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 Friday, March 30, 2012 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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| Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) | Biglari Sardar | BO | 89,000 | $4,985,874 | | Fortress Investment Group (FIG) | Barry David B | DIR | 400,000 | $1,390,000 | | Rexnord (RXN) | Adams Todd A | PR,CEO
DIR | 42,000 | $756,000 | | Rexnord (RXN) | Jeyarajah Praveen R | VP,BD
DIR | 15,000 | $270,000 | | Opko Health (OPK) | Frost Phillip Md | CEO,CB
DIR,BO
| 50,000 | $235,427 | | Biomimetic Therapeutics (BMTI) | Lynch Samuel Eugene | PR,CEO
DIR | 70,000 | $168,523 | | First Opportunity Fund (FOFI) | Lola Brown Trust | BO | 20,040 | $141,330 | | Paramount Gold & Silver (PZG) | Crupi Christopher | CEO,DIR | 50,000 | $111,518 | | Opko Health (OPK) | Hsiao Jane PhD | VCB,CTO
DIR,BO
| 10,000 | $46,957 | | Patrick Industries (PATK) | Cleveland Todd M | PR,CEO
DIR | 3,500 | $38,150 | | Source: www.InsiderInsights.com | |
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| Delphi Automotive (DLPH) | Paulson & Co | BO | 700,000 | $22,440,006 | | Amarin (AMRN) | Healy James | DIR | 1,000,000 | $10,984,726 | | Six Flags Entertainment (SIX) | Jaffer Rehan | BO | 147,700 | $6,959,495 | | Six Flags Entertainment (SIX) | Nabi Usman | DIR | 147,700 | $6,959,495 | | Macerich (MAC) | Coppola Arthur M | CB,CEO
DIR | 119,360 | $6,771,770 | | Td Ameritrade (AMTD) | Ricketts J Joe | BO | 90,481 | $1,814,144 | | Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) | Veba For Retirees Of Kaiser Aluminum | BO | 27,274 | $1,303,152 | | National Retail Properties (NNN) | Habicht Kevin B | VP,CFO
DIR | 41,169 | $1,120,032 | | Dollar Tree (DLTR) | Sasser Bob | CEO,DIR | 10,255 | $963,061 | | Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF) | Levin Wayne | VP,GC | 60,000 | $843,000 | | 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, 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.
