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In trading on Thursday, shares of Performance Food Group Co (Symbol: PFGC) touched a new 52-week high of $29.10/share. That's a 45.86% rise, or $9.15 per share from the 52-week low of $19.95 set back on 12/02/2016. That means at today's intraday high, any investor who purchased PFGC 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, PFGC has seen 2 different instances of insiders buying over the trailing six month period.
Purchased
Insider
Title
Shares
Price/Share
Value
11/11/2016
James D. Hope
See Remarks
20,833
$24.19
$503,950.27
11/11/2016
David E. Flitman
See Remarks
46,700
$24.34
$1,136,678.00
11/18/2016
James D. Hope
See Remarks
9,600
$22.76
$218,496.00
The chart below shows where PFGC has traded over the past year, with the 50-day and 200-day moving averages included.

In afternoon trading on Thursday, PFGC shares are changing hands at $28.95/share, slightly below the new 52-week high.
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