Author: Melanie Marilin

Albert White, Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at the Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE:COO), unloaded 15,980 shares of Common Stock yesterday, paying an average price of $150.89 per share. The sale was executed directly and the insider used stock options to complete his first transaction of this fiscal year so far. However, White isn’t the only insider actively trading at Cooper Companies. The firm’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Paul Remmel, completed a two day disposition on Friday, unloading 11,767 shares of Common Stock. The insider first sold 5,167 shares for a price of $148.78 per share on Thursday, before…

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Stephen Golsby, Director at Mead Johnson Nutrition CO (NYSE:MJN) unloaded a bulk of 10,000 shares of Common Stock, directly, yesterday, paying an average weighted price of $93.83 per share. This is the latter of several stock sales executed by the insider throughout the fiscal year, and his remaining holdings currently stand at 65,458. In June, Golsby had disposed of 10,000 shares, paying a price of $87.42 per share, while selling the same amount of stock in April for $83.25 per share. Furthermore, while the $18.8 billion market cap nutrition firm hasn’t witnessed any insider purchases this year, several hedge funds…

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Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership, a 10% owner of Orbit International Corp (NASDAQ:ORBT) acquired 7,300 shares of Common Stock, $.10 par value on Monday. The stock was purchased directly, but in two separate transactions. The shareholder first bought 1,000 shares for a price of $2.94 per share, before acquiring another 6,300 shares for $2.92 per share. This is the third stock purchase to be executed by Elkhorn, as the insider bought 10,000 shares of Common Stock back in April, paying $2.74 per share. Following the latest stock transaction, Elkhorn now holds a total of 1,122,300 company shares. The hedge fund landscape…

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Yesterday, TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE:TDG) saw three of its insiders close stock dispositions. The firm’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary, Gregory Rufus, completed the largest transaction, by unloading a bulk of 12,500 shares. The Common Stock was sold in two blocks, however, and with the use of stock options. Thus, Rufus disposed first of 10,000 shares, directly, paying an average weighted price of $170.03 per share. The remaining 2,500 shares were sold indirectly, through Jeffrey P. Consolo (Trustee of irrevocable trust) for $170.00 per share. Robert Henderson, Executive VP at the $8.9 billion market cap aircraft designer,…

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Allan Bradley, Executive Vice President of Questar Corporation (NYSE:STR), completed a disposition of 10,000 shares of Common Stock on Friday. The sale was executed directly, through the use of stock options and Bradley paid a price of $24.18 per share. This is one of the insiders many stock sales completed over the last quarter, as he disposed of 20,000 shares of Common Stock in June, paying a price of $23.83 per share. And in the previous month, the Executive VP unloaded another 10,000 shares, for $23.89 a share. Furthermore, while Bradley has been the most active insider on the trading…

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The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR)’s insiders have been consistently unloading their company shares over the past months, following the trend marked by Marnette Perry in April, when the Senior Vice President unloaded 20,000 shares of Common Stock for $45.36 per share. And while just yesterday we reported on insider stock sales at the $24.1 billion market cap consumer goods retailer, there are two more dispositions to add on today. Christopher Hjelm, Senior Vice President at Kroger Co, sold 9,000 shares of Common Stock, directly, for a price of $49.24 per share. Following the sale, Hjelm now holds a total of 102,070…

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Robert Johnson, Chairman of the Board at RLJ Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:RLJE), bought a bulk of 6,100 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share. The shares were bought in a three-day transaction that was completed yesterday, and all the stock was bought indirectly, through the RLJ SPAC Acquisition, LLC, of which Johnson is the sole manager. Thus, the insider bought 1,400 shares on Thursday, for a price of $3.64 per share, and another 2,300 shares on Friday, for $3.72 per share, before closing the transaction yesterday with a final 2,400 shares for $3.74 per share. Following the purchase, Johnson…

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Yesterday, Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYGN) saw two of its insiders dispose of company shares. The talk is of President and Chief Executive Officer, Peter Meldrum, who completed a sale of 24,000 shares of Common Stock, directly, for a price of $39.5 per share. The insider used a non-qualified stock option for the disposition and the transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Jerry Lanchbury, Chief Scientific Officer at Myriad Genetics, also completed a disposition, unloading 20,000 shares of Common Stock for $39.85 per share. This sale was also executed directly and via the use of a non-qualified…

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Lorie Leeson, Senior Vice President and Treasurer at Greenbrier Companies Inc. (NYSE:GBX), completed a sale of 10,000 Common Stock shares yesterday. The disposition was executed directly, and the insider paid a price of $66.00 per share for her largest insider trade of this fiscal year. The Senior VP completed a few other stock sales throughout 2014, but none of significant value. However, last week showed a sudden boost in insider stock sales at Greenbrier, with three employees selling off their company shares. James Sharp, President of the $1.8 billion market cap enterprise, unloaded 4,000 shares of Common Stock on Thursday,…

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Harry Pearce, Director at Marriott International Inc. (NASDAQ:MAR), was awarded a grant of $17,598.6 in shares on Thursday. The value accounts for 270 shares of the $19.2 billion market cap hotel operator and is this grant is the first to be awarded to an insider this month. However, insider stock sales have been frequent at Marriott this quarter. President and Chief Executive Officer, Arne Sorenson, unloaded 150,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at the beginning of July, using a stock option and paying a price of $65 per share. Another insider to consistently unload shares this quarter is W…

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REX American Resources Corporation (NYSE:REX)’s Close of Business and Chief Executive Officer, Rose Stuart, sold 50,000 shares of Common stock $.01 par value, directly, on Thursday. The insider paid a price of $78.24 per share and now holds a remainder of 976,758 company shares. Furthermore, while insider stock sales have been frequent at the $671.7 million market cap firm, the largest transactions have all been executed by Stuart. In June, the insider completed several dispositions of 17,000 shares for a price of $77.60 per share, as well as selling 25,000 shares of Common Stock for $72.39 per share. On another…

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The Executive Chairman at Globe Specialty Metals Inc. (NASDAQ:GSM), Alan Kestenbaum, sold 49,900 shares of Common Stock, directly, in a transaction executed between Thursday and Friday. While the insider sold 25,000 shares on Thursday, paying an average price of $20.44 per share, the sale was completed on Friday, by disposing of the remaining 24,900 shares for $20.17 per share. This is one of many stock sales ofr the Executive Chairman, who has repeatedly unloaded bulks of 25,000 shares over the past quarter. Following the transaction, Kestenbaum now owns a total of 9.68 million company shares. However, not all insider trading…

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