (PCS) TA Associates DIR 225,000 $3,916,635 Unit (UNT) George Kaiser Family BO 50,000 $3,059,035 BMC Software (BMC) Beauchamp Robert E CB,PR CEO,DIR 54,217 $3,038,645 Apache (APA) Crum John A O 23,472 $2,885,183 National Instruments (NATI) Truchard James J PR,DIR BO 47,250 $1,459,148 Bridgepoint Education (BPI) Clark Andrew S CEO,DIR 49,496 $1,249,789 Nextera Energy (NEE) Olivera Armando J PR,CEO 20,000 $1,158,240 Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV) Stadium Relative Value Partners BO 142,101 $1,116,914 Apache (APA) Lannie P Anthony VP,GC 7,850 $963,997 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.