According to
GuruFocus Insider Data
, the largest CFO sells during the past week were: The Medicines
Company, Signet Jewelers Ltd., Valassis Communications Inc.,
PhotoMedex Inc. and Synopsys.
The Medicines Company (
MDCO
): President & CFO Glenn Sblendorio Sold 125,000
Shares
President and CFO
Glenn Sblendorio
sold 125,000 shares of MDCO stock on 01/16/2013 at the average
price of $30. Glenn Sblendorio owns at least 97,282 shares after
this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.33% since.
The Medicines Company was incorporated in Delaware on July 31,
1996. Medicines has a market cap of $1.63 billion; its shares
were traded at around $30.1 with a P/E ratio of 33.3 and P/S
ratio of 3.14.
The Medicines Company reported third quarter 2012 revenue
increase of 13.3% year-over-year to $136.8 million, and GAAP net
income decrease to $9.3 million ($0.17 per share) from $72.6
million ($1.34 per share) prior year quarter. Third quarter 2011
GAAP income included a $66.5 million benefit for income taxes.
Non-GAAP net income was $21.8 million compared to $9.2 million
last year.
Chairman and CEO
Clive Meanwell
sold 2,500 shares of MDCO stock on 01/16/2013 at the average
price of $30. Director
Robert G. Savage
and Chief Accounting Officer William Bernard O'Connor both also
sold shares of MDCO stock recently.
Signet Jewelers Ltd. (
SIG
): U.S. CFO Robert Trabucco Sold 28,411 Shares
U.S. CFO Robert Trabucco sold 28,411 shares of SIG stock on
01/16/2013 at the average price of $59.55. Robert Trabucco owns
at least 22,274 shares after this. The price of the stock has
increased by 2.84% since.
Signet Jewelers Ltd. is a retailer of jewelry, watches and
associated services. Signet Jewelers Ltd. has a market cap of
$4.96 billion; its shares were traded at around $61.24 with a P/E
ratio of 14.99 and P/S ratio of 1.35. The dividend yield of
Signet Jewelers Ltd. stocks is 0.75%.
For its third quarter 2013 ended Oct. 27, 2012, Signet Jewelers
reported diluted EPS of $0.43 - up 43.3% from prior year quarter.
Same store sales were up 1.4% from prior year quarter, and gross
margin went up 50 basis points to 32.9% of sales. Operating
income was $52.5 million, up 23.5% from last year.
US COO Edward Hrabak sold 8,048 shares of SIG stock on 01/17/2013
at the average price of $60.7.
Valassis Communications Inc. (
VCI
): Executive Vice President and CFO Robert L. Recchia Sold 26,400
Shares
Executive Vice President and CFO Robert L. Recchia sold 26,400
shares of VCI stock on 01/10/2013 at the average price of $27.34.
Robert L. Recchia owns at least 130,069 shares after this. The
price of the stock has increased by 2.34% since.
Valassis Communications Inc. is a Delaware Corporation. Valassis
Communications Inc. has a market cap of $1.1 billion; its shares
were traded at around $27.98 with a P/E ratio of 10.13 and P/S
ratio of 0.55. The dividend yield of Valassis Communications Inc.
stocks is 1.11%.
Valassis Communications Inc. reported third quarter 2012 EPS of
$0.90, improving by 55.2% from the third quarter of 2011. Net
revenue decreased by 0.9% to $523.8 million, but operating
profits grew by 20.3% to $58.9 million due to a decrease in
expenses.
PhotoMedex Inc. (
PHMD
): President and CFO Dennis M. McGrath Sold 17,699
Shares
President and CFO Dennis M. McGrath sold 17,699 shares of PHMD
stock on 01/15/2013 at the average price of $15. Dennis M.
McGrath owns at least 233,857 shares after this. The price of the
stock has increased by 1.13% since.
PhotoMedex Inc. is a Nevada corporation incorporated in 2010.
PhotoMedex Inc. has a market cap of $326.255 million; its shares
were traded at around $15.17 with a P/E ratio of 20.53 and P/S
ratio of 1.43.
PhotoMedex Inc. has released its third quarter 2012 results. For
this quarter, the company reported revenues of $56.7 million, an
increase of 63% over prior year quarter. Net income was $7.5
million ($0.35 per diluted share), compared to $4.2 million
($0.32 per share) in the same quarter of last year.
CEO, 10% Owner Dolev Rafaeli sold 172,516 shares of PHMD stock on
01/15/2013 at the average price of $15.
Synopsys (
SNPS
): CFO Brian M. Beattie Sold 17,500 Shares
CFO Brian M. Beattie sold 17,500 shares of SNPS stock on
01/15/2013 at the average price of $32.26. Brian M. Beattie owns
at least 20,130 shares after this. The price of the stock has
decreased by 0.12% since.
Synopsys was incorporated in 1986 in North Carolina and
reincorporated in Delaware in 1987. Synopsys has a market cap of
$4.87 billion; its shares were traded at around $32.22 with a P/E
ratio of 26.6667 and P/S ratio of 2.7594. Synopsys had an annual
average earnings growth of 12.9% over the past 10 years.
GuruFocus rated Synopsys the business predictability rank of
2.5-star.
Synopsys delivered fourth quarter 2012 revenue of $454.2 million,
and GAAP net income of $29.1 million ($0.19 per share), compared
to last year's $390.5 million and $39.9 million ($0.27 per
share), respectively.
Director Deborah A. Coleman sold 70,000 shares of SNPS stock on
01/17/2013 at the average price of $32.50.
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