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 Thursday, July 14, 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.
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| Kior (KIOR) | Peterson Stuart L | BO | 48,938 | $734,148 | | Carters (CRI) | Berkshire Partners | BO | 21,616 | $673,950 | | Red Lion Hotels (RLH) | Columbia Pacific Opportunity Fund L P | BO | 11,700 | $92,782 | | Syntroleum (SYNM) | Albe Alvin R Jr | DIR | 30,000 | $41,910 | | Methode Electronics (MEI) | Duda Donald W | CEO,DIR | 2,267 | $29,358 | | Bonds.Com (BDCG) | Jameson George P | DIR | 375,000 | $26,250 | | Syntroleum (SYNM) | Bumstead Frank | DIR | 17,476 | $24,117 | | Methode Electronics (MEI) | Tsoumas Ronald L G | CT,TR | 1,599 | $19,348 | | Methode Electronics (MEI) | Koman Douglas A | CFO | 1,263 | $16,785 | | Terex (TEX) | Friesen Douglas R | VP | 350 | $9,374 | | Source: www.InsiderInsights.com | |
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| Google (GOOG) | Page Lawrence | CEO,DIR
BO | 27,778 | $14,852,026 | | Clean Diesel Technologies (CDTI) | Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M | BO | 258,120 | $1,788,717 | | Stryker (SYK) | Stryker Ronda E | DIR | 18,000 | $1,069,346 | | Higher One Holdings (ONE) | Lasater Miles | COO | 46,059 | $922,058 | | Intermec (IN) | Unitrin Inc | BO | 80,858 | $891,375 | | Dolby Laboratories (DLB) | Dolby Ray | BO | 20,000 | $833,276 | | United Continental (UAL) | Tilton Glenn F | DIR | 31,884 | $696,665 | | Royal Gold (RGLD) | Dempsey Stanley | DIR | 5,000 | $303,750 | | Gap (GPS) | Raggio Stanley P | VP | 15,000 | $281,724 | | American Greetings (AM) | Goulder Michael | VP | 9,541 | $221,828 | | 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.