Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. Yesterday, Jan. 30, 2014, 67 U.S. common stocks issued filings of shares being bought or sold by insiders. The transactions ranged in value from $700.00 to $562,013,038.08.
Highlighted Stocks Traded by Insiders:
Baker Hughes (BHI) - FREE Research Report Crain Alan R Jr who is SVP, Chief Legal/Gov Ofcr at Baker Hughes sold 4,500 shares at $55.77 on Jan. 30, 2014. Following this transaction, the SVP, Chief Legal/Gov Ofcr owned 81,131 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 5.26% with the 4,500-share transaction.
The shares most recently traded at $56.52, up $0.75, or 1.32% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Baker Hughes go as follows:
- 4-Week # shares sold: 11,088
- 12-Week # shares sold: 11,088
- 24-Week # shares sold: 11,088
The average volume for Baker Hughes has been 4.3 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Baker Hughes has a market cap of $24.7 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and energy industry. Shares are up 1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday.
Baker Hughes Incorporated supplies oilfield services, products, technology, and systems to the oil and natural gas industry worldwide. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 1.08%. The company has a P/E ratio of 21.3. Currently there are 14 analysts that rate Baker Hughes a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.
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buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. Get the full
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