Insider Trading Alert - WM, GNC And SPNC Traded By Insiders

Stocks with insider trader activity include WM, GNC and SPNC
By TheStreet Wire ,

Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, 72 U.S. common stocks issued filings of shares being bought or sold by insiders. The transactions ranged in value from $473.82 to $10,527,076.00.

Highlighted Stocks Traded by Insiders:

Waste Management (WM) - FREE Research Report

Bhasin Puneet, who is EVP Corp Op & Pres WM Recyclin at Waste Management, sold 5,526 shares at $54.24 on Nov. 6, 2015. Following this transaction, the EVP Corp Op & Pres WM Recyclin owned 35,663 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 13.42% with the 5,526-share transaction.

The shares most recently traded at $54.12, down $0.12, or 0.22% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Waste Management go as follows:

  • 4-Week # shares sold: 0
  • 12-Week # shares sold: 5,374
  • 24-Week # shares sold: 5,913

The average volume for Waste Management has been 2.4 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Waste Management has a market cap of $24.3 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector and materials & construction industry. Shares are up 6.06% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday.

Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various waste management environmental services to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in North America. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 2.83%. The company has a P/E ratio of 23.5. Currently, there are 4 analysts who rate Waste Management a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

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rates Waste Management as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full

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GNC Holdings (GNC) - FREE Research Report

Tolivar Tricia K., who is Chief Financial Officer at GNC Holdings, bought 760 shares at $33.07 on Nov. 6, 2015. Following this transaction, the Chief Financial Officer owned 16,189 shares meaning that the stake was boosted by 4.93% with the 760-share transaction.

The shares most recently traded at $32.43, down $0.64, or 1.97% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for GNC Holdings go as follows:

  • 4-Week # shares bought: 30,000
  • 4-Week # shares sold: 212
  • 12-Week # shares bought: 30,000
  • 12-Week # shares sold: 212
  • 24-Week # shares bought: 30,000
  • 24-Week # shares sold: 212

The average volume for GNC Holdings has been 2.0 million shares per day over the past 30 days. GNC Holdings has a market cap of $2.7 billion and is part of the services sector and retail industry. Shares are down 30.56% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday.

GNC Holdings, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of health and wellness products. The company operates through three segments: Retail, Franchise, and Manufacturing/Wholesale. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 2.22%. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.3. Currently, there are 3 analysts who rate GNC Holdings a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

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rates GNC Holdings as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity and reasonable valuation levels. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, generally higher debt management risk and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself. Get the full

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Spectranetics (SPNC) - FREE Research Report

Johnson B Kristine, who is Director at Spectranetics, bought 2,000 shares at $12.99 on Nov. 6, 2015. Following this transaction, the Director owned 19,490 shares meaning that the stake was boosted by 11.44% with the 2,000-share transaction.

The shares most recently traded at $13.77, up $0.78, or 5.63% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Spectranetics go as follows:

  • 4-Week # shares bought: 24,240
  • 4-Week # shares sold: 5,000
  • 12-Week # shares bought: 24,240
  • 12-Week # shares sold: 5,000
  • 24-Week # shares bought: 65,240
  • 24-Week # shares sold: 5,000

The average volume for Spectranetics has been 768,800 shares per day over the past 30 days. Spectranetics has a market cap of $548.3 million and is part of the health care sector and health services industry. Shares are down 60.64% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday.

The Spectranetics Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes single-use medical devices used in minimally invasive procedures in the cardiovascular system. Currently, there are 9 analysts who rate Spectranetics a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

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rates Spectranetics as a

sell

. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its disappointing return on equity, feeble growth in its earnings per share, generally high debt management risk and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself. Get the full

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