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, April 28, 2014, 67 U.S. common stocks issued filings of shares being bought or sold by insiders. The transactions ranged in value from $849.00 to $372,250,000.00.
Highlighted Stocks Traded by Insiders:
Baker Hughes (BHI) - FREE Research Report Lash James A, who is Director at Baker Hughes, sold 2,275 shares at $69.63 on April 28, 2014. Following this transaction, the Director owned 6,088 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 27.2% with the 2,275-share transaction.
The shares most recently traded at $70.23, up $0.60, or 0.86% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Baker Hughes go as follows:
- 4-Week # shares sold: 29,362
- 12-Week # shares sold: 55,781
- 24-Week # shares sold: 74,069
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 $30.4 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and energy industry. Shares are up 25.44% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday.
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 0.97%. The company has a P/E ratio of 25.0. Currently, there are 15 analysts who rate Baker Hughes a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 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, solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. Get the full
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