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In trading on Friday, shares of DigitalGlobe Inc (Symbol: DGI) touched a new 52-week high of $27.25/share. That's a 130.93% rise, or $15.45 per share from the 52-week low of $11.80 set back on 01/20/2016. That means at today's intraday high, any investor who purchased DGI stock any time over the past 52 weeks has an unrealized gain, including company insiders.
Over the past six months, insiders have been scooping up shares, and those bets are now paying off handsomely. As summarized by the table below, DGI has seen 8 different instances of insiders buying over the trailing six month period.
Purchased
Insider
Title
Shares
Price/Share
Value
03/01/2016
James M. Whitehurst
Director
5,000
$15.42
$77,100.00
03/01/2016
Roxanne J. Decyk
Director
2,000
$15.00
$30,000.00
03/01/2016
Howell M. Estes
Director
2,000
$14.98
$29,960.00
03/01/2016
Jeffrey R. Tarr
President and CEO
2,000
$15.09
$30,180.00
03/04/2016
Kimberly Till
Director
180
$16.43
$2,957.40
03/02/2016
Eddy Zervigon
Director
1,000
$15.73
$15,730.00
03/07/2016
Stephanie Comfort
SVP, Strategy, Comms and Mktg
500
$16.70
$8,350.00
05/02/2016
L. Roger Mason Jr.
Director
225
$22.09
$4,970.25
The chart below shows where DGI has traded over the past year, with the 50-day and 200-day moving averages included.

In afternoon trading on Friday, DGI shares are changing hands at $26.85/share, slightly below the new 52-week high.
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