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 Tuesday 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.
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| VMware (VMW) | EMC Corp | BO | 425,000 | $22,552,622 | | Validus Holdings (VR) | Bank Of America Corp | DIR | 11,769 | $305,624 | | Arbinet (ARBX) | Singer Karen | BO | 125,000 | $246,250 | | Soapstone Networks (SOAP) | Firefly Value Partners LP | BO | 254,504 | $194,696 | | SJW (SJW) | Cali Mark L | DIR | 6,900 | $172,196 | | RMR Real Estate Inc Fund (RIF) | Portnoy Adam | PR,DIR | 5,000 | $126,746 | | Presstek (PRST) | Kellogg Peter R | BO | 27,950 | $114,423 | | ZBB Energy (ZBB) | Abdoo Richard A | DIR | 120,481 | $99,999 | | ZBB Energy (ZBB) | Koeppe Paul F | DIR | 120,481 | $99,999 | | Stewart Enterprises (STEI) | Crawford Thomas J | CEO,PR, DIR | 15,000 | $83,990 | | Source: www.InsiderInsights.com | |
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| Urban Outfitters (URBN) | Hayne Richard A | PR,DIR, BO | 1,380,000 | $50,036,000 | | Patterson Companies (PDCO) | Ezerski Ronald E | DIR | 430,000 | $13,371,130 | | American Financial Group (AFG) | Lindner S Craig | CEO,PR, DIR | 200,000 | $5,630,489 | | Golden Minerals (GDMN) | Highbridge Capital Mgt LLC | BO | 347,766 | $2,956,011 | | FMC (FMC) | Walter William G | CB,DIR | 43,500 | $2,617,243 | | Energen (EGN) | Warren William Michael Jr | X,DIR | 50,000 | $2,353,200 | | Aecom Technology (ACM) | Bong Francis S Y | DIR | 80,000 | $2,336,000 | | Openwave Systems (OPWV) | Goldblatt Seymour L | BO | 773,900 | $1,834,491 | | Webmd Health (WBMD) | Gattinella Wayne T | CEO,PR, DIR | 33,675 | $1,559,416 | | Marriott International Md (MAR) | Marriott Stephen G | BO,BO | 49,400 | $1,458,288 | | 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.