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, Dec. 10, 2014, 91 U.S. common stocks issued filings of shares being bought or sold by insiders. The transactions ranged in value from $57.29 to $203,469,000.00.
Highlighted Stocks Traded by Insiders:
Heritage Oaks Bancorp (HEOP) - FREE Research Report Raver William R, who is EVP, General Counsel at Heritage Oaks Bancorp, bought 9,700 shares at $3.10 on Dec. 10, 2014. Following this transaction, the EVP, General Counsel owned 25,777 shares meaning that the stake was boosted by 60.33% with the 9,700-share transaction.
The shares most recently traded at $7.63, up $4.53, or 59.37% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Heritage Oaks Bancorp go as follows:
- 4-Week # shares bought: 250
- 12-Week # shares bought: 250
- 12-Week # shares sold: 3,918
- 24-Week # shares bought: 250
- 24-Week # shares sold: 3,918
The average volume for Heritage Oaks Bancorp has been 39,100 shares per day over the past 30 days. Heritage Oaks Bancorp has a market cap of $247.5 million and is part of the financial sector and banking industry. Shares are down 0.27% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.
Heritage Oaks Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Heritage Oaks Bank that provides banking products and services to small and medium sized businesses, and consumers in California. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 2.67%. The company has a P/E ratio of 37.4. Currently, there are 3 analysts who rate Heritage Oaks Bancorp a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.
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buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full
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