Author: Melanie Marilin

Accelerate Diagnostics Inc. (NASDAQ:AXDX) saw two of its insiders purchase the company’s stock this week. Larry Feinberg, 10% owner of the firm, commenced the purchase streak on Monday, by acquiring 10,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, for a price of $23.12 per share. The insider then bought another 10,000 shares on Wednesday, paying $19.96 per share. Furthermore, both acquisitions were executed indirectly, via the Oracle Ten Fund Master, L.P. Feinberg has consistently bought Accelerate Shares this fiscal year, including very large sums, such as 178,571 shares of Common Stock, which were acquired by the insider in…

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Scot Melland, Director at Dice Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DHX), completed a stock disposition of 60,000 shares of Common Stock yesterday. The insider sold his shares in a three day transaction, which began on Tuesday, with the sale of 20,000 shares for a weighted average price of $7.55 per share. On Wednesday, Melland unloaded another 20,000 shares for a weighted average sales price of $7.64, before selling 20,000 more shares at $7.62 per share yesterday. The insider also used his employee stock options to complete the second transaction of the fiscal year. The Director’s first disposition was closed at the beginning of…

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David Thompson, Vice President and General Counsel at MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD), sold 30,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value yesterday. The disposition was executed directly, at a price of $9.41 per share and the insider also exercised his use of employee stock options. Furthermore, this is one of many stock sales executed by Thompson this quarter, as he recently discarded 30,000 shares of Common Stock for $10.51 per share, shortly after unloading a bulk of 133,000 shares for a price of $9.95 a share in June. However, Thompson is one of many active insiders at MannKind Corp this year.…

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Yesterday, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:JBHT) saw four of its insiders unload stock for several thousands of dollars, while also exercising their use of restricted stock options. James Thompson, Chairman of the Board at the firm, executed the largest sale, disposing of 38,628 shares of Common Stock, directly, for a price of $77.96 per share. Meanwhile, the President and Chief Executive Officer of J.B. Hunt, John Roberts, unloaded 15,000 shares of Common Stock, paying a price of $77.82 per share, and concluding his second stock sale of the fiscal year. In June, Roberts had disposed of 16,000 shares for…

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On Tuesday, Leggett & Platt, Inc. (NYSE:LEG) filed stock grants to be awarded to five company insiders. While the Directors Robert Ted Enloe and Joseph Mcclanathan received shares for the small value of $1,687 and $1,186, respectively, other insiders were awarded with a significantly larger amount of shares. Such was the case with Director Ralph Clark, who received 202 shares of Common Stock, worth $5,342, and Judy Odom, also Director at Legget & Platt, who received stock in the value of $6,431. However, the largest grant was awarded to company Director Phoebe Wood, who received 300 shares of Common Stock,…

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Richard Harrington, Director at Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX), was awarded with a stock grant of $64,982 on Tuesday. The grant consists of 5,141 Deferred Stock Units and is one of this first to be handed out to an insider this fiscal year. Over the past months, insider transactions have been relatively stagnant at the $14.9 billion market cap firm, although some larger sales were executed at the beginning of May. Such was the case with Executive Vice President Zagalo Armando de Lima, who unloaded 29,317 shares of Common Stock for $12.00 per share, one week after disposing of 24,900 shares for…

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Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) awarded Mark Mccollum, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, with a stock grant of 50,000 shares on Tuesday. The Common Stock has a total value of $3.513 million and was awarded pursuant to the Halliburton Company Stock and Incentive Plan. The Executive VP is one of the most active stock traders at Halliburton, as he just recently unloaded 40,600 shares of Common Stock for a price of $69.36 per share in June. Stock sales have undoubtedly been frequent at the $60.3 billion market cap oilfield service provider this quarter, with Lawrence Pope, Executive Vice President of…

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Daniel Jeffrey Moore, President and Chief Executive Officer at Cyberonics Inc. (NASDAQ:CYBX), completed a stock disposition of 7,000 shares yesterday. The Common Stock was sold directly, for a weighted average selling price of $59.35 per share and the insider used 4,000 stock options for the sale. Although Moore’s latest stock sales have been small in volume, they have been very frequent this quarter, making the CEO the most active insider trader at Cyberonics this year. Moreover, several other insiders have been disposing of their company shares in June, such as Mayo Milton Morris. The firm’s Senior Vice President of Research…

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Coliseum Capital Management, LLC – a 10% owner of Accuride Corporation (NYSE:ACW) – once again unloaded a bulk of 96,140 shares of Common Stock yesterday. The stock was sold indirectly through Coliseum Capital Partners, L.P., an investment limited partnership of the shareholder, for an average weighted price of $5.12 per share. Furthermore, the shareholder has been unloading substantial amounts of company shares lately. In fact, this latest disposition is part of a three day sale, where Coliseum dumped 148,656 shares on Wednesday, for $5.18 per share, after having sold 19,800 shares on Tuesday, for an average weighted price of $5.13…

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Fox Factory Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:FOXF) saw two of its insiders dispose of company shares yesterday, on track with the recent sales trend that blossomed at the firm over the last quarter. Director Robert (Bob) Fox Jr. completed his first stock transaction of the fiscal year by unloading 817,607 shares of Common Stock, directly, for a price of $14.67 per share, leaving him with a total of 2.76 million company holdings. But the larger stock disposition was executed by Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC – a 10% owner of the Fox Factory Holding Corporation. The shareholder sold 4,466,569 shares of Common…

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Yesterday, Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) awarded two of its insiders with stock grants. Company Directors Timothy Manganello and William Mansfield each received a stock grant, although with different values. While Manganello was awarded with 767 shares of Common Stock, with a total value of $31,255.25, Mansfield received a slightly smaller grant of 522 shares, worth $21,271.50. However, insider trading has been extremely stagnant at the $4.1 billion market cap packaging product manufacturer this year, with the last stock transaction dating back to October of 2013. Nonetheless, hedge funds remained confident in Bemis Company throughout this quarter, many of which increased…

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ServiceNow Inc. (NYSE:NOW)’s Chief Financial Officer, Michael Scarpelli, completed a stock disposition of 30,000 shares on Monday, by using his Employee Stock Options. The insider sold his stock in two steps, unloading first 16,400 shares of Common Stock, directly, for an average weighted price of $57.69 per share, and then selling another 13,600 shares for $58.36 per share. The sale was executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by Scarpelli, and it falls in line with this year’s insider stock sale trend at ServiceNow. In fact, on Friday, David Schneider, Chief Revenue Officer at the $8.1 billion market…

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