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 Wednesday 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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Spectrum Brands Holdings (SPB) | Harbinger Capital Master Fund I Ltd | BO | 110,000 | $2,785,388 | Valhi (VHI) | Simmons Harold C | CB,DIR, BO | 120,801 | $1,394,353 | Agilysys (AGYS) | Mak Capital One LLC | BO | 98,233 | $704,189 | Benihana (BNHNA) | Coliseum Capital Mgt | BO | 66,522 | $335,586 | SL Industries (SLI) | Steel Partners II LP | BO | 16,090 | $189,651 | China Marine Food Group (CMFO) | Mccarthy Kent C | BO,BO | 40,000 | $160,845 | General Steel Holdings (GSI) | Yu Zuo Sheng | CB,CEO, BO | 50,000 | $122,935 | MFRI (MFRI) | Bennett Michael D | CFO,VP | 17,400 | $106,957 | NL Industries (NL) | Simmons Harold C | CB,CEO, BO | 13,700 | $87,654 | Merge Healthcare (MRGE) | Merrick Ris LLC | BO | 20,000 | $59,434 | Source: www.InsiderInsights.com | |
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Dolby Laboratories (DLB) | Dolby Ray | DIR,BO | 20,000 | $1,270,667 | Salesforce.Com (CRM) | Benioff Marc | CB,CEO, BO | 10,000 | $903,575 | Advanced Energy Ind (AEIS) | Schatz Douglas S Schatz Jill E Family | BO | 60,782 | $753,669 | Boston Scientific (BSX) | Abele John E | DIR | 75,000 | $456,180 | Venoco (VQ) | Marquez Timothy | CEO,DIR, BO | 18,750 | $326,390 | Nelnet (NNI) | Muhleisen Angie | BO | 16,500 | $304,484 | Del Monte Foods (DLM) | Lommerin Nils | COO | 20,980 | $301,902 | Superior Well Services (SWSI) | Reese Rhys R | VP,SEC, COO | 15,000 | $254,342 | Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP) | Abu Ghazaleh Maha | BO | 10,000 | $210,912 | Opentable (OPEN) | Brown Joel T | VP,OO | 4,500 | $189,000 | 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.