According to
GuruFocus Insider Data
, the largest CFO sells during the past week were: Federated
Investors Inc., Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Crown Holdings Inc.,
Valassis Communications Inc., Western Digital Corporation and
Stamps.com Inc.
Federated Investors Inc. (
FII
): Vice President, CFO and Treasurer Thomas R. Donahue Sold
240,000 Shares
Vice President, CFO and Treasurer
Thomas R. Donahue
sold 240,000 shares of FII stock on 12/21/2012 at the average
price of $20.29. Thomas R. Donahue owns at least 2,313,501 shares
after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.02% since.
Federated Investors Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, is a
provider of investment management and related financial services.
Federated Investors Inc. has a market cap of $2.06 billion; its
shares were traded at around $19.88 with a P/E ratio of 12.8 and
P/S ratio of 2.4. The dividend yield of Federated Investors Inc.
stocks is 4.7%.
Federated Investors Inc. has released its results for the third
quarter of 2012. For this quarter, the company reported EPS of
$0.54, as compared to $0.37 in the same quarter last year. Net
income was $55.8 million compared to $38.3 million prior year
quarter, and the company's total managed assets went up 4% over
last year to $364.1 billion.
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (
SLXP
): Executive Vice President Finance and CFO Adam C. Derbyshire
Sold 60,000 Shares
Executive Vice President Finance and CFO
Adam C. Derbyshire
sold 60,000 shares of SLXP stock on 12/26/2012 at the average
price of $41.44. Adam C. Derbyshire owns at least 176,601 shares
after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 3.79% since.
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. incorporated in the state of Delaware.
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has a market cap of $2.34 billion; its
shares were traded at around $39.87 with a P/E ratio of 11.8 and
P/S ratio of 4.6.
For its third quarter of 2012, Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. saw
total product revenue of $185.1 million - a 27% increase over the
third quarter of 2011. GAAP net income was reported at $16.5
million ($0.26 per share), compared to $34.3 million ($0.58 per
share) in the prior year quarter.
President and CEO
Carolyn J. Logan
and Director John F. Chappell both also sold shares of SLXP stock
over the past week.
Crown Holdings Inc (
CCK
): Executive Vice President and CFO Timothy J. Donahue Sold
39,407 Shares
Executive Vice President and CFO Timothy J. Donahue sold 39,407
shares of CCK stock on 12/21/2012 at the average price of $37.58.
Timothy J. Donahue owns at least 193,850 shares after this. The
price of the stock has decreased by 2.58% since.
Crown Holdings Inc. designs, manufactures and sells packaging
products for consumer goods. Crown Holdings Inc. has a market cap
of $5.27 billion; its shares were traded at around $36.61 with a
P/E ratio of 13.5 and P/S ratio of 0.6. Crown Holdings Inc. had
an annual average earnings growth of 1.9% over the past 10 years.
Crown Holdings Inc. reported third quarter 2012 net sales of $2.3
billion and net income of $325 million, compared to last year's
$2.4 billion and $129 million respectively. EPS rose to $2.20
compared to prior year quarter's $0.84.
Chairman, President and CEO John W. Conway sold 256,704 shares of
CCK stock on 12/11/2012 at the average price of $37.57.
Valassis Communications Inc (
VCI
): Executive Vice President and CFO Robert L. Recchia Sold 34,600
Shares
Executive Vice President and CFO Robert L. Recchia sold 34,600
shares of VCI stock on 12/27/2012 at the average price of $25.67.
Robert L. Recchia owns at least 130,069 shares after this. The
price of the stock has decreased by 1.17% since.
Valassis Communications Inc. is a Delaware Corporation. Valassis
Communications Inc. has a market cap of $993.106 million; its
shares were traded at around $25.37 with a P/E ratio of 8.3 and
P/S ratio of 0.5.
For its third quarter of 2012, Valassis Communications Inc.
reported revenues of $523.8 million, compared to $528.4 million
in 2011. Third quarter net earnings increased to $36.7 million
from $27.5 million prior year quarter, and diluted EPS increased
to $0.90 from $0.58 last year.
Multiple other insiders also sold shares of VCI stock over the
past week.
Western Digital Corporation (
WDC
): Executive Vice President and CFO Wolfgang U. Nickl Sold 31,761
Shares
Executive Vice President and CFO Wolfgang U. Nickl sold 31,761
shares of WDC stock on 12/21/2012 at the average price of $41.85.
Wolfgang U. Nickl owns at least 60,248 shares after this. The
price of the stock has decreased by 0.22% since.
Western Digital Corporation was founded in 1970. The Company is a
Delaware Corporation. Western Digital Corporation has a market
cap of $10.1 billion; its shares were traded at around $41.76
with a P/E ratio of 4.2 and P/S ratio of 0.7. The dividend yield
of Western Digital Corporation stocks is 2.7%. Western Digital
Corporation had an annual average earnings growth of 41.9% over
the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Western Digital Corporation
the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.
Western Digital Corporation recently reported first quarter 2013
revenue of $4.0 billion, GAAP net income of $519 million ($2.06
per diluted share), and ending cash and cash equivalents of $3.5
billion. During this quarter, the company also bought back 5.2
million shares of stock for $218 million and declared a $0.25
dividend.
CEO John F Coyne sold 108,500 shares of WDC stock on 12/19/2012
at the average price of $40.97. Multiple other insiders also
recently sold shares of WDC stock.
Stamps.com Inc. (
STMP
): CFO and Co-President Kyle Huebner Sold 30,000 Shares
CFO and Co-President Kyle Huebner sold 30,000 shares of STMP
stock on 12/20/2012 at the average price of $26.13. Kyle Huebner
owns at least 1,424 shares after this. The price of the stock has
decreased by 2.89% since.
Stamps.com was founded in September 1996 and it was incorporated
in Delaware in January 1998 as StampMaster Inc. Stamps.com Inc.
has a market cap of $390.46 million; its shares were traded at
around $25.375 with a P/E ratio of 13.6 and P/S ratio of 3.9.
Stamps.com Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 0.2%
over the past five years.
Stamps.com Inc. has released its third quarter 2012 results. GAAP
net income was $7.0 million ($0.42 per share). Core PC Postage
revenue was up 20% from prior year quarter to $27.2 million.
Chairman and CEO Kenneth Thomas McBride sold 25,000 shares of
STMP stock on 12/21/2012 at the average price of $25.9.
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