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 open-market insider purchases and sales filed at the
Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday, October 25, 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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| Cirrus Logic (CRUS) | Smith Robert Henry | DIR | 132,000 | $2,007,720 | | Schlumberger (SLB) | Kibsgaard Paal | CEO,DIR | 6,000 | $414,000 | | Valhi (VHI) | Simmons Harold C | CB,DIR
BO | 5,000 | $300,000 | | Red Lion Hotels Corp (RLH) | Columbia Pacific Opp Fund | BO | 15,349 | $105,174 | | Cirrus Logic (CRUS) | Rhode Jason P | PR,CEO
DIR | 6,500 | $96,980 | | Cardiovascular Systems (CSII) | Discovery Group | BO | 11,103 | $88,824 | | Crimson Exploration (CXPO) | Ni Zhaoxing | DIR | 25,800 | $70,504 | | Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) | Bvf Partners L P Il | BO | 4,600 | $64,062 | | Badger Meter (BMI) | Stoll Kimberly K | VP,SO | 1,742 | $49,647 | | Usa Truck (USAK) | Beckham Clifton R | CEO,DIR | 5,000 | $41,250 | | Source: www.InsiderInsights.com | |
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| Accenture Plc (ACN) | Rohleder Stephen J | CEO | 37,953 | $2,218,657 | | Accenture Plc (ACN) | Campbell Kevin M | CEO,TO | 34,370 | $2,009,236 | | Jabil Circuit (JBL) | Lovato John P | VP,CEO
TO | 101,128 | $1,985,507 | | Tenneco (TEN) | Nair Hari N | COO,DIR | 54,667 | $1,866,503 | | Exponent (EXPO) | Armacost Samuel H | DIR | 30,000 | $1,391,376 | | Microsoft (MSFT) | Turner Brian Kevin | COO | 40,000 | $1,082,328 | | J2 Global Communications (JCOM) | Ressler Richard S | DIR | 35,000 | $1,070,031 | | Liquidity Services (LQDT) | Mateus Tique Jaime | DIR | 30,000 | $919,700 | | Clean Diesel Technologies (CDTI) | Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M | BO | 207,630 | $762,046 | | Knoll (KNL) | Cogan Andrew B | CEO,DIR | 49,049 | $760,260 | | 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.