Insider Trading Alert - SGMS, THRX And CAKE Traded By Insiders

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Yesterday, May 13, 2014, 182 U.S. common stocks issued filings of shares being bought or sold by insiders. The transactions ranged in value from $100.00 to $2,715,292,313,281.00.

Highlighted Stocks Traded by Insiders:

Scientific Games (SGMS) - FREE Research Report

Perelman Ronald O, who is Director at Scientific Games, bought 1.1 million shares at $8.97 on May 13, 2014. Following this transaction, the Director owned 33.6 million shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 3.23% with the 1.1 million-share transaction.

Schweinfurth Scott D, who is Executive VP & CFO at Scientific Games, bought 20,000 shares at $9.09 on May 13, 2014. Following this transaction, the Executive VP & CFO owned 20,000 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 100% with the 20,000-share transaction.

Kennedy David L, who is President and CEO at Scientific Games, bought 36,000 shares at $8.98 on May 13, 2014. Following this transaction, the President and CEO owned 147,534 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 32.28% with the 36,000-share transaction.

The shares most recently traded at $9.78, up $0.80, or 8.18% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Scientific Games go as follows:

• 4-Week # shares sold: 5,904

• 12-Week # shares sold: 5,904

• 24-Week # shares sold: 5,904

The average volume for Scientific Games has been 1.4 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Scientific Games has a market cap of $774.3 million and is part of the services sector and leisure industry. Shares are down 42.17% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

Scientific Games Corporation provides technology-based products and services, and associated content for gaming and lottery markets worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Instant Products, Lottery Systems, and Gaming. Currently, there are 5 analysts who rate Scientific Games a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.

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TheStreet Quant Ratings rates Scientific Games as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, disappointing return on equity and generally higher debt management risk. Get the full Scientific Games Ratings Report from TheStreet Quant Ratings now.

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