Author: Melanie Marilin

Arthur Gallagher, Executive Vice President and Regional President of Equity One, Inc. (NYSE:EQY), completed a stock disposition of 20,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, on Friday. The sale was executed directly, paying a price of $24.00 per share and the insider also used stock options. This is Gallagher’s second stock sale of the fiscal year, as the Executive VP unloaded 20,000 shares in June, paying $23.50 per share. Regarding other insider stock sales at Equity One, Jeffrey Olson, Chief Executive Officer of the firm, executed one of the last sales at the end of May. The…

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Thor Industries, Inc. (NYSE:THO)’s Director, Geoffrey Thompson, completed a disposition of 14,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.10 par value on Thursday. The insider unloaded his shares directly at a price of $55.08 per share, and also exercised a stock option purchase for 25,000 shares. Following the insider’s first stock transaction of the year, he still holds a total amount of 22,000 company shares. However, in spite of stagnant stock movements at the $2.9 billion market cap vehicle manufacturer this year, hedge fund holdings remain strong. Value Holdings Lp, Tim Curro’s hedge fund, has 121,080 shares, with a value of $7.3…

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William Stanley, Director at American Realty Capital Properties Inc. (NASDAQ:ARCP), purchased 10,000 shares of Common Stock, directly, on Friday. The insider bought the company shares, paying a weighted average price of $12.65 per share and following his second transaction of the fiscal year, Stanley now owns a total of 102,146 company holdings. The director had already acquired 18,000 shares of American Realty’s Common Stock in June, paying a weighted average price of $12.39 per share. Insider stock purchases have been frequent at the $11.5 billion market cap real estate trust this year. While Company Director, Scott Bowman, bought two bulks…

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Henrik Slipsager, President and Chief Executive Officer of ABM Industries, Inc. (NYSE:ABM) completed a disposition yesterday, where he unloaded 22,185 shares of Common Stock. The transaction was executed directly, through stock options, and pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The insider first sold 5,000 shares, paying a weighted average price of $25.81 per share, and then dispatched another 17,185 shares for a weighted average price of $25.96 per share. The transaction is one of many completed by the CEO this fiscal year. In June, the insider sold 19,949 shares of Common Stock, paying a price of $26.90 per share,…

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Lauren Peters, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE:FL) completed a stock disposition yesterday, in which she unloaded 25,000 shares of Common Stock, directly. The transaction was executed through the use of stock options, pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and Peters paid a price of $50.75 per share. This constitutes the insider’s second stock transaction of the fiscal year, as she sold 17,538 shares of Common Stock in April, paying a price of $45.97 per share. Following the sale, Peters now owns a total of 108,147 company shares. Other significant stock sales at…

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Yesterday, Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) awarded four of its insiders with stock grants. While the company’s director, Michael Crook, and lead director, Roger Goldman, received grants of $9,340.78 each, director Stephen Bohner was awarded a much smaller amount of $4,727.92 in shares. However, the smallest grant was given to Edwin Walpole, also director at the $270.7 million market cap bank, who received shares with a value of $2,332.58. In terms of insider stock trades, this fiscal year has been stagnant so far, with only one significant stock purchase, executed by Robert Goldstein, Director and majority shareholder at Seacoast…

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Susan Phillips, Director at the Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR), sold 7,500 shares of Common Stock, directly, in a transaction executed yesterday where the insider paid a price of $48.99 per share. Following the sale, Phillips now holds a total of 44,210 shares of the $23.9 billion market cap retailer. Insider stock sales have been frequent at Kroger Co. this quarter, as just yesterday we reported on Group Vice President Lynn Marmer’s sale of 6,098 shares for a price of $49.25 per share. However, in spite the latest stock sale trend amongst company insiders, hedge fund confidence in the firm has remained…

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Andrew Schmidt, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMSI), sold a bulk of 25,000 shares of Common Stock, directly, in a transaction completed on Wednesday. The insider sold his shares at a price of $1.15 per share and now holds a total of 345,346 company holdings. This is the second stock sale to be executed by Schmidt in the past ten days, as the CFO unloaded 50,000 shares of Common Stock, paying $1.00 per share, at the end of June. Furthermore, this quarter showed the Senior Vice President of Global Operation at Smith Micro Software,…

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On Wednesday, Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (NYSE:PNY) extended stock grants to ten of its insiders. While two insiders, Directors Jo Anne Sanford and Eric James Burton, received higher value grants of $15,470.52 and $14,480.7, respectively, another eight insiders were awarded with smaller grants of $7,991.88. This was the case for Directors Frank Holding, Vicki McElreath, Aubrey Harwell, Michael Tarwater, Phillip Wright, Minor Shaw, Malcolm Everett, and Frankie Taylor Jones, who all received a stock grant of 218 shares Common Stock. Jones also reported a stock disposition last week, where he unloaded 5,671 shares, paying a price of $37.05 per…

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Lawrence B. Seidman, Director and majority shareholder at ConnectOne Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:CNOB), unloaded 2.365 million shares of Common Stock in a transaction executed on Wednesday. The stock sale was completed in two steps, selling 77,743 shares, directly, for a price of $18.56 per share and then disposing of the remaining 2,287,257 shares indirectly, for the same price. This disposition is the first to be completed by Seidman this fiscal year and constitutes the second insider stock sale of the quarter, as Mark Cardone, Vice President, sold 6,130 shares of Common Stock in April, paying $18.40 per share. Furthermore, Q2 of…

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Performant Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:PFMT)’s Chief Executive Officer, Harold Leach Jr., completed a disposition of 35,222 shares of Common Stock yesterday, using a stock option. The sale was executed directly, and the insider paid an average weighted sales price of $10.56 per share. This is Leach’s fourth stock sale of the month so far, as the CEO unloaded 25,278 shares of Common Stock just on Tuesday, paying $10.54 per share. And on Monday, Leach had sold 16,300 shares for a price of $10.51 per share. Furthermore, Hakan Orvell, Chief Financial Officer at the $513.6 million market cap firm, reported a stock…

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The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR)’s Group Vice President, Lynn Marmer, unloaded 6,098 shares of Common Stock, directly, yesterday. The insider paid a price of $49.25 per share for her first stock disposition of the fiscal year so far, and following the sale she now holds a total of 35,379 company shares. Although this is Marmer’s first stock transaction, the $23.9 billion market cap retailer witnessed several insider sales this past quarter. Last Thursday, Kroger’s Senior Vice President, Joseph Michael Donnelly, unloaded 13,153 shares of Common Stock, paying a price of $49.90 per share. Senior Vice President, Marnette Perry, also sold 20,000…

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