According to
GuruFocus Insider Data
, the largest CFO sells during the past week were: Polaris
Industries Inc., Ascena Retail Group Inc., Fusion-IO Inc., VIVUS
Inc. and Affymax Inc.
Polaris Industries Inc. (
PII
): Vice President Finance and CFO Michael W. Malone Sold 56,000
Shares
Vice President Finance and CFO
Michael W. Malone
sold 56,000 shares of PII stock on 07/17/2012 at the average
price of $75. Michael W. Malone owns at least 140,940 shares
after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.4% since.
Polaris Industries Inc. designs, engineers and manufactures
snowmobiles, all terrain vehicles, motorcycles and personal
watercraft and markets them, together with related replacement
parts, garments and accessories through dealers and distributors.
Polaris Industries Inc. has a market cap of $5.07 billion; its
shares were traded at around $74.7 with a P/E ratio of 21.8 and
P/S ratio of 1.9. The dividend yield of Polaris Industries Inc.
stocks is 2%. Polaris Industries Inc. had an annual average
earnings growth of 9.6% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated
Polaris Industries Inc.
the business predictability rank of 3.5-star
.
Polaris Industries Inc. has released its first quarter 2012
results ended March 31, 2012. For this quarter, the company
reported net income of $60.1 million ($0.85 per share), compared
to $47.3 million ($0.67 per share) in the same quarter of 2011.
Net sales for the first quarter increased 25% over prior year
quarter to $673.9 million.
Ascena Retail Group Inc. (
ASNA
): Executive Vice President and CFO Armand Correia Sold 35,000
Shares
Executive Vice President and CFO
Armand Correia
sold 35,000 shares of ASNA stock on 07/19/2012 at the average
price of $18.89. Armand Correia owns at least 27,726 shares after
this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.32% since.
Ascena Retail Group Inc. formerly known as The Dress Barn Inc.
Ascena Retail Group Inc. has a market cap of $2.91 billion; its
shares were traded at around $18.83 with a P/E ratio of 14.4 and
P/S ratio of 1. Ascena Retail Group Inc. had an annual average
earnings growth of 17.8% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated
Ascena Retail Group Inc. the business predictability rank of
4-star.
Ascena Retail Group Inc. has reported third quarter 2012 results
for the period ended April 28, 2012. Net income for this quarter
was $49.4 million, a decrease from prior year quarter's $51.8
million. EPS was $0.31 compared to $0.32 last year. Net sales for
the third quarter increased 8% from last year to $783.3 million.
Fusion-IO Inc. (
FIO
): CFO Dennis P. Wolf Sold 30,000 Shares
CFO Dennis P. Wolf sold 30,000 shares of FIO stock on 07/16/2012
at the average price of $18.52. Dennis P. Wolf owns at least
1,470 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by
5.24% since.
Fusion-IO Inc. is engaged in the design, development and retail
of storage memory platform that helps data decentralization.
Fusion-IO Inc. has a market cap of $1.72 billion; its shares were
traded at around $19.49 with a P/E ratio of 229.9 and P/S ratio
of 8.7.
For its third quarter of 2012 ended March 31, 2012, Fusion-IO
Inc. reported revenues of $94.2 million - up 40% from the same
period in 2011. GAAP Net loss for this quarter was $4.7 million
($0.05 per share), compared to a net income of $7.0 million
($0.09 per share) prior year quarter. Gross margin was 52.1%
compared to 53.2% in 2011.
Chief Technology Officer Neil A. Carson sold 13,541 shares of FIO
stock on 07/16/2012 at the average price of $18.54.
VIVUS Inc. (
VVUS
): Vice President Finance and CFO Timothy E. Morris Sold 25,000
Shares
Vice President Finance and CFO Timothy E. Morris sold 25,000
shares of VVUS stock on 07/18/2012 at the average price of
$30.36. The price of the stock has decreased by 20.09% since.
VIVUS is a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative,
next-generation therapies to address unmet needs in obesity,
diabetes and sexual health. VIVUS Inc. has a market cap of $2.71
billion; its shares were traded at around $24.26 with and P/S
ratio of 54.1.
VIVUS Inc. reported that in its first quarter of 2012, the
company had a net loss of $18.8 million ($0.20 per share), as
compared to a loss of $9.9 million ($0.12 per share) prior year
quarter.
CEO Leland F. Wilson sold 100,000 shares of VVUS stock on
07/18/2012 at the average price of $30.36. Multiple other
insiders also sold shares of VVUS stock on 07/18/2012.
Affymax Inc. (
AFFY
): CFO Herb Cross Sold 25,000 Shares
CFO Herb Cross sold 25,000 shares of AFFY stock on 07/17/2012 at
the average price of $16.1. Herb Cross owns at least 10,000
shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.1%
since.
Affymax Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that is developing a
pipeline of synthetic peptide-based drug candidates against
clinically validated targets for the treatment of kidney diseases
and cancer. Affymax Inc. has a market cap of $595.4 million; its
shares were traded at around $16.76 with and P/S ratio of 12.5.
Affymax Inc. reported first quarter 2012 net income of $31.5
million ($0.87 per share), compared to a net loss of $9.6 million
($0.36 per share) prior year quarter. Total revenue for the first
quarter of 2012 was $63.2 million compared to $16.7 million prior
year quarter - an increase due mostly to $58 million in
milestones earned from the company's partner, Takeda
Pharmaceutical Company Limited.
CEO John A. Orwin and Chief Commercial Officer Jeffrey H. Knapp
both also sold shares of AFFY stock during the past week.
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